Besançon (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret, Archbishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 4th Century
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 9,732 (3,758 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Est
Official Web Site: http://besancon.mondio16.com/
Mailing Address: Archeveche, 3 rue de la Convention, 25041 Besancon CEDEX, France
Telephone: 3.81.82.60.20
Fax: 3.81.82.60.35

Historical Details

Diocese of Besançon
- Latin Name: Bisuntina
- Erected: 2nd Century
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Hugues de Salins † ( 1031 Appointed - 27 Jul 1067 Died)
Hugues de Montfaucon † ( 1067 Appointed - 28 Sep 1085 Died)
Hugues de Bourgogne † ( 1085 Appointed - 13 Sep 1100 Died)
Humbert † ( 1134 Appointed - 3 May 1162 Resigned)
Herbert † ( 1163 Appointed - 1170 Died)
Eberard † ( 1171 Appointed - 3 Oct 1180 Died)
Amédée de Tramely † ( 1197 Appointed - 28 May 1220 Resigned)
Gérard de Rougemont † (26 Mar 1221 Appointed - Mar 1225 Died)
Jean Halgrin, O.S.B. † (Mar 1225 Appointed - 1226 Resigned)
Nicolas de Flavigny † ( 1226 Appointed - 7 Sep 1235 Died)
Geoffroy † ( 1236 Appointed - 1241 Died)
Guillaume de La Tour † (25 Mar 1245 Appointed - 20 Aug 1268 Died)
Eudes de Rougemont † (9 Feb 1269 Appointed - 23 Jun 1301 Died)
Hugues de Chalons † (11 Dec 1301 Appointed - 1312 Died)
Vital de Maignaut † (23 Jun 1312 Appointed - 27 Aug 1333 Died)
Hugues de Vienne † (22 Dec 1333 Appointed - 12 May 1355 Died)
Jean de Vienne † (8 Jun 1355 Appointed - 15 Nov 1361 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Metz)
Louis de Montbéliard † (17 Nov 1361 Appointed - 25 Jul 1362 Died)
Aymon de Villersexel † (20 Mar 1363 Appointed - 10 Dec 1370 Died)
Guillaume de Vergy † (29 Jan 1371 Appointed - 17 Apr 1391 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest)
Gerard d’Athies, O.S.B. † (4 Dec 1391 Appointed - 22 Nov 1404 Died)
Thiébaud de Rougemont † (20 Feb 1405 Appointed - 16 Sep 1429 Died)
Jean de La Rochetaillée (de Font) † (14 Oct 1429 Appointed - 24 Mar 1437 Died)
Francesco Condulmer † (27 Mar 1437 Appointed - 20 Oct 1438 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Verona)
Jean de Norry † (11 Feb 1439 Appointed - Aug 1439 Died)
Quentin Menard † (23 Sep 1439 Appointed - 18 Dec 1462 Died)
Charles de Neufchâtel † (14 Apr 1463 Appointed - 20 Jul 1498 Died)
François Busleiden † (14 Mar 1499 Confirmed - 23 Aug 1502 Died)
Antoine de Vergy (Verzy) † (4 Nov 1502 Appointed - 29 Dec 1541 Died)
Pierre de La Baume † (29 Dec 1541 Succeeded - 27 Jun 1543 Resigned)
Claude de La Baume † (27 Jun 1543 Appointed - 14 Jun 1584 Died)
Antoine Perrenot de Granvella † (14 Nov 1584 Confirmed - 21 Sep 1586 Died)
Ferdinand de Rye † (5 Nov 1586 Appointed - 20 Aug 1636 Died)
François de Rye † (20 Aug 1636 Succeeded - 17 Apr 1637 Died)
Claude D’Achey † (14 May 1638 Appointed - 7 Oct 1654 Died)
Charles-Emmanuel de Gorrevod † (29 Oct 1654 Appointed - 20 Jul 1659 Died)
Jean-Jacques Fauche de Domprel † (21 Feb 1661 Appointed - 11 Mar 1662 Died)
Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, O.S.B. † (15 Jan 1663 Appointed - 1 May 1698 Died)
François-Joseph de Grammont † (7 Sep 1698 Confirmed - 20 Aug 1717 Died)
René Mornay de Montchevreuil † (6 May 1720 Confirmed - 19 May 1721 Died)
Honoré-François Grimaldi de Monaco † (20 Nov 1724 Confirmed - 1 Mar 1732 Resigned)
Antoine-François de Bliterswyck de Montcley † (31 Mar 1732 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1734 Died)
Antoine-Pierre de Grammont † (27 Jun 1735 Confirmed - 7 Sep 1754 Died)
Antoine Clériade de Choiseul-Beaupré † (17 Mar 1755 Confirmed - 7 Jan 1774 Died)
Raymond de Durfort † (9 May 1774 Confirmed - 19 Mar 1792 Died)
Claude Le Coz † (29 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 3 May 1815 Died)
Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 2 May 1823 Died)
Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon † (2 May 1823 Succeeded - 27 Mar 1828 Died)
Louis-François-Auguste de Rohan Chabot † (15 Dec 1828 Confirmed - 8 Feb 1833 Died)
Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (29 Jul 1833 Confirmed - 12 Dec 1833 Died)
Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu † (30 Sep 1834 Confirmed - 9 Jul 1875 Died)
Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (17 Sep 1875 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1881 Died)
Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (30 Mar 1882 Confirmed - 26 May 1887 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne))
Arthur-Xavier Ducellier † (26 May 1887 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1893 Died)
Marie-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-André-Clément-Fulbert Petit † (18 May 1894 Confirmed - 28 Aug 1909 Died)
François-Léon Gauthey † (20 Jan 1910 Appointed - 25 Jul 1918 Died)
Louis Humbrecht † (14 Sep 1918 Appointed - 28 Jun 1927 Died)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet † (31 Oct 1927 Appointed - 15 Jul 1936 Died)
Maurice-Louis Dubourg † (9 Dec 1936 Appointed - 31 Jan 1954 Died)
Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois † (10 Jun 1954 Appointed - 2 Jul 1966 Resigned)
Marc-Armand Lallier † (26 Aug 1966 Appointed - 6 Mar 1980 Retired)
Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † (12 Dec 1980 Appointed - 13 Aug 2003 Resigned)
André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † (13 Aug 2003 Appointed - 25 Apr 2013 Resigned)
Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret (10 Oct 2013 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Besançon
2nd Century	Erected		Diocese of Besançon (erected)
Archdiocese of Besançon
4th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Besançon	Archdiocese of Besançon
22 January 1742	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Besançon Archdiocese of Lyon	Diocese of Saint-Claude (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Saint-Claude (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Besançon
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Besançon	Diocese of Saint-Claude
3 November 1979	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Besançon (Le Doubs with le Pays de Montbéliard, Belfort, La Haute-Saône with the canton of Héricourt)	Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard (erected)

