Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Norbert José Henri Turini, Archbishop
Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré, Archbishop Emeritus
Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 8 December 2002
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 6,101 (2,356 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Provence-Méditerranée
Official Web Site: https://montpellier.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Villa Maguelone, 31 ter avenue St. Lazare, CS 82137, 34060 Montpellier CEDEX 2, France
Telephone: 4.67.55.06.14

Historical Details

Diocese of Maguelonne
- Latin Name: Magalonensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Narbonne
- Country: France
Diocese of Montpellier
- Latin Name: Montis Pessulani
- Name Changed: 27 March 1536
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Narbonne
- Country: France
Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
- Latin Name: Montis Pessulani (-Lotevensis-Biterrensis-Agathensis-Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum)
- Name Changed: 16 June 1877
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Avignon
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Godefroi † ( 1080 Appointed - 22 Dec 1103 Died)
Gautier de Lille † ( 1104 Appointed - 6 Dec 1128 Died)
Guillaume de Fleix † (7 Mar 1195 Appointed - 13 Dec 1202 Died)
Guillaume d’Autignac † ( 1203 Appointed - 21 Jun 1216 Died)
Bernard de Mèze † ( 1216 Appointed - 25 Dec 1230 Died)
Jean de Montlaur † (1 Aug 1234 Appointed - 7 May 1247 Died)
Reinier Saccoin, O.P. † (Jul 1247 Appointed - 13 Jan 1249 Died)
Pierre de Conques † (1 Mar 1249 Appointed - 7 Apr 1256 Died)
Guillaume Christophe † (3 May 1256 Appointed - 14 Jan 1263 Died)
Bérenger de Frédol † ( 1263 Appointed - 5 Jan 1296 Died)
Gaucelin de la Garde † (10 Aug 1296 Appointed - 12 Mar 1304 Died)
Pierre de Lévis de Mirepoix † (22 Jan 1306 Appointed - 29 Jul 1309 Appointed, Bishop of Cambrai)
Jean-Raymond de Comminges † (29 Jul 1309 Appointed - 13 Nov 1317 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
Gaillard (Galhard) de Saumate † (12 Nov 1317 Appointed - 8 Feb 1318 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)
André de Frédol, O.S.A. † (8 Feb 1318 Appointed - 29 Feb 1328 Died)
Jean de Vissec † (14 Mar 1328 Appointed - 28 Aug 1334 Died)
Pectin de Montesquieu † (12 Sep 1334 Appointed - 27 Jan 1339 Appointed, Bishop of Albi)
Arnaud de Verdale † (15 Mar 1339 Appointed - 23 Dec 1352 Died)
Andouin Aubert † (30 Jan 1353 Appointed - 15 Feb 1353 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
Durand de Chapelles † (15 May 1353 Appointed - Jan 1361 Died)
Pierre de Canillac † (29 Jan 1361 Appointed - 7 Jul 1361 Died)
Dieudonné de Canillac, O.S.B. † (2 Aug 1361 Appointed - 1366 Died)
Gaucelin de Deux † (13 Mar 1367 Appointed - 31 Mar 1373 Died)
Pierre de Vernols, O.S.B. † (13 Aug 1373 Appointed - 3 Oct 1389 Died)
Antoine de Lovier † (19 Oct 1389 Appointed - 23 Oct 1405 Died)
Pierre Adhémar, O.S.B. † (20 Nov 1405 Appointed - 1418 Died)
Louis Aleman, C.R.S.J. † (22 Jun 1418 Appointed - 3 Dec 1423 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)
Guillaume Forestier, O.S.B. † (3 Dec 1423 Appointed - 11 Feb 1429 Appointed, Bishop of Gap)
Léger Saporis d’Eyragues † (11 Feb 1429 Appointed - 1431 Died)
Bertrand Robert † (27 Jun 1431 Appointed - 1432 Died)
Robert de Rouvres † (6 Mar 1433 Appointed - 16 Jul 1453 Died)
Maur de Valleville (Malleville) † (19 Dec 1453 Appointed - 28 Feb 1472 Died)
Jean de Bonald † (14 Feb 1472 Appointed - 15 Aug 1487 Died)
Guillaume Leroy de Chavigny † (1 Oct 1487 Appointed - 1488 Died)
