List of Bishops in France
This List of Bishops in France includes the names of the living Catholic bishops of the dioceses of France whether they are active or retired, French or not. The names of the French Cardinals, including possibly those who are not bishops, appear in bold in the list. The mention emeritus indicates that the pope officially accepted the resignation of a bishop, usually after he has exceeded the age limit of seventy-five years imposed by canon law, sometimes for other reasons such as reasons health. He is no longer in office and his position as bishop of this diocese becomes honorary.[1] With the exception of 5 overseas bishops (Taiohae (or Tefenuaenata), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Nouméa, Papeete and Saint-Denis of Reunion), the 101 other bishops in France are members of the Bishops' Conference of France (the archdiocese of Paris and the Ordinariate of France of Eastern Catholics sitting both in N.-D. of Paris).
Metropolitan France
N | Diocese | Bishop | Auxiliary Bishop | Bishop Emeritus |
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1 | Agen | Hubert Herbreteau | ||
2 | Aire et Dax | Nicolas Souchu | Hervé Gaschignard
Philippe Breton | |
3 | Aix-en-Provence et Arles | Christophe Dufour | Claude Feidt
Archbishop | |
4 | Ajaccio | Olivier de Germay | ||
5 | Albi, Castres et Lavaur | Jean Legrez | ||
6 | Amiens | Olivier Leborgne | Jacques Noyer | |
7 | Angers | Emmanuel Delmas | Jean-Louis Bruguès Archbishop by title Jean Orchampt | |
8 | Angoulême | Hervé Gosselin | Claude Dagens | |
9 | Annecy | Yves Boivineau | ||
10 | Arras, Boulogne sur Mer et Saint Omer | Jean-Paul Jaeger | ||
11 | Auch, Condom Lectoure et Lombez | Maurice Gardès | Maurice Fréchard Archbishop | |
12 | Autun, Chalon et Mâcon | Benoît Rivière | Raymond Séguy | |
13 | Avignon | Jean-Pierre Cattenoz | ||
14 | Bayeux et Lisieux | Jean-Claude Boulanger | ||
15 | Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron | Marc Aillet | Pierre Molères | |
16 | Beauvais Noyon et Senlis | Jacques Benoit-Gonnin | ||
17 | Belfort-Montbéliard | Dominique Blanchet | Claude Schockert | |
18 | Belley-Ars | Pascal Roland | Guy Bagnard | |
19 | Besançon | Jean-Luc Bouilleret | ||
20 | Blois | Jean-Pierre Batut | Maurice de Germiny | |
21 | Bordeaux et Bazas | cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard | Bertrand Lacombe
Jean-Marie Le Vert | |
22 | Bourges | Jérôme Beau | Armand Maillard Archbishop Hubert Barbier | |
23 | Cahors | Laurent Camiade | ||
24 | Cambrai | Vincent Dollmann | ||
25 | Carcassonne et Narbonne | Alain Planet | Jacques Despierre | |
26 | Châlons-en-Champagne | François Touvet | Gilbert Louis | |
27 | Chambéry, Maurienne et Tarentaise | Philippe Ballot | ||
28 | Chartres | Philippe Christory | ||
29 | Clermont | François Kalist | Hippolyte Simon Archbishop | |
30 | Coutances et Avranches | Laurent Le Boulc'h | ||
31 | Créteil | Michel Santier | Daniel Labille | |
32 | Digne-les-Bains, Riez et Sisteron | Jean-Philippe Nault | François-Xavier Loizeau | |
33 | Dijon | Roland Minnerath | ||
34 | Évreux | Christian Nourrichard | ||
35 | Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes | Michel Pansard | Michel Dubost
Guy Herbulot | |
36 | Fréjus et Toulon | Dominique Rey | ||
37 | Gap et Embrun | Xavier Malle | Jean-Michel di Falco | |
38 | Grenoble et Vienne | Guy de Kerimel | ||
39 | Langres | Joseph de Metz-Noblat | Philippe Gueneley | |
40 | La Rochelle et Saintes | Georges Colomb | Bernard Housset | |
41 | Laval | Thierry Scherrer | ||
42 | Le Havre | Jean-Luc Brunin | Michel Guyard | |
43 | Le Mans | Yves Le Saux | ||
44 | Le Puy-en-Velay | Luc Crepy | ||
45 | Lille | Laurent Ulrich | Antoine Hérouard | Gérard Defois
Gérard Coliche |
46 | Limoges | Pierre-Antoine Bozo | ||
47 | Luçon | François Jacolin | Alain Castet | |
48 | Lyon | Cardinal Philippe Barbarin | Patrick Le Gal
Emmanuel Gobilliard |
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49 | Marseille | Jean-Marc Aveline (elect) | ||
50 | Meaux | Jean-Yves Nahmias | ||
51 | Mende | Benoît Bertrand | Paul Bertrand | |
52 | Metz | Jean-Christophe Lagleize | Jean-Pierre Vuillemin | Pierre Raffin |
53 | Montauban | Bernard Ginoux | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat | |
54 | Montpellier, Lodève Béziers Agde et Saint Pons de Thomières | Pierre-Marie Carré | Alain Guellec | Guy Thomazeau Archbishop Claude Azéma Bishop Auxiliary |
55 | Moulins | Laurent Percerou | ||
56 | Nancy -Toul | Jean-Louis Papin | ||
57 | Nanterre | Matthieu Rougé | Gérard Daucourt
François Favreau | |
58 | Nantes | Jean-Paul James | Georges Soubrier | |
59 | Nevers | Thierry Brac de La Perrière | ||
60 | Nice | André Marceau | Louis Sankalé
Jean Bonfils | |
61 | Nîmes, Uzès et Alès | Robert Wattebled | ||
62 | Orléans | Jacques Blaquart | André Fort | |
63 | Pamiers, Couserans et Mirepoix | Jean-Marc Eychenne | ||
64 | Paris | Michel Aupetit | Denis Jachiet
Thibault Verny Philippe Marsset |
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois Archbishop |
65 | Périgueux et Sarlat | Philippe Mousset | Michel Mouïsse | |
66 | Perpignan-Elne | Norbert Turini | ||
67 | Poitiers | Pascal Wintzer | Albert Rouet Archbishop |
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68 | Pontoise | Stanislas Lalanne | ||
69 | Quimper, Cornouailles et Léon | Laurent Dognin | ||
70 | Reims | Eric de Moulins-Beaufort Archbishop |
Bruno Feillet | Thierry Jordan Archbishop émerite Joseph Boishu |
71 | Rennes, Dol et Saint Malo | Pierre d'Ornellas Archbishop |
Alexandre Joly | |
72 | Rodez et Vabres | François Fonlupt | ||
73 | Rouen | Dominique Lebrun | Jean-Charles Descubes Archbishop | |
74 | Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier | Denis Moutel | Lucien Fruchaud | |
75 | Saint-Claude | Vincent Jordy | ||
76 | Saint-Denis | Pascal Delannoy | ||
77 | Saint-Dié | Didier Berthet | Jean-Paul Mathieu
Paul-Marie Guillaume | |
78 | Saint-Étienne | Sylvain Bataille | ||
79 | Saint-Flour | Bruno Grua | ||
80 | Séez | Jacques Habert | ||
81 | Sens et Auxerre | Hervé Giraud | Yves Patenôtre Archbishop Georges Gilson Archbishop | |
82 | Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin | Renauld de Dinechin | ||
83 | Strasbourg | Luc Ravel | Christian Kratz | Joseph Doré Archbishop Jean-Pierre Grallet Archbishop |
84 | Tarbes et Lourdes | Nicolas Brouwet | Jacques Perrier | |
85 | Toulouse, Saint Bertrand de Comminges et Rieux | Robert Le Gall | Émile Marcus Archbishop | |
86 | Tours | Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin | ||
87 | Troyes | Marc Stenger | ||
88 | Tulle | Francis Bestion | Bernard Charrier | |
89 | Valence, Die et Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux | Pierre-Yves Michel | Didier-Léon Marchand | |
90 | Vannes | Raymond Centène | François-Mathurin Gourvès | |
91 | Verdun | Jean-Paul Gusching | François Maupu | |
92 | Versailles | Éric Aumonier | Bruno Valentin | Jean-Charles Thomas |
93 | Viviers | Jean-Louis Balsa | François Blondel | |
94 | Diocèse aux armées françaises (Ordinariate) | Antoine de Romanet | ||
95 | Mission de France (territorial prelature) | Hervé Giraud
prelate |
Yves Patenôtre
prelate Georges Gilson prelate |
Overseas France
N | Diocese | Bishop | Auxiliary Bishop | Bishop Emeritus |
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1 | Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre | Jean-Yves Riocreux | Ernest Cabo | |
2 | Cayenne | Emmanuel Lafont | ||
3 | Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France | David Macaire | Michel Méranville
archbishop | |
4 | Taiohae (or Tefenuaenata) ( Marquesas Islands ) | Pascal Chang-Soi | Guy Chevalier | |
5 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | Susitino Sionepoe | Ghislain de Rasilly | |
6 | Noumea | Michel-Marie Calvet | ||
7 | Papeete | Jean-Pierre Cottanceau | Hubert Coppenrath
archbishop | |
8 | Saint-Denis of Reunion | Gilbert Aubry |
Oriental Churches in France
N | Diocese | Bishop | Auxiliary Bishop | Bishop Emeritus |
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1 | Eparchy of the Holy Cross of Paris of the Armenian Catholics of France | Elie Yéghiayan | Jean Teyrouz | |
2 | Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Maronites | Nasser Gemayel | ||
3 | Eparchy Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris of the Ukrainians | vacant, Hlib Lonchyna apostolic administrator | ||
4 | Ordinariate of France of Eastern Catholics | Michel Aupetit |
References
- Croire.com (2017-03-14). "Qu'est-ce qu'un Bishop émérite ?". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-22.