Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon
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Archdiocese of Lyon Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis Archidiocèse de Lyon | |
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Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and Tarentaise Diocese of Annecy Diocese of Saint-Étienne | |
Auxiliary Bishops | Patrick Le Gal Loïc Lagadec Thierry Brac de La Perrière |
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The Archdiocese of Lyon (
Bishop Olivier de Germay was appointed archbishop on 22 October 2020.
History
In the Notitia Galliarum of the 5th century, the Roman Provincia Gallia Lugdunensis Prima contained the cities of Metropolis civitas Lugdunensium (Lyon), Civitas Aeduorum (Autun), Civitas Lingonum (Langres), Castrum Cabilonense (Chaâlons-sur-Saône) and Castrum Matisconense (Mâcon).[2]
The confluence of the Rhône and the Saône, where sixty Gallic tribes had erected the altar to Rome and Augustus, was also the centre from which Christianity was propagated throughout Gaul.
Persecution
The presence at Lyon of numerous Asiatic Christians and their communications with the
The "Deacon of Vienne", mentioned in the letter of the faithful of Vienne
Irenaeus sent out missionaries through the Gauls, as local legends of Besançon and of several other cities indicate.
But when Diocletian's new provincial organization (the Tetrarchy) had taken away from Lyon its position as metropolis of the three Gauls, the prestige of Lyon diminished.[8]
Around the year 470, Lyon fell into the hands of the Burgundians, and around 479 the city of Langres as well.[9]
Merovingian period
From
When Burgundian power collapsed under the repeated assaults of the Franks in 534, its territory was divided up, and the third son of Clovis, the Merovingian Childebert I, received Lyon.[11]
Lupus, a monk, afterwards bishop (535-42), was probably the first to be called a metropolitan archbishop; in 538, the Council of Orléans used the title of "metropolitanus".
At the end of the 5th century Lyon was the capital of the Kingdom of Burgundy, but after 534 it passed under the domination of the Frankish kings.[8]
Carolingian period
Ravaged by the Saracens in 725, the city was restored through the liberality of Charlemagne who established a rich library in the monastery of Ile Barbe in the Saône, just north of Lugdunum. The letter of Leidradus to Charlemagne (807)[13] shows the care taken by the emperor for the restoration of learning in Lyon.[14] With the aid of the deacon Florus he made the school so prosperous that in the 10th century Englishmen went there to study.[8]
Under Charlemagne and his immediate successors, the Bishops of Lyon, whose ascendancy was attested by the number of councils over which they were called to preside, played an important theological part.
Agobard and Remy
Archbishop
It has been contended that there was a university (studium generale) at Lyons by the 13th century, but this has been strongly denied.[21]
Amolon (841-852)[22] and Remy (852-75) continued the struggle against the heresy of predestination. At the Council of Valence in January 855,[23] presided over by Archbishop Remy, this heresy was condemned.[24] Remy also was engaged in strife with Archbishop Hincmar. of Reims
Political realignments
From 879-1032 Lyon formed part of the
In 1025, the second Archbishop Burchard held a council at Anse, on the Saône some 28 km north of Lyon, attended by the archbishops of Vienne and Tarentaise, and nine bishops (Autunm Mâcon, Chalon-sur-Saône, Auxerre, Valence, Grenoble Uzès, Aosta, and Maurienne). At the council the bishop of Mâcon complained that Archbishop Burchard of Vienne had ordained priests from the abbey of Cluny, which was in his diocese and under his jurisdiction. Abbot Odilon testified for the archbishop of Vienne, but the council ruled that his actions were uncanonical and the archbishop of Vienne was made to apologize and make reparation.[25] In the next year, however, the monks of Cluny obtained a privilege from Pope John XIX, which allowed their action.[26]