Izarn de Barrière † (5 Nov 1490 Appointed - 19 Apr 1498 Died)
Raymond Pérault, O.S.A. † (4 Jul 1498 Appointed - 18 Mar 1499 Resigned)
Pierre Pellicier † (18 Mar 1499 Appointed - 1526 Resigned)
Guillaume de Pélissier (Pellicier) † (29 Jul 1526 Appointed - 25 Jan 1568 Died)
Pierre de Rouillie † (19 Jul 1570 Appointed - 1572 Resigned)
Antonio de Subiet-Cardot † (24 Oct 1572 Appointed - 4 Jul 1596 Resigned)
Guitard de Ratte † (26 Mar 1597 Appointed - 7 Aug 1602 Died)
Jean Garnier, O.S.B. † (11 Dec 1602 Appointed - 15 Sep 1607 Died)
Pierre Fenouillet † (10 Sep 1608 Appointed - 24 Nov 1652 Died)
François de Bosquet † (31 Jan 1656 Confirmed - 24 Jun 1676 Died)
Charles de Pradel † (24 Jun 1676 Succeeded - 17 Sep 1696 Died)
Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy † (14 Jan 1697 Confirmed - 8 Apr 1738 Died)
Georges-Lazare Berger de Charancy † (3 Sep 1738 Confirmed - 14 Feb 1748 Died)
Louis-François-Renaud de Villeneuve † (16 Sep 1748 Confirmed - 24 Jan 1766 Died)
Raymond de Durfort † (6 Aug 1766 Confirmed - 14 Apr 1774 Resigned)
Joseph-François de Malide † (9 May 1774 Confirmed - 18 Jan 1812 Died)
Jean-Louis-Simon Rollet † (10 Nov 1802 Confirmed - 17 Jun 1806 Resigned)
Nicolas-Marie Fournier de la Contamine † (26 Aug 1806 Confirmed - 29 Dec 1834 Died)
Charles-Thomas Thibault † (24 Jul 1835 Confirmed - 4 May 1861 Died)
François-Marie-Joseph Lecourtier † (22 Jul 1861 Confirmed - 12 Jan 1874 Retired)
François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † (16 Jan 1874 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1921 Died)
René-Pierre Mignen † (3 Aug 1922 Appointed - 21 Jul 1931 Appointed, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo))
Gabriel Brunhes † (20 May 1932 Appointed - 24 Feb 1949 Died)
Jean Duperray † (24 Feb 1949 Succeeded - 25 Oct 1957 Died)
Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel † (24 Feb 1958 Appointed - 15 May 1976 Resigned)
Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † (15 May 1976 Succeeded - 6 Sep 1996 Retired)
Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (6 Sep 1996 Succeeded - 21 Dec 2001 Appointed, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas))
Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (28 Aug 2002 Appointed - 3 Jun 2011 Resigned)
Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré (3 Jun 2011 Succeeded - 9 Jul 2022 Retired)
Norbert José Henri Turini (9 Jul 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Maguelonne
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Maguelonne (erected)
Diocese of Montpellier
27 March 1536	Name Changed	Diocese of Maguelonne	Diocese of Montpellier
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Agde (suppressed) Archdiocese of Albi (suppressed) Diocese of Lavaur (suppressed) Diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (suppressed)	Diocese of Montpellier
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Narbonne (suppressed)	Diocese of Carcassonne Diocese of Montpellier
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Vabres (suppressed)	Diocese of Cahors Diocese of Montpellier
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montpellier
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montpellier	Archdiocese of Albi
Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
16 June 1877	Name Changed	Diocese of Montpellier	Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
8 December 2002	Elevated	Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)	Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)

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

Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)

