Carcassonne et Narbonne (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Bruno Paul Marie Valentin, Bishop
Alain Émile Baptiste Planet, Bishop Emeritus
Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Name Changed: 14 June 2006
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 6,139 (2,371 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Midi
Official Web Site: https://www.aude.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Eveche, 89 rue Jean Bringer, B.P. 103, 11003 Carcassonne CEDEX, France
Telephone: 4.68.47.05.31
Fax: (same)

Historical Details

Diocese of Carcassonne
- Latin Name: Carcassonensis
- Erected: 533
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
- Country: France
- Conference Region: Midi

Past and Present Ordinaries

Adalberto † ( 1004 Appointed - 1020 Died)
Guifred † ( 1032 Appointed - 1054 Died)
Bernard Raimond de Roquefort † (Mar 1209 Appointed - 1211 Resigned)
Guy de Vaux-de-Cernay † ( 1211 Appointed - 21 Mar 1223 Died)
Clarín † ( 1226 Appointed - 26 Apr 1248 Died)
Guillaume Arnaud † ( 1248 Appointed - 4 Sep 1255 Died)
Guillaume de Radulfi (Roux) † (Oct 1255 Appointed - 1 Oct 1264 Died)
Bernard Capendu (Compendius) † (Oct 1265 Appointed - 18 Jan 1278 Died)
Gauthier Jean † (26 Jan 1278 Appointed - 1280 Died)
Pierre de La Chapelle Taillefert † (15 May 1291 Appointed - 25 Oct 1298 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
Jean de Chevry † (20 Oct 1298 Appointed - 13 Jun 1300 Died)
Pierre de Rochefort † (17 Sep 1300 Appointed - 31 Mar 1322 Died)
Guillaume de Flavacourt † (16 Jun 1322 Appointed - 26 Aug 1323 Appointed, Archbishop of Auch)
Pierre Rodier † (26 Aug 1323 Appointed - 1329 Died)
Pierre de Moussy (Jean) † (30 Jan 1330 Appointed - 1338 Died)
Gancelin de Jean † (22 May 1338 Appointed - 1346 Died)
Gisbert de Jean † (23 Mar 1347 Appointed - 1354 Died)
Arnaud Aubert † (14 Nov 1354 Appointed - 18 Jan 1357 Appointed, Archbishop of Auch)
Geoffroy de Veyrols † (18 Jan 1357 Appointed - 10 Mar 1361 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
Étienne Aubert (Jr.) † (10 Mar 1361 Appointed - 17 Sep 1361 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro)
Juan Fabra, O.S.B. † (10 Jan 1362 Appointed - 1371 Died)
Hugues de La Jugié † (27 Jun 1371 Appointed - 13 Jul 1371 Died)
Pierre de Saint Martial † (12 Dec 1371 Appointed - 19 Sep 1391 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
Simon de Cramaud † (19 Sep 1391 Appointed - 2 Jul 1409 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
Pierre Aymery (Aimerici) † (2 Jul 1409 Appointed - 1412 Died)
Géraud du Puy † (19 Apr 1413 Appointed - 4 Sep 1420 Died)
Geoffroy de Pompadour † (17 Oct 1420 Appointed - 1445 Died)
Jean d’Étampes † (29 Oct 1445 Appointed - 25 Jan 1456 Died)
Geoffrey de Basillac † (3 Feb 1456 Appointed - Jun 1456 Resigned)
Jean du Chastel † (7 Jul 1456 Appointed - 15 Sep 1475 Died)
Guichard d’Aubusson † (15 Jul 1476 Appointed - 24 Nov 1497 Died)
Pierre d’Auxillon † (6 Dec 1497 Appointed - 24 Sep 1512 Died)
Juan López † (23 Dec 1497 Appointed - 5 Aug 1501 Died)
Pierre d’Auxillon † ( 1498 Ordained Bishop - 24 Sep 1512 Died)
Jacques Hurauld † (3 Dec 1501 Appointed - 1503 Resigned)
Pierre d’Auxillon † (19 Jan 1504 Appointed - 24 Sep 1512 Died)
Martín de Saint-André † (7 Oct 1513 Appointed - 2 Mar 1546 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (9 Mar 1550 Appointed - 15 Dec 1553 Resigned)
François de Faucon † (15 Dec 1553 Appointed - 22 Sep 1565 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (4 Oct 1565 Appointed - 1567 Resigned)
Vitellozzo Vitelli † ( 1567 Appointed - 19 Nov 1568 Died)
Annibal de Ruccellai (Oricellari) † (1 Apr 1569 Appointed - 1601 Died)
Christophe de L’Estang † (26 May 1603 Appointed - 11 Aug 1621 Died)
Vitalis de L’Estang † (11 Aug 1621 Succeeded - 28 Sep 1652 Died)
Louis de Nogaret de La Valette † (26 Jun 1656 Confirmed - 10 Sep 1679 Died)
Louis d’Anglure de Bourlemont † (15 Jul 1680 Appointed - 28 Apr 1681 Confirmed, Archbishop of Bordeaux)
Louis-Joseph Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † (22 Sep 1681 Confirmed - 1 Mar 1722 Died)
Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † (1 Mar 1722 Succeeded - 31 Dec 1729 Died)
Armand Bazin de Bezons † (18 Dec 1730 Confirmed - 11 May 1778 Died)
Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur † (20 Jul 1778 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1788 Resigned)
François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille † (13 Apr 1788 Appointed - 6 Aug 1822 Died)
Arnaud-Ferdinand de La Porte † (3 Sep 1802 Confirmed - 19 Sep 1824 Died)
Joseph-Julien de Saint-Rome-Gualy † (21 Mar 1825 Confirmed - 6 Oct 1847 Died)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † (17 Jan 1848 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1855 Confirmed, Bishop of Évreux)
François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie † (23 Mar 1855 Confirmed - 21 Mar 1873 Confirmed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux)
François-Albert Leuillieux † (21 Mar 1873 Confirmed - 13 May 1881 Confirmed, Archbishop of Chambéry)
Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † (13 May 1881 Confirmed - 3 Dec 1901 Died)
Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour † (9 Jun 1902 Confirmed - 5 Apr 1930 Died)
Emmanuel Coste † (5 Apr 1930 Succeeded - 28 Jul 1931 Appointed, Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun))
Jean-Joseph Pays † (16 Aug 1932 Appointed - 18 Jun 1951 Died)
Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech † (18 Mar 1952 Appointed - 25 Aug 1982 Retired)
Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado (25 Aug 1982 Appointed - 28 Jun 2004 Retired)
Alain Émile Baptiste Planet (28 Jun 2004 Appointed - 31 Mar 2023 Retired)
Bruno Paul Marie Valentin (31 Mar 2023 Succeeded - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Carcassonne
533	Erected		Diocese of Carcassonne (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Alet (suppressed) Diocese of Perpignan-Elne (suppressed)	Diocese of Carcassonne
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Mirepoix (suppressed) Diocese of Saint-Papoul (suppressed)	Diocese of Carcassonne Archdiocese of Toulouse
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Narbonne (suppressed)	Diocese of Carcassonne Diocese of Montpellier
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Carcassonne	Diocese of Perpignan-Elne (erected)
8 December 2002	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Carcassonne (from Toulouse)
Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne
14 June 2006	Name Changed	Diocese of Carcassonne	Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne

