Orléans (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jacques André Blaquart, Bishop
André Louis Fort, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 3rd Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tours
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 6,775 (2,616 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Centre
Official Web Site: http://www.orleans.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Évêché, 14 Cloitre Saint Aignan, 45057 Orleans CEDEX 1, France
Telephone: 2.38.78.86.00
Fax: 2.38.54.36.93

Past and Present Ordinaries

Sanction † ( 1096 Appointed - Dec 1096 Resigned)
Elie † ( 1137 Appointed - 1146 Resigned)
Hugues de Garlande † ( 1198 Appointed - 1206 Died)
Manasses de Seignelay † ( 1207 Appointed - 1221 Died)
Philippe de Jouy † (Dec 1221 Appointed - May 1234 Died)
St. Philippe Berruyer † ( 1234 Appointed - 10 Mar 1236 Appointed, Archbishop of Bourges)
Guillaume de Buci (Bussi) † (17 Jun 1238 Appointed - 23 Aug 1258 Died)
Robert de Courtenay † ( 1258 Appointed - 1 Aug 1279 Died)
Gilles Pastai † (9 Jun 1282 Appointed - 1 Sep 1288 Died)
Pierre de Mornay † (Dec 1288 Appointed - 4 Feb 1296 Appointed, Bishop of Auxerre)
Frédéric de Lorraine † (14 Feb 1296 Appointed - 12 Jun 1299 Died)
Berthaud de Saint-Denis † (23 Dec 1299 Appointed - 1 Aug 1307 Died)
Raoul Grosparmi † (Jan 1308 Appointed - 18 Sep 1311 Died)
Milon de Chailly † (17 Jan 1312 Appointed - 15 Mar 1321 Died)
Bl. Roger Le Fort † (3 Apr 1321 Appointed - 7 Jan 1328 Appointed, Bishop of Limoges)
Jean de Conflans, O.S.B. † (23 Dec 1327 Appointed - Apr 1349 Resigned)
Philippe de Conflans, O.S.B. † (27 Apr 1349 Appointed - 7 Aug 1349 Died)
Jean de Montmorency † (5 Oct 1349 Appointed - 4 Nov 1363 Died)
Hugues du Fay (Faydit) † (24 Nov 1363 Appointed - 6 Jun 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Arras)
Jean Nicot † (6 Jun 1371 Appointed - 10 Mar 1383 Died)
Foulgues de Chanac, O.S.B. † (13 Mar 1383 Appointed - 1 Mar 1394 Died)
Guy de Prunelé † (13 Jun 1394 Appointed - 1426 Died)
Jean de Saint-Michel † (8 Apr 1426 Appointed - 1435 Died)
Guillaume Charrier † (21 Jul 1438 Appointed - 9 Jan 1439 Appointed, Bishop of Agde)
Regnault de Chartres † (9 Jan 1439 Appointed - 4 Apr 1444 Died)
Jean du Gué (Vado) † (20 Apr 1444 Appointed - 7 Oct 1447 Died)
Pierre Bureau † (20 Nov 1447 Appointed - 10 Dec 1451 Appointed, Bishop of Béziers)
Jean d’Harcourt † (10 Dec 1451 Appointed - 1452 Died)
Thierry d’Aussigny † (5 May 1452 Appointed - 1473 Died)
François de Brillac † (3 Nov 1473 Appointed - 22 Dec 1504 Appointed, Archbishop of Aix)
Christophe de Brillac † (19 Jan 1504 Appointed - 4 Feb 1514 Appointed, Archbishop of Tours)
Germain de Ganay † (3 Jul 1514 Appointed - 8 Mar 1520 Died)
Jean d’Orléans-Longueville † (26 Jun 1521 Appointed - 24 Sep 1533 Died)
Antoine Sanguin de Meudon † (6 Nov 1533 Appointed - 20 Oct 1550 Resigned)
François de Faucon † (20 Oct 1550 Appointed - 12 Oct 1551 Appointed, Bishop of Mâcon)
Pierre du Chastel † (12 Oct 1551 Appointed - 3 Feb 1552 Died)
Jean de Morvilliers † (27 Apr 1552 Appointed - 1564 Resigned)
Mathurin de la Saussaye † (6 Sep 1564 Appointed - 9 Feb 1584 Died)
Denis Hurault † (9 Feb 1584 Succeeded - 1586 Resigned)
Germain Vaillant de Guelin † (27 Oct 1586 Appointed - 15 Sep 1587 Died)
Jean de L’Aubespine † (16 Mar 1588 Appointed - 23 Feb 1596 Died)
Gabriel de L’Aubespine † (15 Mar 1604 Appointed - 15 Aug 1630 Died)
Nicolas de Netz † (27 Jan 1631 Appointed - 20 Jan 1646 Died)
Alphonse d’Elbène † (21 Jan 1647 Appointed - 20 May 1665 Died)
Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin † (29 Mar 1666 Confirmed - 5 Feb 1706 Died)
Louis-Gaston Fleuriau d’Armenonville † (15 Nov 1706 Confirmed - 9 Jun 1733 Died)
Nicolas-Joseph de Paris † (9 Jun 1733 Succeeded - 10 Jan 1754 Resigned)
Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval † (14 Jan 1754 Confirmed - 28 Feb 1758 Resigned)
Louis-Sextius de Jarente de La Bruyère † (13 Mar 1758 Confirmed - 28 May 1788 Died)
Louis-François-Alexandre de Jarente de Senas d’Orgeval † (28 May 1788 Succeeded - 22 Nov 1793 Resigned)
Etienne-Alexandre-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bernier † (10 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 1 Oct 1806 Died)
Claude-Louis Rousseau † (3 Aug 1807 Confirmed - 7 Oct 1810 Died)
Pierre-Marin Rouph de Varicourt † (23 Aug 1819 Confirmed - 9 Dec 1822 Died)
Jean Brumault de Beauregard † (10 Mar 1823 Confirmed - 22 Jan 1839 Retired)
François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (8 Jul 1839 Confirmed - 27 Jan 1843 Confirmed, Archbishop of Tours)
Jean-Jacques Fayet † (27 Jan 1843 Confirmed - 4 Apr 1849 Died)
Félix-Antoine-Philibert Dupanloup † (28 Sep 1849 Confirmed - 11 Oct 1878 Died)
Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) † (11 Oct 1878 Succeeded - 15 Jun 1893 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne))
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet † (18 May 1894 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1926 Died)
Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu † (20 Dec 1926 Appointed - 28 Mar 1951 Died)
Robert Picard de la Vacquerie † (27 Aug 1951 Appointed - 23 May 1963 Resigned)
Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé † (23 May 1963 Succeeded - 18 Jul 1978 Died)
Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger † (10 Nov 1979 Appointed - 31 Jan 1981 Appointed, Archbishop of Paris)
René Lucien Picandet † (13 Jun 1981 Appointed - 20 Oct 1997 Died)
Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt (2 Jul 1998 Appointed - 18 Jun 2002 Appointed, Bishop of Nanterre)
André Louis Fort (28 Nov 2002 Appointed - 27 Jul 2010 Retired)
Jacques André Blaquart (27 Jul 2010 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Orléans (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Blois (suppressed)	Diocese of Orléans
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orléans	Diocese of Blois
8 December 2002	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Orléans (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 300,000 346,918 86.5% 396 36 432 694 62 830 338 ap1951