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

Archdiocese of Besançon

1950 565,000 574,000 98.4% 943 65 1,008 560 188 1,678 892 ap1951

1959 730,000 760,000 96.1% 1,040 95 1,135 643 157 2,014 902 ap1960

1970 740,000 782,879 94.5% 824 50 874 846 50 1,750 885 ap1971

1980 475,500 501,450 94.8% 608 33 641 741 86 1,297 748 ap1981

1990 503,000 528,000 95.3% 459 30 489 1,028 4 81 913 770 ap1991

1999 500,000 535,000 93.5% 326 13 339 1,474 16 60 710 76 ap2000

2000 510,000 550,412 92.7% 318 11 329 1,550 16 58 685 76 ap2001

2001 512,000 550,412 93.0% 310 11 321 1,595 19 56 672 67 ap2002

2002 500,000 552,793 90.4% 299 12 311 1,607 19 60 638 67 ap2003

2003 500,000 550,412 90.8% 285 11 296 1,689 19 55 606 67 ap2004

2004 500,000 550,412 90.8% 266 12 278 1,798 21 54 597 67 ap2005

2006 500,000 550,000 90.9% 250 8 258 1,937 24 50 565 67 ap2007

2012 533,000 583,729 91.3% 202 13 215 2,479 29 46 415 67 ap2013

2015 578,400 608,500 95.1% 177 13 190 3,044 31 41 399 67 ap2016

2018 567,000 614,375 92.3% 155 13 168 3,375 30 40 334 67 ap2019

2020 568,400 615,800 92.3% 145 15 160 3,552 35 41 318 67 ap2021

2022 569,000 617,000 92.2% 117 14 131 4,343 36 33 327 67 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Besançon
1950	565,000	574,000	98.4%	943	65	1,008	560		188	1,678	892	ap1951
1959	730,000	760,000	96.1%	1,040	95	1,135	643		157	2,014	902	ap1960
1970	740,000	782,879	94.5%	824	50	874	846		50	1,750	885	ap1971
1980	475,500	501,450	94.8%	608	33	641	741		86	1,297	748	ap1981
1990	503,000	528,000	95.3%	459	30	489	1,028	4	81	913	770	ap1991
1999	500,000	535,000	93.5%	326	13	339	1,474	16	60	710	76	ap2000
2000	510,000	550,412	92.7%	318	11	329	1,550	16	58	685	76	ap2001
2001	512,000	550,412	93.0%	310	11	321	1,595	19	56	672	67	ap2002
2002	500,000	552,793	90.4%	299	12	311	1,607	19	60	638	67	ap2003
2003	500,000	550,412	90.8%	285	11	296	1,689	19	55	606	67	ap2004
2004	500,000	550,412	90.8%	266	12	278	1,798	21	54	597	67	ap2005
2006	500,000	550,000	90.9%	250	8	258	1,937	24	50	565	67	ap2007
2012	533,000	583,729	91.3%	202	13	215	2,479	29	46	415	67	ap2013
2015	578,400	608,500	95.1%	177	13	190	3,044	31	41	399	67	ap2016
2018	567,000	614,375	92.3%	155	13	168	3,375	30	40	334	67	ap2019
2020	568,400	615,800	92.3%	145	15	160	3,552	35	41	318	67	ap2021
2022	569,000	617,000	92.2%	117	14	131	4,343	36	33	327	67	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot (Deacon: 30 Sep 1984; Priest: 29 Jun 1985 to 14 Jan 2009)
Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret (Archbishop: 10 Oct 2013 - )
Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt (Deacon: 29 Jun 1965; Priest: 26 Jun 1966 to 1 Feb 1991)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Gerard d’Athies, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 4 Dec 1391 to 22 Nov 1404)
Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1924; Priest: 29 Jun 1925; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Apr 1947 to 24 Nov 1955)
Marc-Antoine Berdolet † (Priest: 9 Apr 1767 to 15 Aug 1796)
Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Dec 1967 to 7 Jan 1972)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet † (Archbishop: 31 Oct 1927 to 15 Jul 1936)
Antoine-François de Bliterswyck de Montcley † (Archbishop: 31 Mar 1732 to 12 Nov 1734)
Hugues de Bourgogne † (Archbishop: 1085 to 13 Sep 1100)
François Busleiden † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1499 to 23 Aug 1502)
François Jacques Bussini † (Deacon: 20 Mar 1965; Priest: 4 Jul 1965 to 12 Dec 1977)
Alexandre Cardot, M.E.P. †
Jean-François-Marie Cart † (Priest: 21 Sep 1822 to 12 Feb 1838)
Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot † (Priest: 19 Mar 1831 to 20 Apr 1849)
Hugues de Chalons † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1301 to 1312)
Joseph-Auguste Chevalier, M.E.P. † (Priest: 3 Sep 1837 to 13 Oct 1837)
Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. †
Antoine Clériade de Choiseul-Beaupré † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1755 to 7 Jan 1774)
