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Bishop Of Belley
The Diocese of Belley–Ars (Latin: Dioecesis Bellicensis–Arsensis; French: Diocèse de Belley–Ars) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in the 5th century, the diocese was renamed in 1988 from the former Diocese of Belley to the Diocese of Belley–Ars. Coextensive with the civil department of Ain, in the Region of Rhône-Alpes, the diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Lyon. The cathedra of the bishop is at Belley Cathedral. The current bishop is Guy Claude Bagnard, appointed in 1987.

Although suppressed at the time of the Napoleonic Concordat (1801), the Diocese of Belley was re-established in 1822 and took from the Archdiocese of Lyon the arrondissements of Belley, Bourg, Nantua and Trévoux, and from the Archdiocese of Chambéry the Arrondissement of Gex.

History

Local tradition maintains that Belley was evangelized in the 2nd century by the martyrs Marcellus and Valerian, companions of St. Pothinus. The first bishop of historic certainty is Vincentius, mentioned in 552.

Others who occupied the see were Hippolytus, Abbot of Condat (8th century); Anthelm of Belley (1163–78), seventh General of the Carthusian Order; Artaldus (1179–90), founder of the Carthusians at Arvières; Camus (1609–29), a noted preacher and romancist; and François M. Richard (1872–75), later Cardinal Archbishop of Paris.

King Henry IV of France acquired the territory in which the diocese of Belley is located from Savoy in the Treaty of Lyon in 1601. The treaty was negotiated with the help of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, the nephew of Pope Clement VIII. The first bishop of Belley appointed by the French was Jean-Pierre Camus (1608–1629), the author of more than 150 volumes.

Notable persons of Belley

Belley honours, in a special manner, St. Amandus, Bishop of Maastricht, who founded the Benedictine Abbey of Nantua about 660; Saint-Vulbas, a patrician of Bourgogne and a war companion of King Dagobert I; Saint Rambert, killed by order of Ebroin in the 7th century, whose name has been given to Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, a city in the diocese; Saint Trivier, the solitary, who died about 650; Saint Barnard of Vienne (9th century), who founded the great Benedictine Abbey of Ambronay (destroyed during the French Revolution) and died the Archbishop of Vienna; St. Lambert (12th century), founder of the Cistercian Abbey at Chézery; St. Roland, Abbot of Chézery during the 12th century; Saint Stephen of Châtillon, who founded the Carthusian monastery at Portes in 1115, and died Bishop of Die; Saint Stephen of Bourg, who founded the Carthusian monastery at Meyria in 1116; and Saint Jean-Baptiste Vianney (1786–1859), parish priest at Ars.

The Diocese of Belley, in the Middle Ages, had no less than eight Carthusian monasteries. In the 17th century, it saw the foundation of the Joséphistes, a religious congregation founded by Jacques Crétenet (1606–67), a layman and surgeon who became a priest after the death of his wife. It was also the site of the foundation of the teaching order of the Sisters of St. Charles, founded by Charles Demia of Bourg (1636–89). Three teaching orders were founded in the first half of the 19th century: the Brothers of the Society of the Cross of Jesus; the Brothers of the Holy Family of Belley, and the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Bourg. In 1858 a Trappist monastery was established in the Dombes district.

Cardinal Louis Aleman (1390–1450) and Sister Rosalie (1787–1856), noted in the history of modern Parisian charities, were both native of the Diocese of Belley. Saint Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel was born at Cuet near Bourg. For thirty years of its existence (1701–31), "Journal de Trévoux", a valuable repertory of the literary and religious history of the period, was published by the Jesuits at Trévoux (now a suburb of Lyon), in the diocese. The church at Brou, near Bourg, was built under the direction of Margaret of Austria, widow of Philibert II the Fair, Duke of Savoy.

Bishops of Belley

Louis Duchesne warns that, until the 10th century, the lists of bishops are faulty and many names are without other documentary evidence.

To 1000

  • Audax
  • Tarniscus
  • Migetius
  • Vincent (552–567)
  • Evrould
  • Claudius (I)
  • Felix (585–589)
  • Aquilinus (614)
  • Florentinus (c. 650)
  • Hypodimius
  • Ramnatius(Pracmatius)
  • Bertere
  • Ansemundus (c. 722)
  • Hippolytus (c. 762-772)
  • Gondoal
  • Agisle
  • Euloge
  • Adorepert
  • Ermonbert
  • Rodoger
  • Rhitfroy
  • Étienne I v.790
  • Ringuin
  • Sigold
  • Adabaldus (886–899)
  • Étienne II v.900
  • Elisachar 915–927
  • Isaac
  • Jérôme v.932
  • Hérice
  • Didier
  • Herdulphe 985
  • Eudes I (995–1003)

