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The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (
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: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a
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and is a
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to the
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, the former
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, the former Diocese of Lisieux was merged with that of
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in 1854 authorized the Bishop of Bayeux to call himself Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux. In 2022, in the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux there was one priest for every 2,672 Catholics.


History

A local legend found in 15th-century breviaries A breviary () is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such as Aberdeen Breviary, ...
calls St. Exuperius an immediate disciple of Pope Clement I">Exuperius of Bayeux">St. Exuperius an immediate disciple of Pope Clement I (88 to 99 CE), and the first Bishop of Bayeux. His see would according to this therefore have been founded in the 1st century. Regnobert of Bayeux, the same legend tells us, succeeded St. Exuperius. But neither the Bollandists, Jules Lair, nor Louis Duchesne found no basis for this legend; it was only towards the end of the 4th century or beginning of the 5th century that Exuperius might have founded the See of Bayeux. Some successors of St. Exuperius were honored as saints: *Referendus, Rufinianus, and Lupus (about 465) *
Saint Vigor Saint Vigor (; ) (died circa 537 AD) was a French bishop and Christians, Christian missionary. Life Born into the nobility in Artois, he studied at Arras under Saint Vedast. His father would not grant approval for him to become a priest, so he r ...
(early 6th century) destroyed a pagan temple, then still in use *Regnobert of Bayeux (about 629) founded many churches and the legend anachronistically calls him the first successor of Exuperius *
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(d. 730) was simultaneously bishop of two other sees, Paris and Rouen.
Odo of Bayeux Odo of Bayeux (died 1097) was a Norman nobleman who was a bishop of Bayeux in Normandy and was made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest. He was the maternal half-brother of duke, and later king, William the Conqueror, and w ...
(1050–97), brother of
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, built the cathedral and was present at the
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. He was imprisoned in 1082 for attempting to lead an expedition to Italy to overthrow
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, and died as a crusader in Sicily. Cardinal
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(1531–48),
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in the
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, was trapped in the
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during the siege and pillage of Rome by the Imperial forces led by the Constable de Bourbon. Arnaud Cardinal d'Ossat (1602–04) was a prominent diplomat identified with the second conversion of
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from Protestantism to Catholicism. Claude Fauchet, former court ''religieux'' to
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, became one of the "conquerors" of the Bastille. He was chosen
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of Bayeux in 1791, and beheaded 31 October 1793. Léon-Adolphe Amette,
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was, until 1905, Bishop of Bayeux. A council at
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in 1042, summoned by Duke William ('the Conqueror') and the bishops of Normandy, proclaimed the
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, not for the first time. In 1061 a council was again summoned by Duke William, who commanded the attendance of both clergy and laity (bishops, abbots, political and military leaders). The statutes of a synod held at Bayeux about 1300 furnish a very fair idea of the discipline of the time. In the Diocese of Bayeux are the Abbey of St. Stephen (Abbaye-aux-Hommes) and the Abbey of the Holy Trinity (Abbaye-aux-Dames), both founded at Caen by William the Conqueror (1029–87) and his wife
Matilda of Flanders Matilda of Flanders (; ; German: ''Mechtild)'' ( 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy. She was the mother of ni ...
in expiation of their unlawful marriage. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne was first governed by
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(1066–1070), who afterwards became
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. Other abbeys were those of
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of which Durand of Troarn, the successful opponent of
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, was abbot in the 11th century; and the Abbaye du Val, of which Armand-Jean de Rancé (1626–1700) was abbot, in 1661, prior to his reform of
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. The Abbey of St. Evroul (Ebrulphus) in the Diocese of Lisieux, founded about 560 by Bayeux native St. Evroul, was the home of chronicler
Ordericus Vitalis Orderic Vitalis (; 16 February 1075 – ) was an English chronicler and Benedictine monk who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th- and 12th-century Normandy and Anglo-Norman England.Hollister ''Henry I'' p. 6 Working out of ...
(1075–1141). Bishop Guillaume Bonnet founded the Collège de Bayeux in Paris in 1308 to house students from the dioceses of Bayeux, Le Mans, and Angers studying medicine or civil law. In 1641
Saint Jean Eudes John Eudes, CIM (; 14 November 1601 – 19 August 1680) was a French Catholic priest and the founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity in 1641 and Congregation of Jesus and Mary, also known as the Eudists, in 1643. He was also a profess ...
founded the Congregation of Notre Dame de Charité du Refuge, devoted to the protection of reformed prostitutes. The mission of the nuns later expanded to include other services to girls and women, including education. In 1900 the Order included 33 establishments in France and elsewhere, each an independent entity. At Tilly in the Diocese of Bayeux, Michel Vingtras established, in 1839, the politico-religious society known as La Miséricorde in connexion with the survivors of La Petite Eglise, condemned in 1843 by
Gregory XVI Pope Gregory XVI (; ; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon enteri ...
. Daniel Huet, the famous savant (1630–1721) and
Bishop of Avranches The Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutanc ...
, was a native of Caen. Bishop François II de Nesmond authorized the establishment of the Congregation of the Mission of Saint-Lazare in the diocese of Bayeux in 1682. During World War I, the diocese of Bayeux sent 260 priests and 75 seminarians into military service. Seventeen priests and sixteen seminarians died. In c. 1920 there were 716 parishes in the diocese.


