Archdiocese of Montpellier

ARCHDIOCESE OF MONTPELLIER (Archidioecesis Montis Pessulani)

Country : France
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 3rd century as Diocese of Maguelone
Renamed to Diocese of Montpellier in 1536
Additions 1801 : Diocese of Agde, Diocese of Béziers, Diocese of Lavaur, Diocese of Lodève, Diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, Diocese of Vabres (partially)
Elevated to Archdiocese in 2002

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Montpellier

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Arms of Bishops

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Jean-Raymond de Comminges (1309-1327)
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Pectin de Montesquieu (1334-1339)
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Andouin Aubert (1353)
Durand de Chapelles (1353-1361)
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Louis Aleman (1418-1423)
Raymond Pérault (1498-1499, Administrator)
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Guillaume Pellicier (1536-1568)
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Antoine de Subjet de Cardot (1573-1596)
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Guitard de Ratte (1596-1602)
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Jean Garnier (1603-1607)
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Pierre Fenolliet (1607-1652)
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Rinaldo d’Este (1653-1655)
François Bosquet (1655-1676)
Charles de Pradel (1676-1696)
Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy (1696-1714)
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Georges-Lazare Berger de Charency (1738-1748)
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François Renaud de Villeneuve (1748-1766)
Raymond de Durfort (1766-1774)
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Joseph-François de Malide (1774-1790)
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Jean-Louis-Simon Rollet (1802-1806)
Nicolas-Marie Fournier de La Contamine (1806-1834)
Charles-Thomas Thibault (1835-1861)
François-Marie-Joseph Lecourtier (1861-1873)
François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières (1873-1921)
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René-Pierre Mignen (1922-1931)
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Gabriel Brunhes (1932-1949)
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Jean Duperray (1949-1957)
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Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel (1958-1976)
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Louis-Antoine-Marie Boffet (1976-1996)
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Jean-Pierre Ricard (1996-2001)
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Guy Thomazeau (2002)

Arms of Archbishops

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Guy Thomazeau (2002-2011)
Pierre-Marie Carré (2011-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

Adolphe-Casimir David (1912-1915)
Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle (1916-1934)

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