Limoges (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 1st Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Poitiers
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 11,085 (4,281 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Sud-Ouest
Official Web Site: http://www.diocese-limoges.fr/
Mailing Address: Évêché, 3 rue de la Cathedrale, 87000 Limoges CEDEX 1, France
Telephone: 5.55.34.16.15

Past and Present Ordinaries

Geraud † ( 1012 Appointed - 11 Nov 1020 Died)
Gaibraud Chabot † ( 1179 Appointed - Mar 1197 Died)
Jean de Veyrac † ( 1198 Appointed - 1218 Died)
Bernard de Savène † ( 1219 Appointed - 22 Jul 1226 Died)
Guy de Cluzel † (Oct 1226 Appointed - Jan 1235 Died)
Durand † (10 Oct 1240 Appointed - 29 Dec 1245 Died)
Aymeric La Serre de Malemort † ( 1246 Appointed - 2 Jul 1272 Died)
Gilbert de Malemort † (16 Dec 1275 Appointed - 1294 Died)
Regnaud de La Porte † (15 Nov 1294 Appointed - 31 Dec 1316 Appointed, Archbishop of Bourges)
Gerard Roger † (12 Jan 1317 Appointed - 1324 Died)
Élie Talleyrand de Périgord † (10 Oct 1324 Appointed - 4 Jan 1328 Appointed, Bishop of Auxerre)
Bl. Roger Le Fort † (7 Jan 1328 Appointed - 18 Aug 1343 Appointed, Archbishop of Bourges)
Nicolas de Besse † (27 Aug 1343 Appointed - 19 May 1344 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata)
Guy de Comborn † (28 Feb 1344 Appointed - 14 May 1347 Appointed, Bishop of Noyon)
Jean de Cros (de Calmefort) † (14 May 1347 Confirmed - 30 May 1371 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo)
Aymeric Chatti de la Joussac † (18 Jul 1371 Appointed - 10 Nov 1390 Died)
Bernard de Bonneval † (14 Dec 1390 Appointed - 1403 Died)
Hugues de Manhac † (16 Jan 1404 Appointed - 3 Nov 1412 Died)
Pierre d’Ailly † (21 Dec 1412 Appointed - 7 Aug 1413 Appointed, Administrator of Orange)
Hugues de Roffignac † (16 Mar 1418 Appointed - 11 Dec 1426 Appointed, Bishop of Rieux)
Pierre de Montbrun † (11 Dec 1426 Appointed - 10 Feb 1456 Died)
Jean de Barthon † (18 May 1457 Confirmed - 10 Mar 1484 Appointed, Titular Bishop of Nazareth)
Jean de Barthon † (10 Mar 1484 Appointed - 10 Sep 1510 Died)
René de Prie † (18 Aug 1514 Confirmed - 5 Dec 1516 Resigned)
Philippe de Montmorency † (5 Dec 1516 Appointed - 6 Oct 1519 Died)
Charles de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam † (26 Oct 1519 Appointed - 10 Jan 1530 Appointed, Bishop of Beauvais)
Antonio Lascaris de Tenda † (10 Jan 1530 Appointed - 17 Apr 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Riez)
Jean de Langeac † (17 Apr 1532 Appointed - 25 Jul 1541 Died)
Jean du Bellay † (22 Aug 1541 Appointed - 13 Aug 1544 Resigned)
Antoine Sanguin de Meudon † (13 Aug 1544 Appointed - 26 Oct 1547 Resigned)
César des Bourguignons (Bourgogne) † (26 Oct 1547 Appointed - 1558 Died)
Sébastien de L’Aubespine † (23 Mar 1558 Appointed - 2 Jul 1582 Died)
Jean de L’Aubespine † (22 Aug 1583 Appointed - 16 Mar 1588 Appointed, Bishop of Orléans)
Henri de La Marthonie † (13 Jul 1587 Appointed - 7 Oct 1618 Died)
Raymond de La Marthonie † (7 Oct 1618 Succeeded - 11 Jan 1627 Died)
François de Lafayette † (29 Nov 1627 Appointed - 3 May 1676 Died)
Louis de Lascaris d’Urfé † (16 Nov 1676 Confirmed - 30 Jun 1695 Died)
François de Carbonnel de Canisy † (23 Jan 1696 Confirmed - 13 Sep 1706 Resigned)
Antoine de Charpin de Genetines † (13 Sep 1706 Confirmed - 6 Feb 1730 Resigned)
Benjamin de L’Isle du Gast † (14 Aug 1730 Confirmed - 5 Sep 1739 Died)
Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet † (14 Dec 1739 Confirmed - 11 Nov 1758 Resigned)
Louis-Charles du Plessis d’Argentré † (18 Dec 1758 Confirmed - 28 Mar 1808 Died)
Marie-Jean-Philippe Dubourg † (1 Jun 1802 Confirmed - 31 Jan 1822 Died)
Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins † (27 Sep 1822 Confirmed - 3 May 1824 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Amasea)
Prosper de Tournefort † (21 Mar 1825 Confirmed - 7 Mar 1844 Died)
Bernard Buissas † (17 Jun 1844 Confirmed - 24 Dec 1856 Died)
Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (19 Mar 1857 Confirmed - 26 Sep 1859 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne))
Félix-Pierre Fruchaud † (26 Sep 1859 Confirmed - 27 Oct 1871 Confirmed, Archbishop of Tours)
Alfred Duquesnay † (22 Dec 1871 Confirmed - 13 May 1881 Confirmed, Archbishop of Cambrai)
Pierre Henri Lamazou † (13 May 1881 Confirmed - 3 Jul 1883 Appointed, Bishop of Amiens)
François-Benjamin-Joseph Blanger † (9 Aug 1883 Confirmed - 11 Dec 1887 Died)
Firmin-Léon-Joseph Renouard † (1 Jun 1888 Confirmed - 30 Nov 1913 Died)
Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † (24 Dec 1913 Appointed - 18 Jun 1920 Appointed, Bishop of Lille)
Alfred Flocard † (16 Dec 1920 Appointed - 3 Mar 1938 Died)
Louis-Paul Rastouil † (21 Oct 1938 Appointed - 7 Apr 1966 Died)
Henri Marie Charles Gufflet † (7 Apr 1966 Succeeded - 13 Jul 1988 Retired)
Léon-Raymond Soulier † (13 Jul 1988 Succeeded - 24 Oct 2000 Retired)
Christophe Dufour (24 Oct 2000 Appointed - 20 May 2008 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Aix (-Arles))
François Michel Pierre Kalist (25 Mar 2009 Appointed - 20 Sep 2016 Appointed, Archbishop of Clermont)
Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo (11 May 2017 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1st Century	Erected		Diocese of Limoges (erected)
11 July 1317	Territory Lost	Diocese of Limoges	Diocese of Tulle (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Tulle (suppressed)	Diocese of Limoges
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Limoges	Diocese of Tulle
8 December 2002	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Limoges (from Bourges)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 475,000 522,442 90.9% 355 17 372 1,276 17 610 480 ap1951

