Diocese Of Lodeve
History
Since the 14th century local tradition has made St. Florus first bishop of Lodève, and relates that as a disciple of St. Peter, he afterwards evangelized Haute-Auvergne and died in the present village of Saint-Flour.
Bishops of Lodève have existed since 421; the first historically known bishop is Maternus, who was present at the Council of Agde in 506. Among the bishops of Lodève are: St. George (863–884), previously a Benedictine monk; St. Fulcran (949–1006), who in 975 dedicated the cathedral of St. Genès and founded the Abbey of St. Sauveur; the Dominican inquisitor Bernard Gui (1324–1331); Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (1450–1453), who played an important part as papal legate, also in the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc; the brothers Guillaume Briçonnet (1489–1516) and Denis Briçonnet (1516–1520).
A Brief of 16 June 1877, authorized the bishops of Montpellier to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève, and Saint-Pons (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), in memory of the different former suffragan dioceses at that date united in the present metropolitan archbishopric of Montpellier.
Bishops of Lodève
To 1000
- Saint Florus ?
- Ranulphus ? 492
- Maternus 506
- Deutere 535
- Edibius ? 557
- Agrippin 589
- Leonce 610
- Anatole 633
- Firmin 652
- Ansemond 683
- Eugenius ? 694
- Bernechaire ? 711
- Michel ? 769
- Nebridius ?
- Sisemond 817
- Sylvain 824
- Radulphus 840
- Tatila 844
- St. George 863–884 (Benedictine monk, who is known to have contributed in 861 for the foundation of l'abbaye de Vabres, by Raymond I, comte de Toulouse et de Rouergue
- Macaire 884
- Antgiaire 906
- Rodulphus ?
- Thierry 911–949
- Saint Fulcran 949–1006
1000–1300
- Mainfroi 1006–1015
- Olombel 1015–1040
- Bernard I. 1042–1049
- Bernard II. 1050
- Rostaing 1054–ca. 1075
- Bernard III. de Prévenchères 1077–1099
- Dieudonné I. de Caylus 1100–1102
- Pierre I. de Raymond 1102–1154
- Pierre II. de Posquières 1155–1161
- Gaucelin de Raymond de Montpeyroux 1162–1182
- Raymond I. Guilhem Madières 1162–1201
- Pierre III. de Frottier 1200–1207
- Pierre IV. de Lodève 1208–1238
- Bertrand de Mornas 1237–1241
- Guillaume I. de Cazouls 1241–1259
- Raymond II. de Bellin 1259–1262
- Raymond III. d'Astolphe de Rocozels 1263–1280
- Bérenger I. de Boussages 1280–1284
- Bérenger II. de Guitard 1285–1290
- Bernard IV. Poitevin 1290–1292
- Gaucelin de la Garde 1292–1296
- Ithier of Bordeaux, O.Min. 1296–1302
1300–1500
- Dieudonné II. de Boussages 1302–1312
- Bernard V. de Guitard 1313–1313
- Guillaume II. du Puy 1314–1315
- Guillaume III. de Mandagot 1316–1317
- Gui de Perpignan 1317–1318
- Jacques I. de Cabrerets de Coucots 1318–1322
- Jean I. de Tixerandrerie 1322–1324
- Bernard VI. de la Guionie (i.e. Bernard Gui) 1324–1331
- Bernard VII. Dumas 1332–1348
- Robert de la Vie 1348–1356
- Gilbert de Montdragon 1357–1361
- Aymeric d'Hugues 1361–1370
- Gui de Malsec 1370–1371
- Jean II. Gastel 1371–1374
- Ferry Cassinel 1374–1382
- Pierre V. Girard 1382–1385
- Clément de Grammont 1385–1392
- Guillaume IV. de Grimoard 1392–1398
- Jean III. de la Vergne 1399–1413
- Micuel Le Boeuf 1413–1430
- Pierre VI. de la Treille 1430–1441
- Jacques de Gaujac 1441–1450
- Guillaume d'Estouteville 1450–1453
- Jean de Corguilleray 1462–1488
- Guillaume de Briçonnet 1489–1516
1500–suppression
- Denis Briçonnet 1516–1520
- René I. du Puy 1520–1524
- Jean Mattei Giberti 1526–1528
- Laurent Toscan 1528–1529
- Lélio des Ursins de Céri 1537–1546
- Gui Ascanio Sforza, Cardinal 1546–1547
- Dominique du Gabre 1547–1557
- Bernard VIII. del Bene 1558–1560
- Michel II. Briçonnet 1560–1561
- Claude Briçonnet 1561–1566
- Pierre VII. de Barrault 1566–1569
- Alphonse Vercelli 1570–1573
- René II. de Biragne 1573–1580
- Christophe de Lestang 1580–1602
- Gérard de Rolin 1607–1611
- François de Lévis Ventadour (Administrator ?)
- Charles de Lévis-Vantadour (Administrator ?)
- Anne de Lévis-Ventadour (Administrator ?)
- Jean VI. Plantavit de la Pause 1625–1651
- François de Bosquet 1648–1655
- Roger de Harlay de Cési 1657–1669
- Jean-Armand de Rotundis de Biscarras 1669–1671
- Jean-Antoine de La Garde de Chambonas 1671–1690
- Jacques-Antoine de Phelypeaux 1690–1732
- Jean-Georges de Souillac 1732–1750
- Jean-Félix-Henri de Fumel 1750–1790
- Jean-Georges Gabriel de Levezou 1790–