Primacy of Lyon confirmed
It was during the episcopate of Gebuin, and at his request, that Pope Gregory VII, in the Bull "Antiquorum Sanctorum Patrum" of 20 April 1079,[30] confirmed.[31] The primacy of the Church of Lyon over the Provinces of Rouen, Tours, and Sens,[32]
In 1112, Archbishop Jauceran (1107–1118), having decided to hold a council at Anse, sent out summonses to attend to all the bishops of the ecclesiastical provinces of Sens, Rouen, and Tours, including the archbishop of Sens and all his suffragan bishops, including Ivo of Chartres.[33] Archbishop Daimbertus of Sens immediately held a provincial synod, and the bishops collectively sent a tart and lengthy synodal letter to Archbishop Jauceran, protesting the tone and content of his letter of summons, and his application of the relevant documents.[34] They were happy, they said, to accept his invitation, but not on the terms stated. It was unheard of that a bishop be summoned outside of his own province, except under papal orders.[35] Archbishop Jauceran replied in a letter directed to Archbishop Daimbertus, relying on contentious rhetoric and fallacious reasoning.[36] He also procured from Pope Paschal II a bull, "Caritatis bonum est," dated 14 March 1116, confirming the privileges of the archbishops of Lyon, including the primacy over the ecclesiastical provinces of Rouen, Tours and Sens.[37]
The dignity was confirmed by
Metropolitan
The archbishop of Lyon is the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province which includes:
- Annecy
- Belley-Ars
- Archdiocese of Chambéry
- Grenoble-Vienne
- Saint-Étienne
- Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux)
- Viviers[39]
Primate
As Primate of the Gauls, the archbishop of Lyon has precedence over:
Cathedral and Chapter
The cathedral of the diocese of Lyon was originally dedicated to S. Stephen, but the dedication to S. John the Baptist was added later.[41] The cathedral was administered by a corporation called the Chapter, which consisted of eight dignities and thirty-two canon-counts. The dignities were: the Dean, the Archdeacon, the Precentor, the Cantor, the Chamberlain, tÉhe Aedituus, the Provost, and the Chorus master.[42] Each candidate for an canonry had to demonstrate nobility on both sides of his family for at least four generations.[43]
Sovereignty
Lyon of the 12th century had a glorious place in the history of
In 1157 Emperor
Then came the growth of the Commune, more belated in Lyon than in many other cities, but in 1193 the archbishop had to make some concession to the citizens. The 13th century was a period of conflict. Three times, in 1207, 1269, and 1290, grave troubles broke out between the partisans of the archbishop who dwelt in the château of Pierre Seize, those of the count-canons who lived in a separate quarter near the cathedral, and partisans of the townsfolk.
If the 13th century had imperiled the political sovereignty of the archbishops, it had on the other hand made Lyon a kind of refuge from an unfriendly Rome for the papal court. The future
At Lyon were crowned
In 1516, following the papal loss of the Battle of Marignano, Pope Leo X signed a concordat with King Francis I of France, removing the rights of all French entities which held the right to elect to a benefice, including bishoprics, canonicates, and abbeys, and granting the kings of France the right to nominate candidates to all these benefices, provided they be suitable persons, and subject to confirmation of the nomination by the pope. This removed the right of cathedral chapters to elect their bishop, or even to request the pope to name a bishop. The Concordat of Bologna was strongly protested by the University of Paris and by the Parliament of Paris.[49]
Counter-reformation
Jean Charlier de Gerson, the former Chancellor of the University of Paris and leading theologian of the Council of Constance, whose old age was spent at Lyon in the abbey of St. Paul, where he instructed poor children, died there in 1429.[50]
