Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances

Diocese of Coutances-Avranches
Dioecesis Constantiensis-Abrincensis
Diocèse de Coutances-Avranches

Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Rouen
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen
Statistics
Area 5,991 km2 (2,313 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
506,300
412,400 (81.5%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th Century (As Diocese of Coutances)
12 July 1854 (As Diocese of Coutances-Avranches)
Cathedral Cathedral of Notre Dame in Coutances
Patron saint Blessed Virgin Mary
St Laud of Coutances
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Laurent Le Boulc'h
Metropolitan Archbishop Jean-Charles Marie Descubes
Emeritus Bishops Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey Bishop Emeritus (1989-2006)
Website
Website of the Diocese
Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches, was ordered by the Archangel Michael to start construction of what became Mont Saint-Michel

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (Lat:Constantiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutance in the commune of Coutances in France. The diocese is suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen and comprises the entire department of Manche. It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and of two archdeaconries from the Diocese of Bayeux. Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of Bishop of Coutances and Avranches.

The bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands, mostly in Alderney where the Bishop also held partial authority over the Leader of Alderney, until the Reformation, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569 when Queen Elizabeth I demanded that the Bishops hand it over to the Bishop of Winchester.

List of bishops

Bishops of Coutances

Semi-legendary bishops
Historical bishops
Bishops in exile at Rouen
Bishops of Saint–Lô
Bishops of Coutances to the Revolution
  • Geoffrey de Montbray, 1049–1093, left Saint–Lô for Coutances
  • Raoul, 1093–1110
  • Roger, c. 1114–1123
  • Richard de Brix (alias de Bruce), 1124–1131
  • Algare (Algarus, Algardus or Algarius), 1132–1151
  • Richard de Bohon, 1151–1179
  • Guillaume de Tournebu, 1184–1202
  • Vivien de L'Étang (de L'Estang), 1202–1208
  • Hugues de Morville, 1208–1238, principal restorer of the cathedral
  • Gilles de Caen (or Gilon), 1246–1248
  • Jean d'Essay, 1251–1274
  • Eustache Le Cordelier, 1282–1291
  • Robert de Harcourt, 1291–1315, founded the Collège d'Harcourt at Paris
  • Guillaume de Thieuville, 1315–1345
  • Louis Herpin d'Erquery, 1346–1370
  • Sylvestre de La Cervelle, 1371–1386
  • Nicolas de Tholon (alias de Toulon), 1386
  • Guillaume de Crèvecœur, 1386–1408, non-resident, almoner of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy
  • Gilles des Champs, 1408–1413, made a cardinal in 1411
  • Jean de Marle, 1413–1418
  • Pandolfo Malatesta, 1418–1424, present at the Council of Constance
  • Philibert de Montjeu, 1424–1439, present at the Council of Basel
  • Gilles de Duremort, 1439–1444, judge in the trial of Joan of Arc
  • Giovanni Castiglione, 1444–1453, non-resident, became bishop of Pavia in 1453, then a cardinal in 1456
  • Richard Olivier de Longueil, 1453–1470, made a cardinal in 1462
  • N. Maffei, 1470, abbot of Saint–Antoine de Vienne
  • Benoît de Montferrand, 1470–1476, abbot of Saint–Antoine de Vienne, échange le diocèse de Lausanne avec son successeur :
  • Giuliano della Rovere, 1476–1477, non-resident, cardinal, became pope in 1503
  • Galeazzo della Rovere, 1477–1478, non-resident, became bishop of Agen
  • Geoffroy Herbert, 1478–1510, became the first president of the Parlement of Normandy in 1499
  • Adrien Gouffier de Boissy, 1510–1519, cardinal
  • Bernard Dovizzi de Bibiana, 1519–1520, cardinal, papal legate in 1518
  • René de Bresche de La Trémoïlle, 1519–1529, abbot of Flavigny
  • Philippe de Cossé–Brissac, 1530–1548, non-resident
  • Payen Le Sueur d'Esquetot, 1549–1551
  • Étienne Martel de Bacqueville, 1552–1560
  • Arthur de Cossé–Brissac, 1560–1587
  • Lancelot Goyon de Matignon, 1587–1588, died just ten days after his nomination
  • Nicolas de Briroy, 1589–1620, consecrated in 1597
  • Guillaume Le Blanc, 1621, died before his consecration
  • Jacques de Carbonnel, 1621, never consecrated
  • Nicolas Bourgoin, 1622–1625
  • Léonor I Goyon de Matignon, 1627–1646, became bishop of Lisieux
  • Claude Auvry, 1646–1658, treasurer of Sainte-Chapelle
  • Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville, 1658–1665
  • Charles–François de Loménie de Brienne, 1666–1720
  • Léonor II Goyon de Matignon, 1721–1757
  • Jacques Le Febvre du Quesnoy, 1757–1764
  • Ange–François de Talaru de Chalmazel, 1725–1798, retired in 1791, exiled in 1792, died at London in 1798


