List of the Bishops of Coutances

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The following people were bishops of the diocese of Coutances (until 1854) and Coutances-et-Avranches (from 1854):

Traditional list (5th – 10th centuries)

  • Saint Ereptiole ( Ereptiolus ), around 430–473
  • Saint Exupere ( Exupérus or Exuperatus ), around 473–500, perhaps identical to the Bishop of Bayeux of the same name
  • Saint Leontien ( Leontianus ), around 500–512, documented in 511 ( Council of Orléans )
  • Sankt Possesseur ( Possessor ), around 512–523
  • Saint Lô ( Lauto or Laudus ), around 525-565, attended the Councils of Orléans in 533, 538 and 549. Remembrance Day: September 22nd.
  • Saint Romphaire ( Rumpharius or Romacharius ), c. 566–600, mentioned by Venantius Fortunatus in 586
  • Sankt Ursin ( Ursinus ) (?), Maybe Bishop of Constance . A village in the Manche department is named after him: Saint-Ursin in Saint-Jean-des-Champs
  • Sankt Ulphobert ( Ulfobertus ), around 600–610
  • Saint Lupicin ( Lupicinus ), around 610–640
  • Nepus (?): A namesake was Bishop of Avranches (around 511-533)
  • Saint Cairibon, around 640–650, mentioned 650 (Council of Chalon-sur-Saône )
  • Sankt Waldomar or Baldomer ( Waldomarus ), around 650–660
  • Sankt Hulderic ( Ulfobertus ), around 660–674
  • Sankt Fromond, 677–690, 679 founder of Le Ham monastery
  • Sankt Wilbert or Aldebert (?)
  • Saint Agathee ( Agathius )
  • Livin (?)
  • Wilfride (?)
  • Josue (?)
  • Leon (?)
  • Angulon (?)
  • Hubert (?)
  • Willard, around 820–840, mentions 829 and 835
  • Erloin or Herluin, around 840–862, attested from 843 to 862
  • Sigenand or Séginand, around 862–880, attested from 866 to 876
  • List ( Listus or Lista ), around 880–886
  • Ragenard, around 886–? 890, martyr in Saint-Lô in 890
  • Herlebaud ( Erleboldus ), mentioned in 906
  • Agebert (?)

Exile in Rouen (around 911-1025)

  • Thierry ( Theodoric ) to 911, takes account of the Normans of Rouen to
  • Herbert (?)
  • Saint Algeronde, martyr (perhaps confused with Bishop Ragenard)
  • Gillebert (?)
  • Hugues, around 989-1025

Middle Ages and Modern Times

  • Herbert to 1025-1026, leaving Rouen, settles in Saint-Lô Lower
  • Robert, around 1026-1048, former bishop of Lisieux
  • Geoffroy de Montbray , 1049-1093, moved to Saint-Lô Coutances to
  • Raoul, 1093-1110
  • Roger, at 1114-1123
  • Richard de Brix, 1124-1131
  • Algare ( Algarus , Algardus, or Algarius ), 1132–1151
  • Richard de Bohon, 1151-1179
  • Richard de Bohon, 1184-1202
  • Vivien de L'Étang (de L'Estang), 1202-1208
  • Hugues de Morville , 1208-1238, represents the Notre-Dame de Coutances restore
  • Gilon, 1246
  • Gilles de Caen, 1246-1248
  • Jean d'Essay, 1251-1274
  • Eustache Le Cordelier, 1282–1291
  • Robert de Harcourt, 1291–1315, founder of the Collège d'Harcourt in 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, not resident, as he Kaplan of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy was
  • Gilles Deschamps , 1408-1413, cardinal 1411
  • Jean de Marle, 1413-1418 ( Marle (family) )
  • Pandolfo Malatesta (Italian), 1418–1424, participant in the Council of Constance , died in 1424 or took over another diocese
  • Philibert de Montjeu , 1424–1439, participant in the Council of Basel
  • Gilles de Duremort, 1439–1444, judge in the trial of Joan of Arc
  • Giovanni di Castiglione (Italian), 1444–1453, not resident, took over the diocese of Pavia , cardinal in 1456
  • Richard-Olivier de Longueil , 1453–1470, cardinal 1462
  • N. Maffei (Italian), 1470, Abbot of Saint-Antoine in Vienne , appointed and deposed by his successor:
  • Benoît de Montferrand , 1470–1476, abbot of Saint-Antoine in Vienne, exchanges the diocese of Lausanne with his successor:
  • Giuliano della Rovere , 1476–1477, non-resident, cardinal, became Pope Julius II in 1503 .
  • Galeazzo della Rovère, 1477–1478, not resident, took over the diocese of Agen
  • Geoffroy Herbert , 1478–1510, first President of the Normandy Parliament
  • Adrien Gouffier de Boissy, 1510–1519,
  • Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (Italian), cardinal, legate, administrator 1519 until his death in 1520, painted by Raphael
  • René de Bresche de La Trémoille, 1519–1529, Abbot of Flavigny
  • Philippe de Cossé-Brissac , 1530–1548, not resident
  • Payen Le Sueur d'Esquetot, 1549–1551, died in Paris
  • Étienne Martel de Bacqueville, 1552-1560
  • Arthur de Cossé-Brissac, 1560–1587
  • Lancelot de Matignon, 1587–1588, died ten days after his appointment ( House of Goyon )
  • Nicolas de Briroy, 1589–1620, only consecrated in 1597
  • Guillaume Le Blanc, 1621, died before his consecration
  • Jacques de Carbonnel, 1621, not consecrated, renounced
  • Nicolas Bourgoin, 1622-1625
  • Léonor I. Goyon de Matignon, 1627–1646, takes over the diocese of Lisieux ( House Goyon )
  • Claude Auvry , 1646–1658, treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle , main character in Boileau's Lutrin
  • Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville, 1658-1665
  • Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne, 1666-1720
  • Léonor II. Goyon de Matignon, 1721–1757, great-nephew of Léonor I ( House Goyon )
  • Jacques Le Febvre du Quesnoy, 1757-1764
  • Ange-François de Talaru de Chalmazel, 1764–1798, deposed in 1791, expelled 1792, † 1798 in London

Revolution time

Concordat time

The title of Bishop of Coutances was reinstated in 1802. In 1854 the title of Bishop of Avranches was restored and transferred to the Bishop of Coutances by apostolic decree of June 12, 1854.

Web links

External

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  • Tout sur le départemant de la Manche , Coutances, Manche-Tourisme, 1987, pp. 160-163.
  • Annuaire diocésain. Diocèse de Coutances , Coutances, Association diocésaine de Coutances, 1995, pp. 32–34.
  • Christian Kleinert: Philibert de Montjeu (approx. 1374–1439). A bishop in the age of reform councils and the Hundred Years War . (Supplement to Francia, 59). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-7453-0 ( online )