M. Guigue has catalogued the eleven "hermitages" (eight of them for men and three for women) which were distinctive of the ascetical life of Christian Lyon in the Middle Ages; these were cells in which persons shut themselves up for life after four years of trial. The system of hermitages along the lines described by Grimalaius and Olbredus in the 9th century flourished especially from the 11th to the 13th century, and disappeared completely in the 16th. These hermitages were the private property of a neighbouring church or monastery, which installed therein for life a male or female recluse. The general almshouse of Lyon, or charity hospital, was founded in 1532 after the great famine of 1531; it was under the supervision of eight administrators chosen from among the more important citizens.[8]
On 12 April 1549, Pope Paul III secularized the monastery of l'Ile Barbe, converting it into a collegiate church, with a Chapter headed by a Dean, who assumed the title of abbot, a Provost (the former Prior), and an Archdeacon (the former Cellerier).[51]
In 1560 the Calvinists took Lyon by surprise, but they were driven out by
Jubilees at Lyon
The institution of the jubilee of Saint Nizier dates beyond a doubt to the stay of
Controversy over liturgy and liturgical books
"Among the Churches of France", wrote Saint Bernard [
In the 18th century Archbishop
The French Revolution
One of the first acts of the French Revolution was the abolition of feudalism and its institutions, including estates, provinces, duchies, baillies, and other obsolete organs of government. The National Constituent Assembly ordered their replacement by political subdivisions called "departments", to be characterized by a single administrative city in the center of a compact area. The decree was passed on 22 December 1789, the boundaries fixed on 26 February 1790, with the institution to be effective on 4 March 1790.[54] A metropolitanate called "Metropole du Sud-est" was established, which consisted of nine departments.[55] Lyon was named the departmental capital of Rhône et Loire. The National Constituent Assembly then, on 6 February 1790, instructed its ecclesiastical committee to prepare a plan for the reorganization of the clergy. At the end of May, its work was presented as a draft Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which, after vigorous debate, was approved on 12 July 1790. There was to be one diocese in each department,[56] requiring the suppression of approximately fifty dioceses,[57] especially along the Rhône River.[58] Both the establishment and the suppression of dioceses was a canonical matter, and was reserved to the pope, not to the National Constituent Assembly.
19th century changes
The
20th century
A new diocese of Saint-Étienne was erected on December 26, 1970, on territory on the left (west) bank of the Rhone, taken from the Archdiocese's territory.[59] The name of the archdiocese's was simplified to "Lyon" on December 15, 2006.[39] The title of Vienne was assigned instead to Lyon's suffragan, the diocese of Grenoble.
Saints
The Diocese of Lyon honours as a saints
At the end of the empire and during the
Blessed Jean Pierre Néel, born in 1832 at Ste. Catherine sur Rivière, was martyred at Kay-Tcheou, China, in 1862.[62]
Bishops and Archbishops of Lyon
Bishops of Lyon
- Pothinus (attested 177)[63]
- Irenaeus[64]
- Zacharias (195 – after 202)[65]
- Helios of Lyon
- Faustinus (3rd quarter of the 3rd century)[66]
- Lucius Verus
- Julius
- Ptolémaeus
- Vocius (attested 314)[67]
- Maximus (Maxime)
- Tétradius (Tetrade)
- Verissimus fl. 343
- Justus of Lyon (374–381)[68]
- Alpinus of Lyon (c. 390–397)[69]
- Martin (c. 397–400)[70]
- Antiochus of Lyon (400–410)[71]
- Elpidius of Lyon (410–422)
- Sicarius(422–433)
- Eucherius of Lyon (c. 433–450)[72]
- Patiens of Lyon (456–498)[73]
- Lupicinus of Lyon (491–494)
- Rusticus (494–501)[74]
- Stephanus (501 – Before 515)[75]
- Viventiolus (515–523)[76]
Archbishops of Lyon
- Lupus (535–542)[77]
- Licontius (Léonce)
- Sardot or Sacerdos (549–552)
- Nicetius or Nizier (552–73)[78]
- Priscus of Lyon (573–588)[79]
- Ætherius (588–603)[80]
- Aredius (603–615)
- Viventius of Lyon
- Annemund or Chamond (c. 650)[81]