1000–1300

  • Aymon (c.1032–1055)
  • Gauceran (c. 1070)
  • Ponce I 1091–1116
  • Amicon v.1118–1121
  • Ponce de Balmey (c. 1124–1129)
  • Berlion v.1134
  • Bernard de Portes 1134–1140
  • Guillaume I 1141–1160
  • Ponce de Thoire v.1162
  • Anthelme (1163–1178)
  • Renaud 1178–1184
  • Artaldus 1188–1190
  • Eudes II 1190
  • Bernard II 1198–1207
  • Benoit de Langiis (c. 1208)
  • Bernard de Thoire-Villars 1211–1212
  • Boniface de Thoire-Villars 1213
  • Jean de Rotoire
  • Pierre de Saint-Cassin
  • Boniface de Savoie, O.Carth. (1232–1240), Bishop-elect, Administrator
  • Bernard IV 1244
  • Pierre II 1244–1248
  • Thomas de Thorimbert 1250
  • Jean de Plaisance 1255–1269
  • Bernard V v.1272
  • Berlion D'Amisin v.1280–1282
  • Guillaume
  • Pierre de La Baume 1287–1298
  • Jean de La Baume

1300–1500

  • Thomas II 1309
  • Jacques de Saint-André 1325
  • Amédée 1345
  • Guillaume de Martel 1356–1368
  • Edouard de Savoie 1370–1373
  • Nicolas de Bignes (1374–1394)
  • Aimo (1394–1395) Administrator (Avignon Obedience)
  • Rodolphe de Bonnet (1395–1421) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Guillaume Didier 1430–1437
  • Perceval de La Baume (1438–1460?)
  • Aimeric Segaud
  • Pierre de Bolomier v.1458
  • Guillaume de Varax v.1460–1462
  • Jean de Varax v.1467–1505

1500–1800

French Constitutional Church (schismatic)

1800-Present

Bishop Pascal Roland
  • Alexande-Raymond Devie (1823–1852)
  • Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon † (25 Jul 1852 Succeeded – 4 Feb 1857 Appointed, Archbishop of Aix
  • Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie † (14 Feb 1857 Appointed – 30 Sep 1871 Appointed, Archbishop of Auch)
  • François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † (16 Oct 1871 Appointed – 7 May 1875 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris)
  • Jean-Joseph Marchal † (8 Jun 1875 Appointed – 30 Jan 1880 Appointed, Archbishop of Bourges)
  • Pierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne † (30 Jan 1880 Appointed – Oct 1887 Resigned)
  • Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon † (8 Nov 1887 Appointed – 21 Feb 1906 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
  • François-Auguste Labeuche † (13 Jul 1906 Appointed – 18 Mar 1910 Died)
  • Adolph Manier † (13 Apr 1910 Appointed – 30 Jul 1929 Died)
  • Virgile-Joseph Béguin † (15 Nov 1929 Appointed – 24 Dec 1934 Appointed, Archbishop of Auch
  • Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe † (29 May 1935 Appointed – 15 Nov 1954 Died)
  • René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey † (2 Jun 1955 Appointed – 17 May 1975 Retired)
  • René-Alexandre Dupanloup † (17 May 1975 Succeeded – 7 Nov 1986 Resigned)
  • Guy-Marie Bagnard (8 Jul 1987 Appointed – 15 June 2012 Resigned)
  • Pascal Roland (since 15 June 2012)

See also

References

  1. ^ Alain Hugon, “ Le duché de Savoie et la Pax Hispanica. Autour du traité de Lyon (1601), (in French) ” Cahiers d'Histoire 46 (2001), pp. 211–242. Nelson H. Minnich (ed.), The Renaissance Papacy, 1400–1600 (Leiden: Brill 2025), p. 208.
  2. ^ Joseph Bergin, The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589–1661, (New Haven: Yale UP 1996), p. 37. Eubel III, p. 131.
  3. ^ Jean Irénée Depéry, Histoire hagiologique de Belley, (in French), Volume 2 (Bourg: Bottier, 1835), pp. 247-261.
  4. ^ Duchesne, p. 217: "Depuis le n° 29, Hieronymus, consacré en 932, la liste ne soulève aucune difficulté. Au-dessus, on la trouve fautive en deux endroits. Hippolyte (n° 7) est placé bien avant son rang.... un évêque de Belley appelé Etienne et celui-ci parait bien devoir s'identifier avec le Stephanus I ou le Stephanus H de notre liste (n os 22 et 23), où ils figurent trois ou quatre rangs avant Adabaldus. Or celui-ci est déjà signalé en 886.... Rien ne prouve qu'il n'y en ait pas d'autres dans les parties de la liste pour lesquelles les vérifications font défaut."
  5. ^ Vincentius took part in the council of Paris in 552, and the council of Lyon (between 567 and 570). Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 605. Duchesne III, p. 218, no. 1. Charles De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 — A. 695 (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 169: "Vincentius episcopus subscripsi;" p. 202: "Vincentius in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Belisensis constitutonibus nostris subscripsi."
  6. ^ Bishop Felix was present at the council of Mâcon in 585, and was a signatory of a letter of 589. Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 605-606. Duchesne III, p. 218, no. 2. De Clercq, p. 249: "Felix episcopus ecclesiae Belesensis subscripsi."
  7. ^ Bishop Aquilinus was present at the council of Paris on 10 October 614. Duchesne III, p. 218, no. 3. De Clercq, p. 218: "Ex ciuitate Belisio Aquilenus episcopus."
  8. ^ In a year between 647 and 653, Bishop Florentinus attended the council of Chalon-sur-Saône. Duchesne III, p. 218, no. 4. De Clercq, p. 309: "Florentinus episcopus ecclesie Beliesensis subscripsi."
  9. ^ Bishop Ansemundus consecrated the altars of the cathedral on 5 April 722. Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 606. Duchesne III, p. 218, no. 5.
  10. ^ Bishop Hippolytus was present at the council of Attigny in 762. Duchesne III, p. 218, no. 6. Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Legum Sectio III: Concilia Aevi Karolini Vol. 2 (Hannover: Hahn 1906), pp. 72-73.
  11. ^ In 887, Bishop Adalbaldus took part in the council of Chalon-sur-Saône. In 899, he participated in the consecration of Archbishop Ragenfred of Vienne. Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 608. Duchesne III, pp. 218-219, no. 7.
  12. ^ C.W. Previté-Orton, Early History of the House of Savoy, (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 29.
  13. ^ Pontius: Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 612-613.
  14. ^ Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 616-619. Charles Arminjon, Panégyrique de Saint Anthelme, évêque et patron de Belley, prononcé dans la cathédrale de Belley, le jour de sa fête, 26 juin 1862. Lyon: J.B. Pelagaud 1862.
  15. ^ Benedictus (of Langes) took part in the court of the archbishop of Lyon in October 1208. Shortly after 1210, he resigned and retired to the monastery of Saint-Claude. Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 621. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 131.
  16. ^ Boniface was the son of the count of Savoy. In 1232 he was still in minor orders, at the age of 26; On 17 September 1243, still only a subdeacon, he was appointed archbishop of Canterbury by Innocent IV. He was consecrated a bishop in Lyon by Pope Innocent IV in 1245, according to Matthew of Paris (IV, p. 425 ed. Luard). Eubel I, p. 131 with note 1; 163 with note 5.
  17. ^ Nicolas died on 19 April 1394. Eubel I, p. 131.
  18. ^ Aimo was Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator by Pope Clement VII on 7 August 1394. Eubel I, p. 131.
  19. ^ Radulfus de Bonnet was appointed by Pope Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna) on 26 April 1395. In 1407, he was forced to flee to Savoy, due to an uprising of some people of Belley who had been injured by him. Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 629. Eubel I, p. 131.
  20. ^ La Baume had been Prior of the Benedictine house of S. Robert in Pinerolo, and then Bishop of Mondovi (1429–1438). He attended the Council of Basel, and was a custodian of the conclave that elected the Antipope Felix V. On 6 April 1444, Felix made him Patriarch of Grado. Then he was made Abbot of Alta Cumba (Savoy). Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, p. 630-631. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 349; II, p. 103.
  21. ^ Stavayer held a bacculaureate in Canon Law, was abbot of Alta Comba, and was a councillor of Duke Charles of Savoy, as well as Chancellor of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation. He was confirmed by Pope Julius II on 22 or 24 May 1508. He attended the Fifth Lateran Council. He died on 28 December 1534. Haureau, Gallia christiana XV, pp. 632-633. Eubel III, p. 130 with notes 2 and 3.
  22. ^ Camus: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 112 with note 2.
  23. ^ Passelaigne: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 112 with note 3.
  24. ^ Belin: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 112 with note 4.
  25. ^ Laurens: Jean, p. 468. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 116 with note 3.
  26. ^ Madot: Jean, p. 468. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 116 with note 4.
  27. ^ Doucet (Dousset): Jean, p. 469. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 116 with note 5.
  28. ^ Tinseau: Jean, p. 469. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 118 with note 2.
  29. ^ Cortois: Jean, p. 469. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 119 with note 3.
  30. ^ Pisani, pp. 282-284.
  31. ^ Devie was nominated by King Louis XVIII on 12 February 1823, and appointed by Pope Pius VII on 10 March 1823. He was consecrated a bishop on 15 June 1823. He died on 25 July 1852. Annuario pontificio per l'anno 1823 (Rome: Cracas 1823), p. 287. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 107.
  32. ^ Roland: David M. Cheney, Catholic-hierarchy.org, "Bishop Pascal Marie Roland." Retrieved: 4 February 2025.

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