1970 500,438 .0% 264 25 289 0 25 524 481 ap1971

1978 424,000 505,000 84.0% 208 74 282 1,503 1 94 614 481 ap1981

1990 432,000 506,000 85.4% 174 43 217 1,990 2 58 405 117 ap1991

1999 434,000 512,000 84.8% 123 33 156 2,782 8 41 292 106 ap2000

2000 437,000 516,000 84.7% 119 33 152 2,875 7 43 257 106 ap2001

2001 405,000 478,400 84.7% 110 28 138 2,934 7 36 243 106 ap2002

2002 404,800 478,100 84.7% 107 28 135 2,998 7 36 226 97 ap2003

2003 465,650 475,350 98.0% 91 22 113 4,120 6 23 212 97 ap2004

2004 382,690 478,363 80.0% 104 22 126 3,037 6 23 214 97 ap2005

2013 414,000 504,200 82.1% 74 16 90 4,600 15 27 127 30 ap2014

2016 418,600 510,134 82.1% 67 10 77 5,436 22 10 97 30 ap2017

2019 407,780 496,985 82.1% 70 5 75 5,437 20 5 64 30 ap2020

2021 406,000 494,885 82.0% 52 8 60 6,766 24 11 62 30 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	475,000	522,442	90.9%	355	17	372	1,276		17	610	480	ap1951
1970		500,438	.0%	264	25	289	0		25	524	481	ap1971
1978	424,000	505,000	84.0%	208	74	282	1,503	1	94	614	481	ap1981
1990	432,000	506,000	85.4%	174	43	217	1,990	2	58	405	117	ap1991
1999	434,000	512,000	84.8%	123	33	156	2,782	8	41	292	106	ap2000
2000	437,000	516,000	84.7%	119	33	152	2,875	7	43	257	106	ap2001
2001	405,000	478,400	84.7%	110	28	138	2,934	7	36	243	106	ap2002
2002	404,800	478,100	84.7%	107	28	135	2,998	7	36	226	97	ap2003
2003	465,650	475,350	98.0%	91	22	113	4,120	6	23	212	97	ap2004
2004	382,690	478,363	80.0%	104	22	126	3,037	6	23	214	97	ap2005
2013	414,000	504,200	82.1%	74	16	90	4,600	15	27	127	30	ap2014
2016	418,600	510,134	82.1%	67	10	77	5,436	22	10	97	30	ap2017
2019	407,780	496,985	82.1%	70	5	75	5,437	20	5	64	30	ap2020
2021	406,000	494,885	82.0%	52	8	60	6,766	24	11	62	30	ap2022