- Genesius or Genes (660–679 or 680), [82]
- Lambertus (c. 680–690), [83]
- Leidrad (798–814)
- Agobard, Chorbishop (808?–814)[84]
- Agobard (814–834, 837–840)[85]
- Amalarius of Metz (834–837) administrator[8]
- Amulo, (840-852)
- Remigius (852–875)
- Aurelianus (875–895)
- Alwala of Montdor (895–905)
- Bernardus (906–907)
- Austerius (906–c. 919)
- Remi (c. 916–922)[86]
- Anscheric (before 926–927)[87]
- Guy (928–949)[88]
- Burchard II of Lyon (?–?)[89]
- Amblard (c. 957–978)[90]
- Burchard III of Lyon (978–1032)[91]
- Odolric (1041-1046)[92]
- Halinard (1046–1052)[93]
- Geoffroy de Vergy (1054–1064)[94]
- Humbert (1064–1076)[95]
Archbishops of Lyon and Primates of the Gauls
From 1077 to 1389
- 1077–1082 Gebuin[96][8]
- 1081–1106 Hugh of Die[97]
- 1107–1118 Jauceran (Gaucheran)[98]
- 1118–1128 Humbaud[99]
- 1128–1129 Renaud of Semur[100]
- 1131–1139 Peter[101]
- 1139–1142 Faucon de Bothéon[102]
- 1142–1148 Amadeus (Amé)[103]
- 1148–1153 Humbertus de Bagé[104]
- 1153–1163 Hercules de Montboissier[105]
- 1163–1164 Dreux (Drogon)[106]
- 1164–1180 Guichard of Pontigny[107]
- 1182–1193 Jean de Belles-mains (Bellème, Belmeis)[108]
- 1193–1226 Renaud de Forez[109]
- 1227–1234 Robert of Auvergne[110]
- 1236 Radulfus de Pinis[111]
- 1237–1245 Aimeric Guerry[112]
- 1246–1267 Philippe de Savoy Administrator[113]
- 1267-1272 Gui de Mello[114]
- 1272–1273 Pierre de Tarentaise, O.P.[115]
- 1273–1283 Ademar de Roussillon, O.S.B.[116]
- 1289–1294 Bérard de Got[117]
- 1290–1295 Louis of Anjou, O.F.M.[118]
- 1295–1301 Henri de Villars[119]
- 1301–1308 Louis de Villars[120]
- 1308–1332 Peter of Savoy
- 1332–1340 Guillaume de Sure[121]
- 1340–1342 Guy de Bologne[122]
- 1342–1354 Henri II de Villars[123]
- 1356–1358 Raymond Saquet
- 1358–1365 Guillaume II de Thurey
- 1365–1375 Charles d'Alençon
- 1375–1389 Jean II de Talaru
From 1389 to 1799
- 1389–1415 Philippe de Thurey Avignon Obedience[124]
- 1417–1444 Amédée de Talaru[125]
- 1444–1446 Geoffroy II de Versailles
- 1447–1488 Charles II of Bourbon
- 1488–1499 Hugues II de Talaru
- 1499–1500 André d'Espinay (cardinal)
- 1501–1536 François de Rohan[126]
- 1537–1539 John, Cardinal of Lorraine[127]
- 1539–1551 Ippolito II d'Este Administrator[128]
- 1551–1562 Cardinal François de Tournon[129]
- 1562–1564 Ippolito II d'Este Administrator[130]
- 1564–1573 Antoine d'Albon[131]
- 1573–1599 Pierre d'Épinac[132]
- 1612–1626 Denis-Simon de Marquemont[133]
- 1626–1628 Charles Miron[134]
- 1628–1653 Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu[135]
- 1653–1693 Camille de Neufville de Villeroy[136]
- 1714–1731 François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy[137]
- 1732–1739 Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne[138]
- 1740–1758 Pierre Guérin de Tencin[139]
- 1758–1788 Antoine de Malvin de Montazet[140]
- 1788–1799 Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf[141]
Constitutional bishops
Primates of Gauls and Archbishop of Lyon-Vienne
- (Cardinal) Joseph Fesch (29 July 1802 – 13 May 1839)[144]
- (Cardinal) Joachim-Jean d'Isoard (1839)[145]
- (Cardinal) Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald (1839 –1870)[146]
- Jacques-Marie Ginoulhiac (1870–1875)[147]
- (Cardinal) Louis-Marie Caverot (20 April 1876 – 23 January 1887)
- (Cardinal) Joseph-Alfred Foulon (23 March 1887 – 23 January 1893)
- (Cardinal) Pierre-Hector Coullie(14 June 1893 – 11 September 1912)
- (Cardinal) Hector Sévin (2 December 1912 – 4 May 1916)
- (Cardinal) Louis-Joseph Maurin (1 December 1916 – 16 November 1936)
- (Cardinal) Pierre-Marie Gerlier (30 July 1937 – 17 January 1965)
- (Cardinal) Jean-Marie Villot (17 January 1965 – 7 April 1967)
- (Cardinal) Alexandre Renard (28 May 1967 – 29 October 1981)
- (Cardinal) Albert Decourtray (29 October 1981 – 16 September 1994)
- (Cardinal) Jean Marie Balland (27 May 1995 – 1 March 1998)
- (Cardinal) Louis-Marie Billé (10 July 1998 – 12 March 2002)
- (Cardinal) Philippe Barbarin (16 July 2002 – 6 March 2020)[148]
- Olivier de Germay (20 December 2020 – present)
See also
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- ^ Pisani, p. 11.
