The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges (

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: ''Diocesis Gratianopolitana–Viennensis Allobrogum'';

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: ''Diocèse de Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges'') is a

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of the

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in south-eastern France. The diocese, erected in the 4th century as the

Diocese of Grenoble The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges (Latin: ''Diocesis Gratianopolitana–Viennensis Allobrogum''; French: ''Diocèse de Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church i ...

, comprises the department of

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), in the

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. In 2006, the name was changed from the diocese of Grenoble to the diocese of Grenoble–Vienne. The current bishop is J ean-Marc Eychenne, appointed on September 14, 2022. Before the

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it was a

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of the

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and included the deanery or see at

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, which in 1779, was made a bishopric in its own right, with the episcopal seat at

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. By the

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of 1801, the bishop of Grenoble was made a suffragan of the

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. Thirteen archipresbyterates of the former Archdiocese of Vienne were affiliated to the Diocese of Grenoble, and there were annexed to it some parishes from the then Diocese of Belley (now Diocese of Belley-Ars), the

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, the

, and the Diocese of Valence.

Bishops

Some historically important bishops of Grenoble were: * Saint Domninus, the first Bishop of Grenoble known to history, attended the

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. * Saint Ceratus (441–452), celebrated in legend for his controversies against Arianism * Saint Ferreolus (at the end of the seventh century), who, according to tradition, was killed by a pagan while preaching * Saint Hugh of Grenoble (1080–1132), noted for his zeal in carrying out

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's orders concerning reform and for his opposition to the Bishop of Vienne, later

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* Pierre Scarron (1621–1667), who, with the co-operation of many religious orders, restored Catholicism in Dauphiné * Étienne Le Camus (1671–1707), organizer of charitable loan associations *

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(1726–1771), who brought about general acceptance of the Bull ''

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'', whose collection of books was the nucleus of the public library of the city, and during whose episcopate Bridaine, the preacher, after delivering a sermon on almsgiving went through the streets of the city with wagons and was unable to gather all the donations of linen, furniture and clothing that were offered.

History

The

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and

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founded at an early date numerous priories in the diocese, that of

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dating from 994, but during St. Hugh's episcopal administration, monastic life attained a fuller development. The chapter-abbey of Saint-Martin de Miséré, whence originated many Augustinian priories, and the school of the priory of Villard Benoît at

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, were important during twelfth and thirteenth centuries. But the peculiar monastic foundation of Dauphiné, contemporaneous with St. Hugh's regime, was that of the

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under

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in 1084. The Frères du Saint-Esprit, who during the Middle Ages were scattered broadcast through the Diocese of Grenoble, did much to inculcate among the people habits of mutual assistance. The two sojourns at Grenoble in 1598 and 1600 respectively by

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, the Jesuit, later confessor to

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, were prolific of some notable conversions from Protestantism; in memory of this the Constable de Lesdiguières, himself a convert in 1622, favoured the founding at Grenoble of a celebrated Jesuit house. In 1651 a college was established in connexion with the residence, and here Vaucanson, the well-known mechanician, studied. In 1700 the institution included theological courses in its curriculum. From the first half of the thirteenth century the French branch of the Waldenses had its chief seat in Dauphiné, from which country emanated

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, the most captivating preacher of the French Reformation. Pierre de Sébiville, an apostate Franciscan friar, introduced Protestantism into Grenoble in 1522. The diocese was sorely tried by the wars of religion, especially in 1562, when the cruel Baron des Andrets acted as the

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's lieutenant-general in Dauphiné. Pope

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, when taken a prisoner to France, spent two days at Grenoble in 1799.

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, in turn was kept in close confinement in the prefecture of Grenoble from 21 July until 2 August 1808, Bishop Simon not being permitted even to visit him. The following saints may be mentioned as natives of what constitutes the present Diocese of Grenoble: St. Amatus, the anchorite (sixth century), founder of the Abbey of Remiremont, and St. Peter, Archbishop of Tarantaise (1102–1174), a

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, born in the ancient

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. Moreover, it was in the chapel of the superior ecclesiastical seminary of Grenoble that J.-B. Vianney, the future

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, was ordained a priest, 13 August 1815. The Bishopric of Grenoble is in possession of an almost complete account of the pastoral visits made between 1339 and 1970, a palæographical record perhaps unique of its kind in France. The principal places of pilgrimage in the present Diocese of Grenoble are: Notre-Dame de Parménie, near Rivers, re-established in the seventeenth century at the instance of a shepherdess; Notre-Dame de l'Osier, at Vinay, which dates from 1649, and

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, which owes its origin to the apparition of the Virgin, 19 September 1846, to

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and Mélanie Calvat, the devotion to Notre-Dame de la Salette being authorized by Bishop Bruillard, 1 May 1852. Before the enforcement of the law of 1901 there were in the Diocese of Grenoble

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, Olivétans,

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, Regular Canons of the Immaculate Conception,

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, Fathers of Holy Ghost and the Holy Heart of Mary, Brothers of the Cross of Jesus, Brothers of the Holy Family,

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and

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. The diocesan congregations of women were: the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, devoted to hospital work and teaching, and founded by Cathiard, who, after having been an officer under Napoleon, died Archpriest of Pont de Beauvoisin; the

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, founded in 1841, devoted to hospital duty and teaching (mother-house at St. Marcellin), and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross, likewise devoted to hospital and educational work, founded in 1832 (mother-house at Murinais).

References

Sources

* pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 301. (in Latin) * p. 175. * * p. 219. * * *

External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24.

Acknowledgment

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4th-century establishments in Roman Gaul

Bishops

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