Francesco Condulmer † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1437 to 20 Oct 1438)
Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 2 May 1823)
Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. †
Jean Cuminal † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jan 1975 to 6 May 1982)
Claude D’Achey † (Archbishop: 14 May 1638 to 7 Oct 1654)
Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † (Archbishop: 12 Dec 1980 to 13 Aug 2003)
Jean Daubert † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Sep 1514)
Jean-Marie Doney † (Priest: 18 Oct 1818 to 22 Jan 1844)
Jean Doroz (Dorotheus), O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Aug 1585 to 13 Aug 1600)
Constant Dubail, M.E.P. †
François-Virgile Dubillard † (Priest: 5 Sep 1869 to 14 Dec 1899)
Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois † (Archbishop: 10 Jun 1954 to 2 Jul 1966)
Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (Archbishop: 29 Jul 1833 to 12 Dec 1833)
Maurice-Louis Dubourg † (Archbishop: 9 Dec 1936 to 31 Jan 1954)
Arthur-Xavier Ducellier † (Archbishop: 26 May 1887 to 29 Jun 1893)
Raymond de Durfort † (Archbishop: 9 May 1774 to 19 Mar 1792)
Jean-Jacques Fauche de Domprel † (Archbishop: 21 Feb 1661 to 11 Mar 1662)
Jean Favel, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Aug 1502)
Maurice Feltin † (Priest: 3 Jul 1909 to 19 Dec 1927)
Nicolas de Flavigny † (Archbishop: 1226 to 7 Sep 1235)
Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin † (Priest: 12 Jul 1937 to 31 Aug 1948)
Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (Archbishop: 30 Mar 1882 to 26 May 1887)
Claude-François-Ignace Franchet de Rans † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Apr 1756 to 21 Feb 1810)
Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Jun 1821; Archbishop: 2 May 1823 to 27 Mar 1828)
Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Aug 1973 to Sep 1974)
François-Léon Gauthey † (Archbishop: 20 Jan 1910 to 25 Jul 1918)
Charles-Emmanuel de Gorrevod † (Archbishop: 29 Oct 1654 to 20 Jul 1659)
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset † (Priest: 22 Jul 1817 to 1 Feb 1836)
Antoine-Pierre de Grammont † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1735 to 7 Sep 1754)
Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 15 Jan 1663 to 1 May 1698)
François Gaspard de Grammont † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Aug 1707 to 17 Nov 1727)
François-Joseph de Grammont † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1686; Archbishop: 7 Sep 1698 to 20 Aug 1717)
Honoré-François Grimaldi de Monaco † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1724 to 1 Mar 1732)
Nicolas Guérin, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Mar 1558)
Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †
Jean Halgrin, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: Mar 1225 to 1226)
Pierre François Hugon † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Apr 1736 to 17 Sep 1754)
Louis Humbrecht † (Priest: 2 Sep 1877 to 1 Sep 1911; Archbishop: 14 Sep 1918 to 28 Jun 1927)
Georges Jacquot † (Priest: 16 Jul 1929 to 20 May 1959)
Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. †
Constant-Philomène Jeanningros, M.E.P. †
Claude de La Barre, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1616 to 16 Oct 1629)
Claude de La Baume † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1543 to 14 Jun 1584)
Pierre de La Baume † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 13 Jul 1530; Archbishop: 29 Dec 1541 to 27 Jun 1543)
François-Auguste Labeuche † (Priest: 5 Sep 1875 to 13 Jul 1906)
André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † (Archbishop: 13 Aug 2003 to 25 Apr 2013)
Marc-Armand Lallier † (Archbishop: 26 Aug 1966 to 6 Mar 1980)
Jean de La Rochetaillée (de Font) † (Administrator: 14 Oct 1429 to 24 Mar 1437)
Guillaume de La Tour † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1245 to 20 Aug 1268)
Claude Le Coz † (Archbishop: 29 Apr 1802 to 3 May 1815)
