Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence

Diocese of Valence - Die - Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Dioecesis Valentinensis-Diensis-Tricastinensis Diocèse de Valence - Die - Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
Valence Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Lyon
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Lyon
Statistics
Area	6,522 km^2 (2,518 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 502,877 289,500 (57.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St Apollinaris of Valence
Patron saint	St Apollinaris of Valence
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pierre-Yves Michel
Metropolitan Archbishop	Philippe Barbarin
Emeritus Bishops	Didier-Léon Marchand Bishop Emeritus (1978-2001)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in southern France.^[1] The contemporary diocese is co-extensive with the department of Drôme.

Bishops

To 1000

• Emilia (347–374)
• Sextius (374–?)
• Maximus I (400-419)
• Cariatho (c. 442)
• Apollinaris (?–520)
• Gallus (549)
• Maximus II. (567–581)
• Raynoalde (Romuald) (581 and 585)
• Elephas I. (?–641)
• Agilulf (641–?)
• Waldus (?–650)
• Angilde (650–658)
• Abbo (678–?)
• Salvius I. (68?)
• Antonie I.
• Bonit (788–800)
• Salvius II. (800–804)
• Lupicin (804–?)
• Antonie II. ?--?
• Elephas II. ?-?
• Lambert I. (?–835)
• Ado (835–842)
• Dunctran ?-?
• Eilard ?-?
• Brokhard ?-?
• Argimbert ?-?
• Agilde (?–858)
• Ratbert (Robert) (858–879)
• Isaak II. (886–889)
• Imeric (?–907)
• Remegaire (Romegari) I. (907–924)
• Odilbert (947–950)
• Aimon (960–981)
• Guigues (Guy) I. (994–997)
• Lambert II. (997–1001)

1000 to 1300

• Remegaire II. (1001–1016)
• Guigues II. (1016–1025)
• Humbert d´Albon (1028–1030)
• Ponç Adhemar (1031–1056)
• Odo I. (1058–1060)
• Raiginari (1060–1063)
• Gontard (1063–1100)
• Henric I. (1100–1107)
• Eustache (1107–1141)
• Jean I (1141–1146)
• Bernard (1146–1154)
• Odo II.de Crussol (1154–1183)
• Lantelm (1183–1187)
• Falco (1187–1200)
• Humbert de Miribel (1200–1220)
• Gerald of Lausanne (1220–1225)
• William of Savoy (1225–1239)
• Bonifatius (1239–1242)
• Philip of Savoy (1242–1268)
• Guy III. de Montlaur (1268)
• Bertrand (1268–1272)
• Guy III. de Montlaur (1272–1274) ( from 1275 to 1678 the diocese was united with the diocese of Dié)
• Amadeus del Rossillon (1274–1281)
• Philippe de Bernusson (1281–1282)
• Henri of Genf (1282–1283)
• Jean II of Genf (1283–1297)
• Guillaume del Rossillon (1297–1331)

1300 to 1500

• Adhemar de la Voulte (1331–1336)
• Henri de Villars (1336–1342)
• Pierre de Chastellux (1342–1350)
• Godofred (1350–1354)
• Louis de Villars (1354–1376)
• Guillaume de la Voulte (1376–1383)
• Amadeus de Saluzzo (1383–1389)
• Henri II (1389–1390)
• Jean de Poitiers (1390–1448)
• Louis of Poitiers (1448–1468)
• Gerard de Crussol (1468–1472)
• Jacques de Bathernay (1472–1474)
• Antoine de Balzac (1474–1491)
• Jean d'Épinay (1491–1503)

1500 to 1800

• Francisco Lloris y de Borja (1503–1505)
• Urbain de Miolan (1505)
• Gaspard de Tournon (1505–1520)
• Jean of Lothringen-Guise (1520–1522)
• Antoine Duprat (1522–1524)
• François-Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève (1524–1531)
• Antoine de Vesc (1531–1537) (then Bishop of Castres)
• Jacques de Tournon (1537–1553) (then Bishop of Castres)
• Jean de Montluc (1553–1579)
• Charles I. de Leberon (1579–1600)
• Pierre-André de Leberon (1600–1621)
• Charles II. de Leberon (1621–1654)
• Daniel de Cosnac (1654–1687)
• Guillaume Bokhard de Champigny (1687–1705)
• Jean de Catelan † ( 1705 Appointed - Jan 1725 Died)
• Alexandre de Milon (1725–1771)
• Pierre-François de Grave (1771–1787)
• Gabriel-Melchior de Messey (1778–1791)
• François Marbes (1791–1795) (constitutional bishop)
• Vacant (1795–1801)

From 1800

• François Bécherel † (5 Jul 1802 Appointed - 25 Jun 1815 Died)
• Marie-Joseph-Antoine-Laurent de la Rivoire de La Tourette † (8 Aug 1817 Appointed - 3 Apr 1840 Died)
• Pierre Chatrousse † (26 May 1840 Appointed - 17 May 1857 Died)
• Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet † (24 Jun 1857 Appointed - 4 Dec 1864 Appointed, Archbishop of Albi)
• Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette † (9 Dec 1864 Appointed - 7 Jan 1875 Resigned)
• Charles-Pierre-François Cotton † (16 Jan 1875 Appointed - 25 Sep 1905 Died)
• Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed - 12 Jan 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre))
• Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues † (7 Feb 1912 Appointed - 28 Dec 1919 Died)
• Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget † (22 Apr 1920 Appointed - 11 Jan 1932 Died)
• Camille Pic † (16 Aug 1932 Appointed - 25 Nov 1951 Died)
• Joseph-Martin Urtasun † (10 Aug 1952 Appointed - 17 Sep 1955 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon)
• Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † (18 Dec 1957 Appointed - 6 Mar 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges)
• Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † (6 Mar 1966 Appointed - 1 Dec 1977 Resigned)
• Didier-Léon Marchand (8 Sep 1978 Appointed - 11 Dec 2001 Retired)
• Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize (11 Dec 2001 Appointed - 24 June 2014)
• Pierre-Yves Michel (4 Apr 2014 Appointed - present)

References

1. "Diocese of Valence". Catholic Encyclopedia.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy