List of the Archbishops of Besançon

The following people were bishops , prince-bishops and archbishops of Besançon ( France ):

Ferreolus 180? -211?
Linus
Antidius I around 267
Germanus
Maximinus † before 304
Paulinus † approx. 310
Eusebius
Hilary
Pancratius † about 353
Justus at approx. 362
Aegnanus † approx. 374
Sylvester I. 376–396?
Fronimius
Desideratus
Leontius? –443
Chelidonius † 451?
Antidius II
Chelmegisl
Claudius I around 517
Urbicus around 549
Tetradius I. around 560
New Year's Eve II around 580
Vitalis I.
Nicetas † about 611
Protadius 614? –624?
Donatus of Besançon † 660
Migetius
Ternatius † about 680
Gervasius approx. 680–?
Claudius II † 693?
Felix at around 710
Tetradius II. † 732
Albo at around 742
Wandelbert
Evrald
Arnoul
Herväus 757-762
Gedeon † 796
Bernoin 811-829
Amalwin 838-840
Arduicus 843-872
Theoderic I. 872-895
Berengar 895-831
Aymin around 914
Gontier around 931
Gottfried I. 944-953
Guy 958-970
Guichard
Leutald 993-994
Hector 1002-1015
Walter I. 1016-1031
Hugo I. de Salins 1031-1067
Hugo II. De Montfaucon † 1085
Hugo III of Burgundy 1085–1101
Hugo IV. 1102-1107
Guillaume I. de Arguel 1109? -1117
Anseric de Montréal 1117–1134
Humbert 1134-1162
Walter II. 1162–1163
Herbert (Schismatic) 1163–1170
Eberhard de Saint-Quentin 1171-1180
Theoderic II. De Montfaucon 1180-1190
Etienne de Vienne 1191–1193
Amadeus de Tramelay 1197-1220
Gérard I. de Rougemont 1221-1225
Jean I. Allegrin 1225-1227
Nicolas de Flavigny 1227-1235
Gottfried II. 1236-1241
Jean II. 1242-1244
Guillaume II. De la Tour 1245-1268
Odo de Rougemont 1269-1301
Hugo V of Chalon 1301–1312 (1295–1301 Bishop of Liège)
Vitalis II. De Vienne 1312-1333
Hugo VI. de Vienne 1334-1355
Jean III de Vienne 1355–1361 (1361–1365 Bishop of Metz, 1365–1382 Bishop of Basel)
Louis de Montfaucon 1361-1362
Aimo de Villersexel 1362-1370 ( House Faucogney )
Guillaume III. de Vergy 1371–1391, † 1404 (cardinal)
Gerard II. De Athies 1391-1404
Theobald Rougemont 1405-1429
Jean IV. De la Rochetaillé 1429–1437 (cardinal)
François I. Condolmer 1437–1438, † 1453 (cardinal)
Jean V. de Norry 1438
Quentin Ménart 1438-1462
Charles de Neufchâtel 1463–1498
Francis II of Busleiden 1498–1502
Antoine I. de Vergy 1502-1541
Pierre Cardinal de la Beaume 1542-1544
Claude III Cardinal de la Beaume 1544–1584
Antoine II. Cardinal Perrenot de Granvelle 1584–1586
Ferdinand de Rye 1586-1636
- Francois III. de Rye 1636–1637 ( coadjutor )
Claude IV. De Achey 1637-1654
Charles Emanuel de Gorrevot 1654-1659
Jean Jacques Fauche 1659-1662
Antoine Pierre I de Gramont 1662–1698
Francois-Joseph de Grammont 1698-1717
René de Mornay 1717-1721
Honoré de Grimaldi 1723-1731
Antoine-Francois de Bliterswijk-Montcley 1733-1734
Antoine Pierre II. De Grammont 1735–1754
Antoine Cardinal Clairiard de Choiseul de Beaupré 1754–1774
Raymond de Durfort 1774-1792
Philippe-Charles-François Seguin 1791–1793
- Flavigny 1791-1801
- Demandre 1798-1801
Claude Le Coz 1802-1815
- Antoine-Emmanuel Durand 1815–1819 (diocesan administrator)
Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny 1817 / 19-1823
Paul-Ambroise Brother de Villefrancon 1823–1828
Cardinal Louis-François-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot 1828–1833
Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg PSS February 3, 1833 to December 12, 1833
Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Cardinal Mathieu 1834–1875
Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier 1875–1881
Joseph Alfred Foulon 1882–1887 (then Archbishop of Lyon )
Arthur-Xavier Ducellier 1887-1893
Marie-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-André-Clément-Fulbert Petit 1894–1909
François-Léon Gauthey 1910–1918
Louis Humbrecht 1918–1927
Charles Cardinal Binet 1927-1936
Maurice-Louis Dubourg 1936–1954
Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois 1954–1966
Marc-Armand Lallier 1966–1980
Lucien Daloz 1980-2003
André Jean René Lacrampe 2003-2013
Jean-Luc Bouilleret since 2013

literature

Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD. Geb. , Minden 1854, pp. 11-12 .