Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges

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Archdiocese of Bourges

Archidioecesis Bituricensis

Archidiocèse de Bourges
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceTours
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Tours
Statistics
Area14,210 km2 (5,490 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
549,900
502,700 (91.4%)
Parishes64
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century
CathedralCathedral of St. Stephen in Bourges
Patron saintSt. Ursinus of Bourges
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJérôme Daniel Beau
Metropolitan ArchbishopVincent Jordy
Bishops emeritusHubert Barbier
Armand Maillard
Website
Official website

The Archdiocese of Bourges (

Cher
. Although this is still titled as an Archdiocese, it ceased as a metropolitan see in 2002 and is now a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of Tours.

In 2002 it lost its

Aquitania Prima with which it had initially corresponded - Albi had been erected as an archbishopric in the medieval context of heresiological conflict; Orléans, Chartres, and Blois - historically dependent on Sens - had been attached to Paris, from which they passed to Bourges in the 1960s). The Archdiocese (also the three above- mentioned sees) is now suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tours; other dioceses until recently dependent on Bourges are now suffragans of the Clermont-Ferrand Archdiocese. Historical ecclesiastical geography has here thus changed to correspond with France's new regions, much as diocesan and provincial boundaries from Napoleon's Concordat of 1801 onwards changed mainly in accordance with those of the Revolution
's départements.

History

The diocese was founded in the 3rd century. Its first bishop was St.

Albigenses
.

Bishops of Bourges

To 600

From 600 to 1000

  • Austregisilus (612–624)
  • Sulpicius II. of Bourges
    (624–644)
  • Saint Florent (647–660)
  • Adon (662–680)
  • Agosène (682–683)
  • Roch (696–736)
  • Sigin (736–761)
  • Landoaire (761–764)
  • Dédoat (764–780)
  • Ségolène (780–785)
  • Saint David (793–802)
  • Bertholan (815–827)
  • Agilulfus (c. 829–840)
  • Raoul of Turenne
    (840–866)
  • Wulfad (866–876)[5]
  • Frotharius
    (876–c. 893)
  • Adace (890–900)
  • Madalbert (900–910)
  • Saint Géronce de Déols (910–948)
  • Laune de Déols (948–955)
  • Richard de Blois (955–969)
  • Hugh of Blois (969–985)[6]
  • Dagbert (987–1013)[6]

From 1000 to 1300

  • Gauzlin Capet (1013–1030)[6]
...

1300 to 1600

1600 to present

Bishop Armand Maillard

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Philippe Labbe, Patriarchium Bituricense dans Novae Bibliothecae Mss Librorum, t.II
  2. ^ Nominis : Saint Arcade de Bourges
  3. ^ Forum orthodoxe.com : saints pour le 1er août du calendrier ecclésiastique
  4. ^ Les vies des saints ..., t.X, Paris, Herissant, 1739, p. 230
  5. .
  6. ^ . Hugues de Blois 969–985
  7. ^ Eubel, I, p. 139. Joseph Hyacinthe Albanès; Ulysse Chevalier; Louis Fillet (1901). Gallia christiana novissima: Arles (in French and Latin). Montbéliard: Soc. anonyme d'imprimerie montbéliardasie. p. 741.
  8. ^ Entry 394 in Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France, vol. 4, p. 94. Paris: Plon, 1886 (at Google Books). Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière (1642–1694), VIAF.

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