Bishops


To 1000

*
Exuperius Exuperius (also Exsuperius) () (died c. 410) was Bishop of Toulouse at the beginning of the 5th century. Life His place and date of birth are unknown. Upon succeeding Sylvius as bishop of Toulouse, he ordered the completion of the basilica of ...
390? – 405? :''Regnobertus'' (Regnobert, or Renobert, Rennobert, Raimbert): dubious *
Rufinianus Saint Rufinien was the third bishop of Bayeux in the 5th century.Lupus Lupus, formally called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body. Symptoms vary among people and may be mild to severe. Common ...
c. 434 – c. 464 : Patricius 464?–469? : Manveus 470?–480? : Contestus 480–513 * Vigor (''Vigorus'') 513–537 *
Leucadius In Greek mythology, the name Leucadius may refer to: *Leucadius, a son of Icarius and Polycaste, co-ruler of Acarnania with his brother Alyzeus, and the eponym of Leucas. *Leucadius, a surname of Apollo.Ovid, ''Tristia'' 3.1.42 & 5.2.76; Prope ...
c. 538 – after 549 : Lascivus *Leodoaldus or Leudovald c. 581 – c. 614 * Gérétran of Bayeux (''Geretrandus'') or Gertran c. 615 * Ragnobertus 625–668 *
Gerbold Saint Gerbold ( or ''saint Gerbold'') (died c. 690 AD) was a French bishop venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He was a monk who founded the abbey of Livry, Calvados, Livry in Normandy and later became bishop of Bayeux. References ...
(''Gereboldus'') or Gerebauld) 689–691 : Framboldus 691?–722? * Hugo of Champagne 723–730 * Leodeningus, c. 765 :Thior (Thiorus) * Careviltus (''Carveniltus'') c. 833 * Harimbert or Ermbart 835–837 : Saint Sulpice (''Sulpicius'') 838–844 * Baltfridus c. 843–858 : ortoldus 859* Erchambert 859–c. 876 *Henricus (I.) c. 927–after 933 *Richard (I.) *Hugo (II.) c. 965 *
Raoul d'Avranches Raoul d'Avranches (RadulfusPierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. (ISBN 2-84133-021-4), "Les évêque ...
(also, Radulfus, Radulphus; 986–1006)


1000 to 1300

* Hugh de Bayeux 1011/1015–1049 *
Odo of Bayeux Odo of Bayeux (died 1097) was a Norman nobleman who was a bishop of Bayeux in Normandy and was made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest. He was the maternal half-brother of duke, and later king, William the Conqueror, and w ...
1049–1097 * Turold de Brémoy (''Turoldus'') or d'Envermeu 1097–1106 * Richard (II.) of
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1107–1133 * Richard (III.) of
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1135–1142 * Philippe d'Harcourt 1142–1163 *
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(II.) 1163–1205 *
Robert des Ablèges The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...
1206–1231 * Thomas de Freauville 1232–1238 : ''Sede vacante'' (1238–1241) *Guy 1241–1260 * Eudes de Lory (''Odo de Lorris'') 1263–1274 * Gregory of Naples 1274–1276 * Pierre de Beneis 1276–1306


1300–1500

* Guillaume (I.) Bonnet 1306–1312 * Guillaume (II.) de Trie 1312–1324 * Pierre (II.) de Lévis. 1324–1330 * Guillaume (III.) de Beaujeu 1330–1337 * Guillaume (IV.) Bertrand 1338–1347 * Pierre (III.) de Villaine 1347–1360 * Louis (I.) Thézart 1360–1373 * Milon de Dormans 1374–1375 * Nicolas du Bos 1375–1408 * Jean de Boissey or Jehan de Boissey 1408–1412 * Jean Langret 1412–1419 * Nicolaus II. Habart 1421–1431 * Zanon de Castiglione 1434–1459 *Ludwig II. d'Harcourt or Louis de Harcourt 1460–1479 *
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1480–1498 * René de Prie 1498–1516


