Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon

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Archdiocese of Besançon

Archidiœcesis Bisuntina

Archidiocèse de Besançon
Besançon Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceBesançon
Statistics
Area9,732 km2 (3,758 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2015)
608,500
578,400 (95.1%)
Parishes67
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th Century
CathedralCathedral of St. John
Patron saintImmaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJean-Luc Bouilleret
Map
Website
besancon.mondio16.com

The Archdiocese of Besançon (

Héricourt
).

The see is currently

Imperial city of Besançon in 1184. The city was annexed by France in stages, eventually being fully subsumed by France in 1792 during the French Revolution. The Archdiocese of Besançon is a metropolitan see with five suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Dioceses of Belfort-Montbéliard, Nancy, Saint–Claude, Saint-Dié, and Verdun
.

Early history of the diocese

A statue of Ferreolus.

Local tradition states that the diocese was evangelized by Saints

St. Benignus of Dijon was the initial link."[1]

During the

Jesuit Claude-Adrien Nonnotte (1711–1793), an adversary of Voltaire
, were natives of Besançon.


Later history

Cirey-les-Bellevaux, where St. Pierre de Tarentaise died in 1174; Notre Dame des Jacobins at Besançon; and Notre Dame de la Motte at Vesoul
.

Few 19th-century dioceses have undergone similar territorial changes. The Concordat of 1802 gave the Diocese of Besançon all those districts which, in 1822, constituted the

bishopric of Strasburg
and attached to the diocese of Besançon.

The metropolitan jurisdiction of Besançon also underwent changes. In 1802 its suffragans were the Bishoprics of

exempt, under the direct control of the Holy See
.

On 3 November 1979,

Belfort-Montbéliard.[2]

Abbeys founded from the diocese

The

St. Ansegisus
, author of a celebrated collection of capitularies.

The

St. Odo, afterwards Abbot of Cluny, studied in the tenth century; at the end of the eighth century there was built near it an abbey for Benedictine nuns, members of the nobility. During the French Revolution the superb church of this abbey was laid waste. Other saints of the Diocese of Besançon include the hermit St. Aldegrin
(10th century).

Bishops

To 1000

Saint Claudius served as bishop of Besançon during the 7th century.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "the catalogue of the earliest bishops of Besançon is to be read with caution."[1]

  • Ferreolus 180?–211?
  • Linus
  • Antidius I. c. 267
  • Germanus
  • Maximinus died before 304
  • Paulinus died c. 310
  • Eusebius
  • Hilarius
  • Pancharius (attested 346)[3]
  • Justus c. 362
  • Aegnanus died c. 374
  • Sylvester I 376–396?
  • Anianus (4th century)
  • Fronimius
  • Desideratus
  • Leontius ?–443
  • Chelidonius c. 445, died 451?, deposed by Hilary of Arles
  • Antidius II
  • Chelmegisl
  • Claudius I c. 517
  • Urbicus c. 549
  • Tetradius I c. 560
  • Sylvester II. c. 580
  • Vitalis I
  • St. Rothadius, a monk at Luxeuil and organizer of the monastic life
  • Nicetas died c. 611
  • Protadius 614?–624?
  • St. Donatus, a monk at Luxeuil, wrote a rule for canon priests in his diocese, died 660
  • Migetius
  • Ternatius died c. 680
  • St. Gervase c. 680, died 685)
  • Claudius II, 685, died 693?
  • Felix c. 710
  • Tetradius II died 732
  • Albo c. 742
  • Wandelbert
  • Evrald
  • Arnoul
  • Hervaeus 757–762
  • Saint Gedeon died 796
  • Bernoin 811–829
  • Amalwin 838–840
  • Arduicus 843–872
  • Theoderic I 872–895
  • Berengar 895–831
  • Aymin c. 914
  • Gontier c. 931
  • Gottfried I 944–953
  • Guy 958–970
  • Guichard
  • Leutald 993–994

1000–1300

  • Hektor 1002–1015
  • Walter I 1016–1031
  • Hugh I of Besançon (1031–1067)[4]
  • Hugo II de Montfaucon (died 1085)
  • Hugo III of Burgundy (1085–1101)[5]
  • 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 1180–1191
  • Etienne de Vienne 1191–1193
  • Amadeus de Tramelay 1197–1220
  • Gerard I. de Rougemont (1221–1225)
  • Jean Allegrin) (1225–1227)[6]
  • Nicolas de Flavigny (1227–1235)
  • Gottfried II. (1236–1241)
  • Jean II. (1242–1244)
  • Guillaume de la Tour (1245–1268)
  • Odo de Rougemont (1269–1301)

1300–1500

1500–1800

  • 1498-1502 : François de Busleyden
  • 1502–1541 : Antoine I. de Vergy
  • 1541–1544 : Cardinal Pierre de la Beaume[7]
  • 1544–1584 : Claude III. de la Beaume (Cardinal in 1578)
  • 1584–1586 : Cardinal Antoine II. de Perrenot[8]
  • 1586–1636 : Ferdinand de Rye
  • 1636–1637 : Francois III. de Rye (Coadjutor from 1623)
  • 1637–1654 : Claude IV. de Achey
  • 1654–1659 : Charles Emanuel de Gorrevot, never consecrated
  • 1659–1662 : Jean Jacques Fauche
  • 1662–1698 : Antoine-Pierre de Grammont[9]
  • 1698–1717 : Francois-Joseph de Grammont
  • 1717–1721 : René de Mornay
  • 1723–1731 : Honoré de Grimaldi
  • 1733–1734 : Antoine-Francois de Bliterswijk-Montcley
  • 1735–1754 : Antoine Pierre II. de Grammont
  • 1754–1774 :
    Antoine Clairiard de Choiseul de Beaupré
    (Cardinal in 1761)
  • 1774–1792 : Raymond de Durfort
  • 1791–1793 : Philippe-Charles-François Seguin
    • 1791–1801 : Flavigny
    • 1798–1801 : Demandre

From 1800

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Besancon (Vesontio)". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. ^ Historique — Diocèse de Besançon - Eglise Catholique de Besançon Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bishop Pancharius (not "Pancratius") attended the synod of Cologne on 12 May 346. Duchesne, p. 212, no. 1. Charles Munier, Concilia Galliae, A. 314 – A. 506, (in Latin) (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 27. The name "Pancratius" occurs in the "Nomina episcoporum Vesontionensis" as the 6th bishop, who was consecrated by Pope Julius]] (337–352): DUchesne, p. 200.
  4. ^ Hugh I of Salins, prince of the Empire, founded markets and schools in Besançon
  5. ^ Hugo was son of William I, Count of Burgundy, brother of Pope Callixtus II
  6. ^ "Récit de la Franche-Comté ou Comté de Bourgogne". gilles.maillet.free.fr. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  7. ^ De la Beaume had been Coadjutor from 1530; Cardinal in 1541.
  8. ^ Also known as Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, he was the minister of Philip II and built the palace of Besançon
  9. University of Dôle
    .

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