1950 440,000 461,000 95.4% 350 112 462 952 112 1,023 416 ap1951

1970 525,000 591,397 88.8% 363 103 466 1,126 209 1,156 410 ap1971

1980 600,000 648,202 92.6% 381 167 548 1,094 1 167 842 416 ap1981

1990 675,000 721,000 93.6% 299 116 415 1,626 3 196 736 385 ap1991

1999 601,626 794,603 75.7% 247 123 370 1,626 15 178 636 324 ap2000

2000 670,000 900,000 74.4% 248 125 373 1,796 17 181 488 324 ap2001

2001 670,000 900,000 74.4% 221 124 345 1,942 18 179 475 166 ap2002

Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)

2002 670,000 900,000 74.4% 215 57 272 2,463 19 109 505 162 ap2003

2003 670,000 900,000 74.4% 212 106 318 2,106 22 155 495 173 ap2004

2004 670,000 1,000,000 67.0% 223 125 348 1,925 23 174 485 166 ap2005

2013 745,518 1,050,026 71.0% 174 108 282 2,643 36 146 344 64 ap2014

2016 853,571 1,104,621 77.3% 166 105 271 3,149 40 115 280 63 ap2017

2019 865,225 1,130,750 76.5% 141 106 247 3,502 42 116 280 62 ap2020

2021 844,300 1,176,000 71.8% 148 102 250 3,377 35 112 240 62 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
1950	440,000	461,000	95.4%	350	112	462	952		112	1,023	416	ap1951
1970	525,000	591,397	88.8%	363	103	466	1,126		209	1,156	410	ap1971
1980	600,000	648,202	92.6%	381	167	548	1,094	1	167	842	416	ap1981
1990	675,000	721,000	93.6%	299	116	415	1,626	3	196	736	385	ap1991
1999	601,626	794,603	75.7%	247	123	370	1,626	15	178	636	324	ap2000
2000	670,000	900,000	74.4%	248	125	373	1,796	17	181	488	324	ap2001
2001	670,000	900,000	74.4%	221	124	345	1,942	18	179	475	166	ap2002
Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
2002	670,000	900,000	74.4%	215	57	272	2,463	19	109	505	162	ap2003
2003	670,000	900,000	74.4%	212	106	318	2,106	22	155	495	173	ap2004
2004	670,000	1,000,000	67.0%	223	125	348	1,925	23	174	485	166	ap2005
2013	745,518	1,050,026	71.0%	174	108	282	2,643	36	146	344	64	ap2014
2016	853,571	1,104,621	77.3%	166	105	271	3,149	40	115	280	63	ap2017
2019	865,225	1,130,750	76.5%	141	106	247	3,502	42	116	280	62	ap2020
2021	844,300	1,176,000	71.8%	148	102	250	3,377	35	112	240	62	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Pierre Adhémar, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1405 to 1418)
Louis Aleman, C.R.S.J. † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1418 to 3 Dec 1423)
Andouin Aubert † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1353 to 15 Feb 1353)
Guillaume d’Autignac † (Bishop: 1203 to 21 Jun 1216)
Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma † (Priest: 29 Jun 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 2003 to 5 Jul 2018)
Izarn de Barrière † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1490 to 19 Apr 1498)
Georges-Lazare Berger de Charancy † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1738 to 14 Feb 1748)
Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † (Priest: 21 Oct 1945 to 4 Dec 1967)
Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † (Coadjutor Bishop: 21 Jun 1975; Bishop: 15 May 1976 to 6 Sep 1996)
Jean de Bonald † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1472 to 15 Aug 1487)
François de Bosquet † (Bishop: 31 Jan 1656 to 24 Jun 1676)
Gabriel Brunhes † (Bishop: 20 May 1932 to 24 Feb 1949)
Dieudonné de Canillac, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1361 to 1366)
Pierre de Canillac † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1361 to 7 Jul 1361)
Bernard de Castanet †
Durand de Chapelles † (Bishop: 15 May 1353 to Jan 1361)
Guillaume Christophe † (Bishop: 3 May 1256 to 14 Jan 1263)
Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1697 to 8 Apr 1738)
Jean-Raymond de Comminges † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1309 to 13 Nov 1317)
Pierre de Conques † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1249 to 7 Apr 1256)
Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M. †
Adolphe-Casimir David † (Priest: 10 Jun 1865; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jan 1912 to 16 Sep 1915)
Gaucelin de Deux † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1367 to 31 Mar 1373)
Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais † (Deacon: 21 Dec 1873; Priest: 30 May 1874 to 14 Dec 1899)
Jean Duperray † (Coadjutor Bishop: 20 Dec 1947; Bishop: 24 Feb 1949 to 25 Oct 1957)
Imbert Dupuis †
Raymond de Durfort † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1766 to 14 Apr 1774)
Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. †