- ^ Pope Paul VI, "Signa Temporum," 26 December 1970, in: Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 63 (1971), pp. 724-726.
- ^ Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar, A Dictionary of Saintly Women, Volume 1 (London: Bell, 1904), pp. 202-204.
- ^ Raymonde Foreville, "Le culte de saint Thomas Becket en France. Bilan de recherches," (in French), in: Thomas Becket: actes du colloque international de Sédières, 19 - 25.8.1973, (Paris: Editions Beauchesne, 1975), pp. 163-189, esp. 173; Charles Duggan, "Bishop John and Archdeacon Richard of Poitiers. Their Roles in the Becket Dispute and its Aftermath," pp. 79-80.
- ^ Konstantin Kempf, The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times (New York: Benzinger brothers, 1916), p. 321.
- ^ Pothinus died in prison, and is listed as a martyr in the episcopal lists of Lyon. He shares the same day as the martyrs of Lyon. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 4-5. Duchesne II (1900), pp. 160-161.
- ^ Irenaeus is discussed by Eusebius, History of the Church Book i, chapter 5. He is first called a martyr by Gregory of Tours. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, 5-12.
- ^ Zacharias was a priest of Irenaeus of Lyon, and buried his leader. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, 12-13.
- ^ Faustinus wrote a letter on behalf of the other bishops of Gaul to Pope Stephen I (254–257). Duchesne, p. 44.
- ^ Bishop Vosius attended the Council of Arles, on 1 August 314. C. Munier, Concilia Galliae, A. 314 — A. 506, (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 15: "Vosius episcopus, Petulinus exurcista de ciuitate Lugdunensium."
- ^ The Iustus who attended the Council of Valence on 12 July 374 may have been archbishop of Lyon. Bishop Justus attended the council of Aquileia in 381, and then retired to Egypt to become a hermit. Duchesne, p. 365.
- ^ Alpinus: Fisquet, p. 51.
- ^ Martin was a disciple of St. Martin of Tours; end of 4th century. He had been abbot of the monastery of L'Ile Barbe on the Saône, just north of Lyon. He died on 15 October, around the year 410. Fisquet, pp. 51-52.
- ^ Antiochus was sent by the Lyonnais to Egypt to persuade Bishop Justus to return to Lyon; he brought back the bishop's remains. Fisquet, p. 52.
- ^ Bishop Eucherius attended the Council of Orange on 8 November 441. Duchesne, p. 367: "Ex provincia Lugdunensi prima civit Lugdunins Eucherius episcopus, Aper presbyter, Veranus diaconus."
- ^ Archbishop Patiens successfully combated a famine and Arianism. He attended a council in 474 or 475, and obtained a retraction of heresy of the priest Lucidus. Duchesne, p. 370. C. Munier, Concilia Galliae, A. 314 — A. 506, (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 159. Sidonius Apollinaris praised him in a poem.