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 Carcassonne

1950 250,000 268,889 93.0% 304 23 327 764 43 723 419 ap1951

1959 250,000 268,889 93.0% 274 18 292 856 50 450 469 ap1960

1969 209,000 278,323 75.1% 235 22 257 813 22 610 111 ap1971

1980 210,700 273,000 77.2% 195 19 214 984 2 19 550 339 ap1981

1990 212,000 282,000 75.2% 158 18 176 1,204 4 18 396 339 ap1991

1999 241,000 306,000 78.8% 120 18 138 1,746 9 18 356 339 ap2000

2000 243,800 309,600 78.7% 112 1 113 2,157 8 1 356 332 ap2002

2002 180,000 309,952 58.1% 112 27 139 1,294 9 37 240 339 ap2003

2003 180,000 309,952 58.1% 99 27 126 1,428 10 34 240 339 ap2004

2004 180,000 309,952 58.1% 99 27 126 1,428 12 30 215 339 ap2005

Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne

2006 181,000 311,800 58.1% 96 21 117 1,547 11 22 215 339 ap2007

2013 255,600 353,980 72.2% 64 35 99 2,581 9 57 179 339 ap2014

2016 267,000 374,868 71.2% 60 40 100 2,670 10 62 180 325 ap2017

2019 237,000 368,011 64.4% 54 40 94 2,521 10 68 138 325 ap2020

2021 230,000 378,365 60.8% 53 45 98 2,346 9 63 119 325 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 Carcassonne
1950	250,000	268,889	93.0%	304	23	327	764		43	723	419	ap1951
1959	250,000	268,889	93.0%	274	18	292	856		50	450	469	ap1960
1969	209,000	278,323	75.1%	235	22	257	813		22	610	111	ap1971
1980	210,700	273,000	77.2%	195	19	214	984	2	19	550	339	ap1981
1990	212,000	282,000	75.2%	158	18	176	1,204	4	18	396	339	ap1991
1999	241,000	306,000	78.8%	120	18	138	1,746	9	18	356	339	ap2000
2000	243,800	309,600	78.7%	112	1	113	2,157	8	1	356	332	ap2002
2002	180,000	309,952	58.1%	112	27	139	1,294	9	37	240	339	ap2003
2003	180,000	309,952	58.1%	99	27	126	1,428	10	34	240	339	ap2004
2004	180,000	309,952	58.1%	99	27	126	1,428	12	30	215	339	ap2005
Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne
2006	181,000	311,800	58.1%	96	21	117	1,547	11	22	215	339	ap2007
2013	255,600	353,980	72.2%	64	35	99	2,581	9	57	179	339	ap2014
2016	267,000	374,868	71.2%	60	40	100	2,670	10	62	180	325	ap2017
2019	237,000	368,011	64.4%	54	40	94	2,521	10	68	138	325	ap2020
2021	230,000	378,365	60.8%	53	45	98	2,346	9	63	119	325	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Louis-Joseph Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † (Bishop: 22 Sep 1681 to 1 Mar 1722)
Guillaume Arnaud † (Bishop: 1248 to 4 Sep 1255)
Arnaud Aubert † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1354 to 18 Jan 1357)
Étienne Aubert (Jr.) † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1361 to 17 Sep 1361)
Pierre Aymery (Aimerici) † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Jul 1409; Administrator: 24 Jul 1409 to 1412)
Geoffrey de Basillac † (Bishop: 3 Feb 1456 to Jun 1456)
Armand Bazin de Bezons † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1730 to 11 May 1778)
Louis Belmas † (Priest: 22 Dec 1781 to 26 Oct 1800)
Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 5 Apr 1930)
Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † (Bishop: 13 May 1881 to 3 Dec 1901)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1848 to 23 Mar 1855)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (Administrator: 9 Mar 1550 to 15 Dec 1553)
Bernard Capendu (Compendius) † (Bishop: Oct 1265 to 18 Jan 1278)
Jean du Chastel † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 7 Jul 1456 to 15 Sep 1475)
Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1778 to 12 Sep 1788)
Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † (Coadjutor Bishop: 4 Mar 1720; Bishop: 1 Mar 1722 to 31 Dec 1729)
Jean de Chevry † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1298 to 13 Jun 1300)
Emmanuel Coste † (Coadjutor Bishop: 29 Oct 1925; Bishop: 5 Apr 1930 to 28 Jul 1931)