Bishops of Avranches

  • Nepos, the first bishop known to history, assisted at the First Council of Orléans in 511.
  • Saint Severus ca. 520
  • Perpetuus 533–541
  • Egidius 549–550
  • Saint Pair, or Paternus (d. 565)
  • Saint Sénier 563
  • Saint Leudeuald, Leodovaldus ca. 580
  • Hildoald ca. 614–626
  • Saint Rahentrannus, Ragertran, Ragertrannus (about 682)
  • Saint Severus (about 690)
  • Saint Aubert, Aubertus ca. 708
  • Jean I ca. 840
  • Ansegaud ca. 847–ca. 853
  • Remedius 855
  • Walbert ca. 859–ca. 862
  • Norgod (Norgaud) ca. 990–ca. 1017 or 1018
  • Maugis (Maingise) 1022–ca. 1026
  • Hugo 1028–ca. 1060
  • Jean d'Ivry (or de Bayeux) 1060–1067, in 1068 Archbishop of Rouen, son of Rodulf of Ivry[1]
  • Michael I 1068–1094
  • Turgis (Turgise) 1094–1134
  • Richard de Beaufou 1134–1142
  • Richard de Subligny 1142–1153
  • Herbert II 1154–1161
  • Achard of St. Victor 1162–1171
  • Richard III 1171–1182
  • Guillaume I Bureau 1182–ca. 1195
  • Guillaume II de Chemillé 1196–1198
  • Guillaume III Tollerment 1199–1210
  • Guillaume IV Bureau 1210–1236
  • Guillaume V de Saint-Mère-Eglise 1236–1253
  • Richard IV L`Ainé 1253–1257
  • Guillaume VI 1257–1258
  • Richard V L`Anglois 1259–1269
  • Raoul de Thiéville 1269–1292
  • Geoffroi Boucher 1293–1306
  • Nicolas de Luzarches 1307–1311
  • Michel II de Pontorson 1311–1312
  • Jean III de La Mouche 1312–1327
  • Jean IV de Vienne 1328–1331
  • Jean V Hautfune 1331–1358
  • Foulque Bardoul 1358–1359
  • Robert I de La Porte 1359–1379
  • Laurent de Faye 1379–1391
  • Jean VI de Saint-Avit 1391–1442
  • Martin Pinard 1442–1458
  • Jean VII Bouchard 1458–1484
  • Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme 1484–1510
  • Louis Herbert 1511–1526
  • Agostino Trivulzio 1526 (administrator)
  • Jean VIII de Langeac 1526–1532
  • Robert Ceneau (Robert Cénalis) 1532–1560 (also Bishop of Vence and Bishop of Riez)
  • Antoine Le Cirier 1561–1575
  • Augustin Le Cirier 1575–1580
  • Georges de Péricard 1583–1587
  • François de Péricard 1588–1639
  • Charles Vialart de Saint-Paul 1640–1644
  • Roger D'Aumont 1645–1651
  • Gabriel Boislève 1652–1657
  • Gabriel-Philippe de Froulay de Tessé 1668–1689
  • Fabio Brulart de Sillery 1689
  • Pierre Daniel Huet 1689–1699
  • Roland-François de Kerhoen de Coettenfau 1709–1719
  • César Le Blanc 1719–1746
  • P.-Joseph-Baptiste-Durand de Missy 1746–1764
  • Raimond de Durfort 1764–1766
  • Joseph-François de Malide 1766–1774
  • Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbeuf 1774–1790

Bishops of Coutances and Avranches

Notes

  1. ↑ Elisabeth M. C. van Houts (translator), The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni (1995), note p. 149.
  2. ↑ http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/30404.php?index=30404&lang=en

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