1970 395,500 430,500 91.9% 320 39 359 1,101 63 694 310 ap1971

1980 455,000 495,000 91.9% 260 44 304 1,496 5 78 460 293 ap1981

1990 472,000 566,000 83.4% 198 34 232 2,034 16 66 339 294 ap1991

1999 448,200 623,600 71.9% 159 36 195 2,298 24 63 231 294 ap2000

2000 448,200 617,176 72.6% 158 34 192 2,334 26 63 233 294 ap2001

2001 448,200 618,126 72.5% 155 34 189 2,371 30 64 237 294 ap2002

2002 448,200 618,126 72.5% 153 34 187 2,396 29 64 209 294 ap2003

2003 448,200 632,557 70.9% 153 30 183 2,449 30 53 223 294 ap2004

2004 448,200 632,557 70.9% 146 30 176 2,546 31 51 227 294 ap2005

2013 445,000 656,000 67.8% 101 34 135 3,296 40 59 139 294 ap2014

2016 446,769 681,086 65.6% 96 37 133 3,359 39 59 128 294 ap2017

2019 450,400 682,719 66.0% 78 35 113 3,985 39 60 116 294 ap2020

2021 447,840 678,845 66.0% 76 28 104 4,306 30 49 114 278 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	300,000	346,918	86.5%	396	36	432	694		62	830	338	ap1951
1970	395,500	430,500	91.9%	320	39	359	1,101		63	694	310	ap1971
1980	455,000	495,000	91.9%	260	44	304	1,496	5	78	460	293	ap1981
1990	472,000	566,000	83.4%	198	34	232	2,034	16	66	339	294	ap1991
1999	448,200	623,600	71.9%	159	36	195	2,298	24	63	231	294	ap2000
2000	448,200	617,176	72.6%	158	34	192	2,334	26	63	233	294	ap2001
2001	448,200	618,126	72.5%	155	34	189	2,371	30	64	237	294	ap2002
2002	448,200	618,126	72.5%	153	34	187	2,396	29	64	209	294	ap2003
2003	448,200	632,557	70.9%	153	30	183	2,449	30	53	223	294	ap2004
2004	448,200	632,557	70.9%	146	30	176	2,546	31	51	227	294	ap2005
2013	445,000	656,000	67.8%	101	34	135	3,296	40	59	139	294	ap2014
2016	446,769	681,086	65.6%	96	37	133	3,359	39	59	128	294	ap2017
2019	450,400	682,719	66.0%	78	35	113	3,985	39	60	116	294	ap2020
2021	447,840	678,845	66.0%	76	28	104	4,306	30	49	114	278	ap2022