Roman Catholic Diocese of Béziers

Coordinates: 43°20′30″N 3°12′39″E / 43.3416°N 3.2107°E / 43.3416; 3.2107
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Béziers Cathedral

The

Diocese of Montpellier
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Traditionally, the first Bishop of Béziers is considered to be the Egyptian saint, Aphrodisius, said to have sheltered the Holy Family at Hermopolis and to have become a disciple of Christ, also to have accompanied Sergius Paulus to Gaul when the latter went thither to found the Church of Narbonne, and to have died a martyr at Béziers.[1]

Local traditions made St. Aphrodisius arrive at Béziers mounted on a camel. Hence the custom of leading a camel in the procession at Béziers on the feast of the saint; this lasted until the French Revolution[1] but was revived in the late 20th century.[1]

The first historically known bishop is Paulinus mentioned in 418;

Diocese of Montpellier.[1]

Bishops

To 1000

Saint Aphrodisius

1000 to 1300

  • Urbain 1016
  • Etienne II 1017–1036 or 1037
  • Bernard II 1035 or 1037–1046
  • Bèrenger I 1050–1053
  • Bernard III Arnaud 1053–c. 1060
  • Bèrenger II 1061–c. 1066
  • Matfred III 1077–1096 or c. 1070–c. 1093
  • Arnaud de Lévézon
    1096–1121
  • Saint Guiraud
    (Geraldus, Geraud) 1121–1123
  • Guillaume I de Serviez (Servian, Cerviez) 1127
  • Bermond de Lévezon 1128–1152
  • Guillaume II 1152–1154 or 1157
  • Raymond I 1159
  • Guillaume III 1159–1167
  • Bernard IV de Gaucelin 1167–1184
  • Geofroy (Gausfred) de Marseille 1185–1199
  • Guillaume de Rocozels (Rocozels) 1199–1205
  • Ermengaud 1205–1208
  • Reginald( Renaud) II de Montpeyroux 1208–1211
  • Pierre II d'Aigrefeuille 1211–1212
  • Bertrand de Saint Gervais 1212–1215
  • Raymond II Lenoir January–20 April 1215
  • Bernard V de Cuxac 1215–1242
  • R. 1243
  • P. 1244
  • Raymond III de Salles (Salle) 1245–1247
  • Raymond IV de Vaihauquez (Valhauquès) 1247–1261
  • Pons de Saint Just 1261–1293
  • Raymond V de Colombiers 1293–1294
  • cardinal

1300 to 1500

From 1500

  • Antoine Dubois 1504–1537
  • Jean II de Lettes 1537–1543, resigned (1543)
  • Jean III de Narbonne 1543–1545
  • François Gouffier 1546–1547 or 12 February–5 December 1547
  • bishop of Albi
    (1561)
  • archbishop of Aix
    (1574)
  • André Etienne 1572
  • Thomas I de Bonsi 1573–1596, resigned 1596, died 1603
  • Jean de Bonsi 1596–1611, cardinal in 1611, died 1621
  • Dominique de Bonzi (Bonsi) 1615–1621
  • Thomas II de Bonsi 1622 or 1621–1628
  • Clément de Bonsi 1628–1659
  • bishop of Toulouse
    (1669)
  • Armand Jean de Rotondy de Biscaras 1671–1702
  • Louis-Charles des Alris de Rousset 1702–1744
  • Léon-Louis-Ange de Ghistelle de Saint-Floris 1744–1745
  • Joseph-Bruno de Bausset de Roquefort 1745–1771
  • Aymar Claude de Nicolaï 1771–1790, last bishop of Béziers. The diocese was suppressed in 1790.
  • Dominique Pouderous, (
    constitutional bishop of l'Hérault, installed at Béziers) 1791–1799 (died at Béziers 10 April 1799)[5]
  • Alexandre Victor Rouanet, (constitutional bishop of l'Hérault, installed at Béziers) 1799–1801 (dismissed)

From 1802, the constitutional bishops of l'Hérault resided at Montpellier.

  • Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins 1817–1822[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goyau, Pierre (1911). "Diocese of Montpellier § (C) Diocese of Béziers". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ Duchesne, p. 309.
  3. ^ Duchesne, p. 310.
  4. S2CID 162820209
    .
  5. ^ Tableau, p. 47.
  6. ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Archbishop Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins. Retrieved: 2016-07-17[self-published source]

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