Vital de Maignaut † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1312 to 27 Aug 1333)
Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †
Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu † (Archbishop: 30 Sep 1834 to 9 Jul 1875)
Quentin Menard † (Archbishop: 23 Sep 1439 to 18 Dec 1462)
Louis de Montbéliard † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1361 to 25 Jul 1362)
Hugues de Montfaucon † (Archbishop: 1067 to 28 Sep 1085)
René Mornay de Montchevreuil † (Archbishop: 6 May 1720 to 19 May 1721)
Charles de Neufchâtel † (Archbishop: 14 Apr 1463 to 20 Jul 1498)
Franz Xaver von Neveu † (Apostolic Administrator: 1795 to 1801)
Jean de Norry † (Archbishop: 11 Feb 1439 to Aug 1439)
Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt † (Priest: 29 Jun 1948 to 14 Jun 1971)
Philippe Paternay, O.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Nov 1631 to 1639)
Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1875 to 12 Nov 1881)
Paul Hubert Perny, M.E.P. †
Antoine Perrenot de Granvella † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1584 to 21 Sep 1586)
Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †
Marie-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-André-Clément-Fulbert Petit † (Archbishop: 18 May 1894 to 28 Aug 1909)
Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley † (Priest: 29 Jun 1925 to 27 Mar 1951)
Joseph Ponsot, M.E.P. †
Maurice-Jean-Fernand-Alexis Pourchet † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1930; Priest: 29 Jun 1931 to 28 Mar 1960)
François Richardot, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Nov 1554 to 10 Mar 1561)
Louis-François-Auguste de Rohan Chabot † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1828 to 8 Feb 1833)
Eudes de Rougemont † (Archbishop: 9 Feb 1269 to 23 Jun 1301)
Gérard de Rougemont † (Archbishop: 26 Mar 1221 to Mar 1225)
Thiébaud de Rougemont † (Archbishop: 20 Feb 1405 to 16 Sep 1429)
Ferdinand de Rye † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1586 to 20 Aug 1636)
François de Rye † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 9 Jan 1623; Archbishop: 20 Aug 1636 to 17 Apr 1637)
Hugues de Salins † (Archbishop: 1031 to 27 Jul 1067)
Joseph Saulnier, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Apr 1640 to 25 Apr 1681)
Guillaume Simonin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Sep 1603 to 1616)
François Sinnard † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Nov 1533 to 1554)
Louis de Tartre, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Mar 1579 to 1583)
Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.C. †
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet † (Priest: 29 Jun 1872 to 18 May 1894)
Amédée de Tramely † (Archbishop: 1197 to 28 May 1220)
Antoine de Vergy (Verzy) † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1502 to 29 Dec 1541)
Guillaume de Vergy † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1371 to 17 Apr 1391)
Hugues de Vienne † (Archbishop: 22 Dec 1333 to 12 May 1355)
Jean de Vienne † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1355 to 15 Nov 1361)
Aymon de Villersexel † (Archbishop: 20 Mar 1363 to 10 Dec 1370)
Philibert Vuillot, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jul 1474)
Eberard † (Archbishop: 1171 to 3 Oct 1180)
Geoffroy † (Archbishop: 1236 to 1241)
Herbert † (Archbishop: 1163 to 1170)
Humbert † (Archbishop: 1134 to 3 May 1162)
Odo , O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jun 1494 to 1499)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Besançon
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 137
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 106
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 134
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 115
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 120
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 123
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 514, to Page 516

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