Pierre Fenouillet † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1608 to 24 Nov 1652)
Guillaume de Fleix † (Bishop: 7 Mar 1195 to 13 Dec 1202)
Guillaume Forestier, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1423 to 11 Feb 1429)
Nicolas-Marie Fournier de la Contamine † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1806 to 29 Dec 1834)
André de Frédol, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1318 to 29 Feb 1328)
Bérenger de Frédol (Sr.) †
Bérenger de Frédol † (Bishop: 1263 to 5 Jan 1296)
Jean Garnier, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1602 to 15 Sep 1607)
Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †
Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle † (Priest: 22 May 1880; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jun 1916 to 21 Dec 1921)
Stanislas-François Jarlin, C.M. †
Gaucelin de la Garde † (Bishop: 10 Aug 1296 to 12 Mar 1304)
François-Marie-Joseph Lecourtier † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1861 to 12 Jan 1874)
Guillaume Leroy de Chavigny † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1487 to 1488)
Pierre de Lévis de Mirepoix † (Bishop: 22 Jan 1306 to 29 Jul 1309)
Gautier de Lille † (Bishop: 1104 to 6 Dec 1128)
Antoine de Lovier † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1389 to 23 Oct 1405)
Joseph-François de Malide † (Bishop: 9 May 1774 to 18 Jan 1812)
Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P. †
Bernard de Mèze † (Bishop: 1216 to 25 Dec 1230)
René-Pierre Mignen † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1922 to 21 Jul 1931)
Pectin de Montesquieu † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1334 to 27 Jan 1339)
Jean de Montlaur † (Bishop: 1 Aug 1234 to 7 May 1247)
Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †
Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 1971 to 5 Jul 1974)
Guillaume de Pélissier (Pellicier) † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1526 to 25 Jan 1568)
Pierre Pellicier † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1499 to 1526)
Raymond Pérault, O.S.A. † (Administrator: 4 Jul 1498 to 18 Mar 1499)
Charles de Pradel † (Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Apr 1676; Bishop: 24 Jun 1676 to 17 Sep 1696)
Guitard de Ratte † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1597 to 7 Aug 1602)
Bertrand Robert † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1431 to 1432)
Jean-Louis-Simon Rollet † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1802 to 17 Jun 1806)
Pierre de Rouillie † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1570 to 1572)
Robert de Rouvres † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1433 to 16 Jul 1453)
François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † (Bishop: 16 Jan 1874 to 21 Dec 1921)
Reinier Saccoin, O.P. † (Bishop: Jul 1247 to 13 Jan 1249)
Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac de Saint Palais †
Léger Saporis d’Eyragues † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1429 to 1431)
Gaillard (Galhard) de Saumate † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1317 to 8 Feb 1318)
Dominic Serra, O. de M. †
Antonio de Subiet-Cardot † (Bishop: 24 Oct 1572 to 4 Jul 1596)
Charles-Thomas Thibault † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1835 to 4 May 1861)
Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Feb 1955; Bishop: 24 Feb 1958 to 15 May 1976)
Maur de Valleville (Malleville) † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1453 to 28 Feb 1472)
Arnaud de Verdale † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1339 to 23 Dec 1352)
Pierre de Vernols, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 13 Aug 1373 to 3 Oct 1389)
Louis-François-Renaud de Villeneuve † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 24 Jan 1766)
Jean de Vissec † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1328 to 28 Aug 1334)
Godefroi † (Bishop: 1080 to 22 Dec 1103)

Source(s)

Diocese of Maguelonne
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 320
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 183
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 232
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 579, to Page 580
Diocese of Montpellier
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 248
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 275
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 296

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