Diocese of Laon

DIOCESE OF LAON (Dioecesis Laudunensis)

Country : France
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 5th century
Suppressed 1801, territory to the later Diocese of Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin

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The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

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  Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut (1371-1385)

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  Antoine du Bec-Crespin (1449-1460)

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  Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (1510–1552)

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  Jean Doc (1552–1564)

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  Jean de Bours (1564-1580)

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  Valentin Douglas (1580-1598)

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  Geoffroy de Billy (1598-1612)

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  Benjamin de Brichanteau (1612-1619)

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  Philibert de Brichanteau (1620-1652)

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  César d'Estrées (1655–1681)

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  Jean d'Estrées (1681–1718)

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  Louis Annet de Clermont de Chaste de Roussillon (-1721)

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  Charles de Saint-Albin (1721–1723)

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  Henri François-Xavier de Belsunce-Castelmoron (1723)

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  Etienne Josephe de la Fare (1723–1741)

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  Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouard de Faudoas (1741–1777)

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  Louis Hector Honoré Maxime de Sabran (1778-1801/1811)

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  Charles-Louis Salmon du Châtelier (1817-1821), diocese was already suppressed...

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