Saintes (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Saintes
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bordeaux
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: France

Past Ordinaries

Islo † ( 999 Appointed - 1028 Died)
Geoffroy de Saint-Briçon † (3 Oct 1279 Appointed - 1282 Died)
Geoffroy d’Archiac † ( 1287 Appointed - 1293 Died)
Ranulphe de Carel † ( 1295 Appointed - 1296 Died)
Guy de Neuville † (24 Apr 1296 Appointed - 7 Apr 1312 Died)
Guillaume de La Mothe † (27 Apr 1313 Appointed - 18 Jan 1318 Appointed, Bishop of Bazas)
Teobaldo de Castillon † (18 Jan 1318 Appointed - 17 Mar 1348 Appointed, Bishop of Lisboa)
Estevão de la Garde † (17 Mar 1348 Appointed - 8 Jan 1351 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)
Gaillard du Puy † (8 Jan 1351 Appointed - 1361 Died)
Bernard du Sault † (16 May 1362 Appointed - 1380 Died)
Helie de L’Estrange † (1 Mar 1381 Appointed - 15 Nov 1396 Appointed, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay)
Bernard de Chevenon † (19 Jun 1398 Appointed - 20 Mar 1411 Appointed, Bishop of Amiens)
Geoffroy de Pérusse des Cars † (20 Mar 1411 Appointed - 1415 Died)
Jean Boursier † (12 May 1415 Appointed - 1426 Died)
Guy de Rochechouart † (2 Aug 1426 Appointed - 1460 Died)
Alain de Coëtivy † (7 Jan 1461 Appointed - 8 Apr 1462 Resigned)
Louis de Rochechouart † (8 Apr 1462 Appointed - 1493 Resigned)
Pierre de Rochechouart † (13 May 1493 Appointed - 1505 Resigned)
Raymond Pérault, O.S.A. † (11 Jul 1505 Appointed - 5 Sep 1505 Died)
Francesco Soderini † (27 Jan 1507 Appointed - 12 Jun 1514 Appointed, Bishop of Vicenza)
Giuliano Soderini † (12 Jun 1514 Appointed - 30 Jul 1544 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (23 Jan 1544 Appointed - 19 Mar 1550 Resigned)
Tristan de Bizet, O.S.B. † (19 Mar 1550 Appointed - 1576 Resigned)
Nicolas de la Courbe de Brée † (6 Apr 1576 Appointed - 10 Jul 1617 Died)
Michel Raoul de La Guibourgère † (18 Dec 1617 Appointed - 14 Sep 1630 Died)
Jacques Raoul de La Guibourgère † (7 Jul 1631 Confirmed - 4 May 1648 Appointed, Bishop of La Rochelle)
Louis de Bassompierre † (7 Dec 1648 Appointed - 1 Jul 1676 Died)
Guillaume de La Brunetière du Plessis-Gesté † (30 Aug 1677 Confirmed - 2 May 1702 Died)
Alexandre de Chevriers de Saint-Mauris † (20 Nov 1702 Confirmed - 25 Dec 1710 Died)
Henri-Augustin Le Pileur † (19 Oct 1711 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1715 Resigned)
Léon de Beaumont † (11 May 1718 Confirmed - 10 Oct 1744 Died)
Simon-Pierre de Lacoré (La Corée) † (19 Jul 1745 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1763 Died)
Germain Chasteigner de la Chasteigneraye † (20 Feb 1764 Confirmed - 29 Sep 1781 Died)
Bl. Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers † (10 Dec 1781 Confirmed - 2 Sep 1792 Died)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Saintes (erected)
4 May 1648	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maillezais (suppressed) Diocese of Saintes	Diocese of La Rochelle (erected)
29 November 1801	Suppressed	Diocese of Saintes (suppressed)	Diocese of Angoulême Diocese of La Rochelle Diocese of Poitiers