- ^ Rusticus: Fisquet, pp. 63-64.
- ^ With Avitus of Vienne, Stephanus convoked a council at Lyon for the conversion of the Arians. Fisquet, pp. 64-68.
- ^ Archbishop Viventiolus presided with Archbishop Avitus of Vienne at the Council of Epaone in 517. C. De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 — A. 695, (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 35: "Viuentiolus episcopus ecclesiae Lugduninsis cum prouincialibus meis constitutiones nostras relegi et subscripsi."
- ^ Lupus had been a monk. He was probably the first archbishop; in 538 the Council of Orléans spoke in its first canon about the title of "metropolitanus". Lupus died on 22 September 542. Fisquet, p. 73.
- ^ Nicetius was the nephew of Archbishop Sacerdos. He died on 2 April 573. Fisquet, pp. 76-80.
- ^ Archbishop Priscus presided at the Council of Mâcon, in 581 or 583. De Clercq, p. 229: "Priscus Lugdunensis aeclesiae episcopus nostram suscripsi."
- ^ Aetherius was a correspondent of St. Gregory the Great and who perhaps consecrated St. Augustine, the Apostle of England
- Clotaire III, put to death by Ebroin together with his brother. Chamond was patron of the town of Saint-Chamond, Loire.
- ^ Benedictine Abbot of Fontenelle, grand almoner and minister of Queen Bathilde
- ^ also Abbot of Fontenelle
- ^ Agobard came to Lyon from Spain in 792. Fisquet, p. 102.
- ^ Fisquet, pp. 101-122.
- ^ Archbishop subscribed the last will and testament of Bishop Herve of Autun on 22 April 919. Fisquet, p. 147.
- ^ Archbishop Anscheric died on 15 December 927. Fisquet, pp. 147-148.
- ^ Archbishop Guy died on 20 September 949. Fisquet, pp. 148-150.
- ^ Previté-Orton, C.W. (1912). The Early History of the House of Savoy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Archbishop Amblardus died on 8 May 978. His will was probated on 9 August 978. Fisquet, pp. 155-157.
- ^ Burchard was the son of Conrad the Peaceable, King of Burgundy. A document of 984 states that it was signed in the 6th year of Archbishop Burchard. Archbishop Burchard consecrated Bruno Bishop of Langres in 981. In 1006, he subscribed the document by which Pope John XVIII established the diocese of Bamberg. He died 22 June 1032. Pope John XIX, who died on 20 October 1032, wanted to make Odilon of Cluny his successor. Fisquet, pp. 157-169.
- ^ Fisquet, pp. 169-170.
- ^ Archbishop Halinard died in Rome on 29 July 1052, poisoned. Fisquet, pp. 171-175. HALINARD, Erzbischof von Lyon
- ^ Fisquet, pp. 176-177.
- ^ Fisquet, pp. 177-179. Jean Beyssac, Notes pour servir à l'histoire de l'Eglise de Lyon: Humbert, prévot et archevêque (1032-1077), (in French), Vitte, 1912.
- ^ Gebuin was the son of Hugues III, Comte de Dijon. In September 1077, the papal legate, Bishop Hugues of Die, held a council at Autun, at which the clergy and people of Lyon demanded the appointment of an archbishop, naming Gebuin as their choice. He was consecrated on 17 September 1077. Archbishop Gebuin died on 17 April 1082. Fisquet, pp. 179-192.
- ^ Hugues de Die: Fisquet, pp. 193-213.
- ^ Jauceran: Fisquet, pp. 213-218.
- ^ Humbaud: Fisquet, pp. 218-220.
- ^ Renaud: Fisquet, pp. 220-224.
- ^ Pierre: Fisquet, pp. 224-227.
- ^ Faucon (Foulque): Fisquet, pp. 227-231.
- ^ Amadeus: Fisquet, pp. 231-232.
- ^ Humbert: Fisquet, pp. 232-235.
- ^ Montboissier: Fisquet, pp. 235-241.