1500–1800

* Louis de Canossa, O.Cist. 1516–1531 * Pierre (IV.) de Martigny 1531 *
Agostino Trivulzio Agostino Trivulzio (c. 1485–1548) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from a noble family in Milan, the eighth child of Giovanni Trivulzio di Borgomanero, a Councillor of the Dukes of Milan, and Angela (or Agnolina, or Anna) Marti ...
1531–1548 (Administrator) *Charles II. d'Humières 1549–1571 * Bernardin de Saint-François 1573–1582 *
Mathurin de Savonnières Mathurin de Savonnières, born in Angers and died in 1586 in Paris, was a French bishop of the sixteenth century. Mathurin was the son of Jean, Lord of Brétèche, and Olive de Mathefelon. His brother Jacques was Abbot of Cadouin and Melleray and ...
, O.S.A. 1583–1586 * Charles de Bourbon 1586–1590 (Administrator) : ''Sede vacante'' (1590–1598) * René de Daillon du Lude 1590–1600 (Administrator of temporalities?, 1590–1598) *
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1600–1604 * Jacques d'Angennes 1606–1647 *
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1647–1652 *François I. Servien 1654–1659 * François II de Nesmond 1661–1715 *Joseph-Emmanuel de la Tremoille 1716–1718 * François Armand of Lothringen-Armagnac 1719–1728 *
Paul d'Albert de Luynes Paul d'Albert (; 5 January 1703 – 21 January 1788) was a French prelate. He was elected the seventh occupant of Académie française seat 29 in 1743. Early life Paul d'Albert was born on 5 January 1703 in the city of Versailles, where his fam ...
1729–1753 * Pierre-Jules César de Rochechouart-Montigny 1753–1776 * Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus 1776–1797 :*Claude Fauchet 1791–1793 (Constitutional Bishop) :*Julien-Jean-Baptiste Duchemin 1796–1798 (Constitutional Bishop) :* Louis-Charles Bisson 1799–1801 (Constitutional Bishop)


From 1800

* Charles Brault (9 Apr 1802 Appointed – 8 Aug 1817 * Jean de Pradelles (1817–1818) *
Charles-François Duperrier-Dumourier The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is a ...
(13 Jan 1823 Appointed – 17 Apr 1827 Died) * Jean-Charles-Richard Dancel (2 Jun 1827 Appointed – 20 Apr 1836 Died) * Louis-François Robin (25 May 1836 Appointed – 30 Dec 1855 Died) * Charles-Nicolas-Pierre Didiot (7 Apr 1856 Appointed – 15 Jun 1866 Died) * Flavien-Abel-Antoinin Hugonin (13 Jul 1866 Appointed – 2 May 1898 Died) * Léon-Adolphe Amette (8 Jul 1898 Appointed – 21 Feb 1906 * Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier (13 Jul 1906 Appointed – 29 Dec 1927 Died) * Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (6 Jul 1928 Appointed – 23 Dec 1930 * François-Marie Picaud (12 Sep 1931 Appointed – 5 Aug 1954 Retired) * André Jacquemin (29 Oct 1954 Succeeded – 10 Dec 1969 Resigned) * Jean-Marie-Clément Badré (10 Dec 1969 Appointed – 19 Nov 1988 Retired) * Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. (19 Nov 1988 Succeeded – 12 Mar 2010 Retired) * Jean-Claude Boulanger (12 Mar 2010 Appointed – 27 Jun 2020 Retired) *
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(10 Nov 2020 Appointed – present)


See also

*
Catholic Church in France The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...


Notes


Bibliography


Reference works

* (Use with caution; obsolete) * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * * * * * * * * ists of benefices


Studies

* * *Farcy, Paul de (1887). ''Les abbayes de l'évêché de Bayeux''
Tome I: Cerisy—Cordillon—Fontenay—Longues
(Laval: L. Moreau 1887) * * * * * * *Lair, Jules (1867). "Études sur les origines de l'évêché de Bayeux, III" * defense of tradition and legend by the Vicar of Vaucelles* *


Acknowledgment

*Goyau, Georges.
Bayeux
" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907, pp. 358–359. Retrieved: 26 Jun. 2017.


External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
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Bayeux Bayeux (, ; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the fir ...