Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence-et-Arles

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ARCHDIOCESE OF AIX-EN-PROVENCE-ET-ARLES (Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia-Arelatensis)

Country : France
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1st century as Docese of Aix
Elevated 5th century to Archdiocese of Aix
Added 1801 : Archdiocese of Arles, Diocese of Fréjus, Diocese of Marseille, Diocese of Riez, Diocese of Toulon
Lost 1822 : Diocese of Fréjus, Diocese of Marseille
Renamed 1833 to Archdiocese of Aix-Arles-Embrun
Renamed 2007 to Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence-et-Arles / Archdiocese of Aix-et-Arles

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence-et-Arles

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Arms of Archbishops

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Guillaume de Mandagout (1311-1312)
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Pierre des Prés (1318-1320)
André d’Espinay (1499-1500, Administrator)
Lorenzo Strozzi (1568-1571)
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Alexandre Canigiani (1576-1591)
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Gilbert Genebrard (1591-1597)
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Paul Hurault de L'Hôpital (1599-1624)
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Gui Hurault de L'Hôpital (1624-1625)
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1626-1629)
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Louis de Bretel (1631-1644)
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Michel Mazarin (1645-1648)
Jérôme Grimaldi (1648-1683)
Charles Le Goux de La Berchère, 1685-1687 (appointed)
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Daniel de Cosnac (1693-1708)
Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc (1708-1729)
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Brancas (1729-1770)
Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé (1790-1801)
Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé (1802-1810)
Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort (1817-1829)
Charles-Alexandre de Richery (1829-1830)
Jacques Raillon (1830-1835)
Joseph Bernet (1835-1846)
Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles (1846-1857)
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Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon (1857-1873)
Théodore-Augustin Forcade (1873-1885)
François Xavier Gouthe-Soulard (1886-1900)
François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy (1901-1920)
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Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière (1920-1930)
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Emmanuel Coste (1931-1934)
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Clément-Émile Roques (1934-1940)
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Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel (1940-1944)
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Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères (1945-1978)
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Bernard Panafieu (1978-1994)
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Louis-Marie Billé (1995-1998)
Claude Feidt (1999-2010)
Christophe Dufour (2010-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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