Simon de Cramaud † (Administrator: 19 Sep 1391 to 2 Jul 1409)
Louis d’Anglure de Bourlemont † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1680 to 28 Apr 1681)
Guichard d’Aubusson † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1476 to 24 Nov 1497)
Pierre d’Auxillon † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1497 to 24 Sep 1512)
Jean d’Étampes † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1445 to 25 Jan 1456)
Géraud du Puy † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1413 to 4 Sep 1420)
Juan Fabra, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1362 to 1371)
François de Faucon † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1553 to 22 Sep 1565)
Guillaume de Flavacourt † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1322 to 26 Aug 1323)
Jacques Hurauld † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1501 to 1503)
Gancelin de Jean † (Bishop: 22 May 1338 to 1346)
Gauthier Jean † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1278 to 1280)
Gisbert de Jean † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1347 to 1354)
François de Joyeuse †
Pierre de La Chapelle Taillefert † (Bishop: 15 May 1291 to 25 Oct 1298)
Hugues de La Jugié † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1371 to 13 Jul 1371)
Arnaud-Ferdinand de La Porte † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1802 to 19 Sep 1824)
Christophe de L’Estang † (Bishop: 26 May 1603 to 11 Aug 1621)
Vitalis de L’Estang † (Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Feb 1615; Bishop: 11 Aug 1621 to 28 Sep 1652)
François-Albert Leuillieux † (Bishop: 21 Mar 1873 to 13 May 1881)
Juan López † (Administrator: 23 Dec 1497 to 5 Aug 1501)
Pierre de Moussy (Jean) † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1330 to 1338)
Louis de Nogaret de La Valette † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1656 to 10 Sep 1679)
Jean-Joseph Pays † (Bishop: 16 Aug 1932 to 18 Jun 1951)
Geoffroy de Pompadour † (Bishop: 17 Oct 1420 to 1445)
Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1952 to 25 Aug 1982)
Guillaume de Radulfi (Roux) † (Bishop: Oct 1255 to 1 Oct 1264)
Bernard Raimond de Roquefort † (Bishop: Mar 1209 to 1211)
Pierre de Rochefort † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1300 to 31 Mar 1322)
Pierre Rodier † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1323 to 1329)
François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1855 to 21 Mar 1873)
Annibal de Ruccellai (Oricellari) † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1569 to 1601)
Martín de Saint-André † (Bishop: 7 Oct 1513 to 2 Mar 1546)
Pierre de Saint Martial † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1371 to 19 Sep 1391)
Joseph-Julien de Saint-Rome-Gualy † (Bishop: 21 Mar 1825 to 6 Oct 1847)
Guy de Vaux-de-Cernay † (Bishop: 1211 to 21 Mar 1223)
Geoffroy de Veyrols † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1357 to 10 Mar 1361)
François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille † (Bishop: 13 Apr 1788 to 6 Aug 1822)
Vitellozzo Vitelli † (Administrator: 1567 to 19 Nov 1568)
Adalberto † (Bishop: 1004 to 1020)
Clarín † (Bishop: 1226 to 26 Apr 1248)
Guifred † (Bishop: 1032 to 1054)

Source(s)

Diocese of Carcassonne
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 166
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 118
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 152
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 134
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 143
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 147, and Page 148
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 528, to Page 529

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