Bishopric of Lodève
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The Bishopric of Lodève is a former Roman Catholic ecclesiastical history in France, with the episcopal see located in Lodève. It is now part of the archdiocese of Montpellier.
[edit] History
Since the 14th century local tradition has made St. Florus first bishop of Lodève, and relates that as a disciple of St. Peter, he afterwards evangelized Haute-Auvergne and died in the present village of St-Flour.
Bishops of Lodève have existed since 421; the first historically known bishop is Maternus, who was present at the Council of Agde in 506. Among the bishops of Lodève are: St. George (863-884), previously a Benedictine monk; St. Fulcran (949-1006), who in 975 dedicated the cathedral of St. Genès and founded the Abbey of St. Sauveur; the Domincan inquisitor Bernard Gui (1324-1331); Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (1450-1453), who played an important part as papal legate, also in the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc; the brothers Guillaume Briçonnet (1489-1516) and Denis Briçonnet (1516-1520).
A Brief of 16 June 1877, authorized the bishops of Montpellier to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève, and Saint-Pons (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), in memory of the different former suffragan dioceses at that date united in the present Diocese of Montpellier, the present metropolitan archbishopric of Montpellier.
[edit] Bishops of Lodève
- Saint Florus ?
- Ranulphus ? 492
- Maternus 506
- Deutere 535
- Edibius ? 557
- Agrippin 589
- Leonce 610
- Anatole 633
- Firmin 652
- Ansemond 683
- Eugenius ? 694
- Bernechaire ? 711
- Michel ? 769
- Nebridius ?
- Sisemond 817
- Sylvain 824
- Radulphus 840
- Tatila 844
- Saint Georges 863-884
- Macaire 884
- Antgiaire 906
- Rodulphus ?
- Thierry 911-949
- Saint Fulcran 949-1006
- Mainfroi 1006-1015
- Olombel 1015-1040
- Bernard I. 1042-1049
- Bernard II. 1050
- Rostaing 1054-ca. 1075
- Bernard III. de Prévenchères 1077-1099
- Dieudonné I. de Caylus 1100-1102
- Pierre I. de Raymond 1102-1154
- Pierre II. de Posquières 1155-1161
- Gaucelin de Raymond de Montpeyroux 1162-1182
- Raymond I. Guilhem Madières 1162-1201
- Pierre III. de Frottier 1200-1207
- Pierre IV. de Lodève 1208-1238
- Bertrand de Mornas 1237-1241
- Guillaume I. de Cazouls 1241-1259
- Raymond II. de Bellin 1259-1262
- Raymond III. d'Astolphe de Rocozels 1263-1280
- Bérenger I. de Boussages 1280-1284
- Bérenger II. de Guitard 1285-1290
- Bernard IV. Poitevin 1290-1292
- Gaucelin de la Garde 1292-1296
- Ithier 1296-1302
- Dieudonné II. de Boussages 1302-1312
- Bernard V. de Guitard 1313-1313
- Guillaume II. du Puy 1314-1315
- Guillaume III. de Mandagot 1316-1317
- Gui de Perpignan 1317-1318
- Jacques I. de Cabrerets de Coucots 1318-1322
- Jean I. de Tixerandrerie 1322-1324
- Bernard VI. de la Guionie (i.e. Bernard Gui) 1324-1331
- Bernard VII. Dumas 1332-1348
- Robert de la Vie 1348-1356
- Gilbert de Montdragon 1357-1361
- Aymeric d'Hugues 1361-1370
- Gui de Malsec 1370-1371
- Jean II. Gastel 1371-1374
- Ferry Cassinel 1374-1382
- Pierre V. Girard 1382-1385
- Clément de Grammont 1385-1392
- Guillaume IV. de Grimoard 1392-1398
- Jean III. de la Vergne 1399-1413
- Micuel Le Boeuf 1413-1430
- Pierre VI. de la Treille 1430-1441
- Jacques II. de Gaujac 1441-1450
- Guillaume V. d'Estouteville 1450-1453
- Jean IV. de Corguilleray 1462-1488
- Guillaume VI. de Briçonnet 1489-1516
- Denis Briçonnet 1516-1520
- René I. du Puy 1520-1524
- Jean V. Mattei Giberti 1526-1528
- Laurent Toscan 1528-1529
- Lélio des Ursins de Céri 1537-1546
- Gui Ascanio Sforza, Kardinal 1546-1547
- Dominique du Gabre 1547-1557
- Bernard VIII. del Bene 1558-1560
- Michel II. Briçonnet 1560-1561
- Claude Briçonnet 1561-1566
- Pierre VII. de Barrault 1566-1569
- Alphonse Vercelli 1570-1573
- René II. de Biragne 1573-1580
- Christophe de Lestang 1580-1602
- Gérard de Rolin 1607-1611
- François de Lévis Ventadour (Administrator ?)
- Charles de Lévis-Vantadour (Administrator ?)
- Anne de Lévis-Ventadour (Administrator ?)
- Jean VI. Plantavit de la Pause 1625-1651
- François de Bosquet 1648-1655
- Roger de Harlay de Cési 1657-1669
- Jean-Armand de Rotundis de Biscarras 1669-1671
- Jean-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas 1671-1690
- Jacques-Antoine de Phelypeaux 1690-1732
- Jean-Georges de Souillac 1732-1750
- Jean-Félix-Henri de Fumel 1750-1790
- Jean-Georges Gabriel de Levezou 1790-