- King Louis VII, explaining that there was a disputed election; The majority of the electors chose Dreux, the archdeacon of Lyon, and a minority of six elected Guichard, the abbot of Pontigny. Pope Alexander III is said to have ratified Dreux' election, but Louis VII prevailed upon the pope to void the election of Dreux. The name of Dreux does not appear in any of the catalogues of bishops of Lyon. Sainte-Marthe (Sammarthanus) suggested that it was because he was never consecrated. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 125-126. Fisquet, pp. 241-243.
- ^ Guichard: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 126-130. Fisquet, pp. 243-253.
- ^ Jean: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 130-133. Fisquet, pp. 253-262.
- ^ Renaud: Fisquet, pp. 262-269. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316.
- ^ Robert had previously been Bishop of Clermont. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316.
- ^ Radulfus was approved by Pope Gregory IX on 15 January 1236, but died on 5 March 1236. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 3.
- ^ Aimeric resigned. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316.
- ^ Philippe had been bishop-elect of Valence. He resigned, still bishop-elect in 1267. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 4.
- ^ Guy had previously been Bishop of Auxerre. Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with notes 5 and 6.
- ^ Pierre was promoted to be a cardinal and Suburbicarian bishop of Ostia. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 7.
- ^ Ademar: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 8.
- ^ Beraldus de Gouth had been archdeacon of Montalden. He was promoted to be a cardinal and Suburbicarian bishop of Albano. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 10, 11.
- ^ Louis, the second son of Charles II d'Anjou, King of Naples, was named archbishop of Lyon at the age of 16. He was not consecrated, though, until 30 December 1296, when he was named archbishop of Toulouse.
- ^ Henri de Villars had been chamberlain of the Church of Lyon. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 12.
- ^ Louis de Villars had been archdeacon of Lyon: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316, with note 13.
- ^ Guillaume had been archdeacon of Lyon, and was in diaconal orders. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316.
- ^ Guy was a member of the important family of the counts of Auvergne and Boulogne. He had been archdeacon of Flanders, and was appointed archbishop of Lyon by Pope Benedict XII on 11 October 1340. He was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VI on 20 September 1342. As a Cardinal, Guy de Boulogne, served as a papal diplomat. He died in Ilerda on 25 November 1373. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 164-166. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, pp. 38 no. 2; 316.
- ^ Henri de Villars: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 166-168. Eubel I, p. 316.
- ^ Philippe de Thurey was the nephew of Guillaume de Thurey, Archbishop of Lyon; and brother of Cardinal Pierre de Thurey, papal legate in Naples and then Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church. He was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 8 November 1389. He had been Cantor in the cathedral Chapter. He died on 28 September 1415. Eubel I, p. 316 with note 17. Fisquet, pp. 353-357.
- ^ Amadée was the confessor of Odo Colonna, elected Pope Martin V. Eubel I, p. 316.
- ^ Marc Antoine Péricaud, Notice sur François de Rohan, Archevêque de Lyon, etc. (in French), Lyon: A. Vingtrinier 1854.
- ^ Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 230, with note 3.
- ^ Ippolito was the son of Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, and Lucretia Borgia. King Francis I of France named Cardinal protector of the crown of France at the court of Pope Paul III. Ippolito was a personal friend and companion of Henri II, and lived at the French court for many years. He was a patron of scholars. He was never consecrated a bishop, and only became a priest in 1584. Fisquet, pp. 386-391. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 230, with notes 4 and 5..
- Emperor Charles V, combated the Reformation and founded the Collège de Tournon, which the Jesuits later made one of the most celebrated educational establishments of the kingdom. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 230, with note 6.
- ^ D'Este's second appointment to Lyon was purely nominal. Lyon was in the hands of the Protestants, and the locals disliked Ippolito as a foreigner. He quickly arranged through the French court, therefore, an exchange of dioceses with Archbishop Antoine d'Albon of Arles. D'Este died in Rome on 5 December 1572. Fisquet, pp. 390-391.
