List of the bishops of Nantes
The following people were bishops of the French diocese of Nantes :
- around 280: Saint Clarus
- around 310-330: Ennius
- around 330: Saint Similianus
- around 374: Eumelius or Emmetius
- at 383: Martius
- End of the 4th century: Arisius
- Desideratus, † around 444
- at 446: Léo
- Eusebius, † 461
- 462– † around 472: Nonnechius
- Cariundus, † around 475
- Certunius
- Clematius, † around 502
- 511: Epiphanius
- around 533– † 541: Eumerius (Eumelius, Emner., Evemerus)
- 550– † June 8, 582: Saint Felix I.
- Nunnechius II, † 596.
- 610-614: Eufronius
- around 614–626: Leobardus
- around 630: Holy Pascharius
- around 637: Taurinus
- around 640: Haïco (Naico)
- around 650: Salapius
- around 703: Agatheus ( Elekt )
- Amelo (Amitho, Amno, Anno)
- around 725: Aemilianus
- 732: Salvius
- 756-757: Deotmarus
- around 776– † around 800: Odilhardus
- around 800: Alanus (Almanus)
- around 820– † 833: Atto
- 834– † 835: Drutcarius
- 835-24. June 843: Saint Gunthardus
- 843-846: Actardus
- 851: Gislardus
- 853–871: Actardus (again)
- 872-886: Ermengar
- 886– † February 5, 896: Landrannus
- 900– † 906: Fulcherius (Fulchricus)
- around 906: Isajas
- 907: Adalhardus
- Hoctronnus (administrator)
- 950-958: Hesdrennnus
- around 960– † around 980: Gualtherus
- † 988: Quiriacus I, not a bishop, but a count
- 987: Judicaël
- 990: Hugo
- 992– † around 1005: Hervisus (Hervaeus)
- 1005– † October 15, 1041: Gualtherus II.
- 1047-3. October 1049: Budicus († 1050)
- 1049-1052: Airardus
- 1052– † July 31, 1079: Quiriacus II. Or Guérec
- 1079–1111: Benedictus († 1115)
- 1112: Robert I.
- 1112– † October 29, 1140: Briccius
- 1142– † 1147: Itherius
- 1147– † December 29, 1169: Bernardus O. Cist.
- December 25, 1170– † January 15, 1185: Robert (II.)
- Artur (Amitto)?
- 1185–1197: Mauritiuse de Blason (also Bishop of Poitiers), † November 29, 1198
- 1199– † 1208: Geoffridus (until 1212?)
- Gautier III., † 1212?
- 1213– † February 8, 1227: Etienne de la Bruyère
- 1227: Clément II. († September 8, 1227)
- 1228– † February 4, 1235: Henri I.
- 1236-1240: Robert III.
- 1240– † September 21, 1263: Galeran
- 1264– † February 7, 1267: Jacques I.
- 1267– † October 1277: Guillaume I. de Vern
- 1278– † May 11, 1291: Durand
- 1292– † 1297: Henri II. De Calestrie
- 1299-1304: Henri III.
- End of September 1304– † February 14, 1337: Daniel Vigier
- July 17, 1338: Barnabé
- 1339– † August 24 (1353?): Olivier Salahadin
- December 20, 1354– † February 23, 1366: Robert IV Paynel
- March 16, 1366-1384: Simon de Langres
- April 4, 1384– † September 13, 1391: Jean I. de Montrelais (also Bishop of Vannes)
- September 4, 1392– † August 8 (1397?): Bonabius de Rochefort
- 1397– † 1404: Bernard II du Peyron
- 1404– † April 17, 1419: Henri IV. Le Barbu (also Bishop of Vannes)
- August 24, 1419– † September 14, 1443: Jean II. De Châteaugiron (also Bishop of Saint-Brieuc)
- 1443-1461: Guillaume II. De Malestroit
- March 19, 1462– † February 23, 1477: Amauri d'Acigné
- 1477: Jacques II. D'Elbiest
- 1477– † November 12, 1487: Pierre I. du Chaffault
- October 1 (1489?) - † August 1493: Robert V. d'Espinay
- 1495– † September 25, 1500: Jean III. d'Espinay
- 1500-1506: Guillaume III. Guégen
- 1507–1511: Robert (VI.) Cardinal Guibé (also Bishop of Rennes)
- 1511-1532: François Hamon
- 1532–1542: Louis I. d'Acigné
- 1542–1550: Cardinal Jean de Lorraine
- 1550–1554: Cardinal Charles I de Bourbon
- 1554–1562: Antoine I. de Créquy (then Bishop of Amiens and Cardinal)
- 1562-1566: Antoine II. De Créquy
- 1566–1594: Philippe I. du Bec (also Archbishop of Reims)
- 1596: Jean V. Dubec-Crespin
- 1596–1617: Charles II. De Bourgdneuf de Cucé (also Bishop of Saint-Malo)
- 1621–1622: Henri V. de Bourgneuf d'Orgères
- 1622–1636: Philippe II. Cospéau (also Bishop of Lisiex)
- 1636–1667: Gabriel de Beauvau ( House Beauvau )
- 1668–1677: Gilles de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière
- 1677–1717: Jean-François I de Beauvau du Rivau ( House of Beauvau )
- 1717–1723: Louis II. De La Vergne de Tressan (also Archbishop of Rouen)
- 1723–1746: Christophe-Louis Turpin de Crissé de Sanzay (also Bishop of Rennes)
- 1746–1775: Pierre II. Mauclerc de La Mousanchère
- 1775–1783: Jean-Augustin Frétat de Sarra
- 1784-1801: Charles-Eutrope de La Laurencie
- 1802–1813: Jean-Baptiste Duvoisin
- 1817–1822: Louis-Jules-François-Joseph d'Andigné de Mayneuf
- 1822–1838: Joseph-Michel-Jean-Baptiste-Paul-Augustin Micolon de Guérines
- 1838–1848: Jean-François II. De Hercé
- 1848–1869: Antoine-Matthias-Alexandre Jacquemet
- 1870–1877: Félix II. Fournier
- 1877-1892: Jules-François Lecoq
- 1893–1895: Auguste-Léopold Laroche
- 1896–1914: Pierre-Emile Rouard
- 1914–1935: Eugène-Louis-Marie Le Fer de la Motte
- 1936–1966: Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet
- 1966–1982: Michel-Louis Vial
- 1982-1996: Émile Marcus PSS
- 1996–2009: Georges Pierre Soubrier PSS
- 2009–2019: Jean-Paul James
- since 2020: Laurent Percerou
literature
- Pius Bonifacius Gams: Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae. Academic printing and Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1957, pp. 581–582 ( digital copy, reprint of the 1873–1885 edition).
- Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae ... continuatur from around 1870 to February 20, 1885. p. 39 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Nantes on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 9, 2018.