- ^ Antoine d'Albon was an early editor of Rufinus, In LXXV Davidis Psalmos Commentarii (1570); and Ausonius. Fisquet, pp. 408-411. Joseph Hyacinthe Albanès, Gallia christiana novissima, (in Latin), Volume 3: Arles (Valence: Valentinoise, 1901), p. 915.
- ^ D'Epinac was an active leader of the League against Henry of Navarre (Henry IV). Fisquet, pp. 412-433. P. Richard, La Papauté et la Ligue française: Pierre d'Épinac, Archevêque de Lyon, 1573-1599, (in French) (Paris: Picard 1901). Claude Odon Reure, Pierre d'Epinac, archevêque de Lyon: d'après un livre nouveau, (in French) Lyon: Imp. Mougin-Rusand, Waltener, 1902. [offprint of Revue de Lyonnaise September 1901].
- ^ Marquemont: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 191-192. Fisquet, pp. 437-443.
- ^ Miron: Fisquet, pp. 443-457.
- ^ (Sep 1628 – 23 Mar 1653) Du Plessis was the elder brother of Cardinal Armand de Richelieu, and had been offered the diocese of Luçon, which he declined in favor of joining the Carthusians. Fisquet, pp. 457-463.
- ^ Neufville: Antoine Péricaud, Notice sur Camille de Neuville, archevêque de Lyon sous Louis XIV, (in French) Lyon: imprimerie de J. M. Barret, 1829. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 195-196.
- ^ (15 Aug 1714 – 6 Feb 1731)François-Paul de Neufville: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, p. 197.
- ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 238 with note 2.
- ^ Tencin had been Archbishop of Embrun. He had been appointed a cardinal on 23 February 1739
by King Louis XV on 17 September 1740, and approved by the new Pope Benedict XIV(Lambertini) on 11 November 1740. He died on 2 March 1758. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 238 with note 3.
- Scipio Ricci until it was condemned by the Index in 1792. Montazet died in Paris at the abbey of S. Victor on 2 May 1788, at the age of 66. Fisquet, pp. 507-529. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 67 with note 3; 238 with note 4.
- King Louis XVI on 12 May 1788, and confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 15 September 1788. Archbishop de Marbeuf died on 15 April 1799. Fisquet, pp. 529-535.. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 67 with note 5; 238 with note 5.
- ^ A bishop of Lyon of the schismatic French Constitutional Church, from 27 March 1791 to 11 January 1794, the date of his death on the scaffold. Pisani, pp. 277-284.
- ^ Primat was elected bishop on 15 April 1798 by the constitutional electors of the department of Rhône. On 19 February 1800, Primat took possession of the episcopal throne of the department of Rhône. Pierre-Marie Gonon, Bibliographie historique de la ville de Lyon, pendant la Révolution française, (in French), (Lyon: Marle, 1844), p. 480, no. 2585. On 9 October 1800, he announced his intention to hold a diocesan synod. Gonon, p. 486, no. 2616. Pisani, p. 281.
- ^ Fesch was styled Archbishop of Lyon-Vienne-Embrun until 1822. Fisquet, pp. 552-611. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 245.
- ^ Isoard was cardinal archbishop of Auch. He was nominated archbishop of Lyon by King Louis Philippe on 15 June 1839. He was never approved by the pope, since he died on 7 October 1839. Fisquet, pp. 621-622.
- ^ Bonald had been Bishop of Le Puy (1823–1839). He was nominated archbishop of Lyon by the French government on 11 December 1839, and approved by Pope Gregory XVI on 27 April 1840. He was named a cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI on 1 March 1841. He died on 25 February 1870, at the age of 82. Fisquet, pp. 622-690. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 77, 246.
- ^ Ginoulhiac, (2 March 1870 – 17 November 1875), was known for his Histoire du dogme catholique pendant les trois premiers siècles de l‛église et jusqu‛au concile de Nicée, (in French) Volume 1 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1852; Volume 2.
- ^ Winfield, Nicole (6 March 2020). "Pope lets French cardinal embroiled in abuse cover-up resign". Crux. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
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- Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24. (in French)
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