Ancient Diocese of Oloron - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The former Catholic Diocese of Oloron in south-west France was suppressed after the French Revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

, by the Concordat of 1801

Concordat of 1801

The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801. It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status....

. It dated from the sixth century.

Its see was the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie d'Oloron in Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The town of Oloron-Sante-Marie is positioned at the junction of two rivers and has a population of approximately 12,000. While not spectacular, it is a pleasant looking town, with an ancient quarter,...

, now in Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...

. Its territory became part of the diocese of Bayonne.

Bishops

c. 506: St Grat
c. 551: Agustius (?)
c. 573 to c. 585: Lezer
c. 653: Abientius
c. 659: Zozime
c. 661: Tructémonde
c. 668: Arcontius
c. 850: Gérard
c. 977: Gombaud
c. 992: Arsius Raca
1033–1050: Raymond I. le Vieux (also Bishop of Bayonne and Bishop of Lescar)
1060–1078: Etienne de Mauléon
1078–1083: Amat
1083–1101: Odon de Bénac
1102–1114: Roger I. de Sentes
1114–1135: Arnaud I. d'Araux
1135–1168: Arnaud II. d'Izeste
1169–1195: Bernard I. de Sadirac
1196–1216: Bernard II. de Morlane
c. 1225: Bernard III.
1228–1241: Guillaume I. de Castanet
1242–1254: Pierre I. de Gavarret
c. 1255: Guillaume II. de Gaujac
1256–1259: Roger II.
1260–1283: Compaing
1284–1288: Bernard IV. de La Mothe
1289–1308: Guillard de Leduix (or Gérard I. de Leduix)
c. 1308: Pierre-Raymond de Monein
1309–1322: Guillaume-Arnaud I.
1323–1341: Arnaud III. de Valensun
1342–1347: Bernard V. d'En Julia
1348–1370: Pierre II. d'Estiron
1371–1395: Guillaume III. d'Assat
c. 1396: Armand-Guilhem de Bury (Avignon nomination)
Pierre Laforgue (?) (Avignon nomination)
c. 1404: Sance I. Muller (Avignon nomination)
c. 1396: Ogier Vilesongnes (?) (Rome nomination)
c. 1404: Pierre III. de Montbrun (Rome nomination, Administrator)
c. 1412–1417: Pierre IV. Salet (Rome nomination)
1417–1421: Pierre IV. Salet (Schism resolved)
1422–1426: Guicharnaud (or Guillaume-Arnaud II.)
1426–1434: Guiraux d'Araux (or Gérard II. d'Araux)
1435–1450: Arnaud-Raymond I. d'Espagne
1450–1465: Garsias I. de Faudoas
1466–1475: Garsias II. de La Mothe
1475–1491: Sance II. de Casenave
1494–1499: Jean I. de Pardailhan
1507–1519: Arnaud-Raymond II. de Béon (Cardinal Amanieu d'Albret, Administrator)
c. 1520: Cardinal Jean Salviati
1521–1534: Jacques de Foix
1539–1555: Gérard Roussel
Gérard Roussel
Gérard Roussel was a French cleric, a student of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples and later a member, with his former teacher, of the Circle of Meaux around Guillaume Briçonnet, bishop of Meaux...
1550–1580: Claude Orégon
1599–1623: Arnaud IV. de Maytie
1623–1646: Arnaud V. de Maytie
1647: Louis de Bassompierre
1648–1652: Pierre V. de Gassion
1653–1658: Jean III. de Miossens-Sansons
1661–1682?: Arnaud-François de Maytie
1682–1704: Charles de Salettes
1704: Antoine de Maigny
1705–1735: Joseph de Révol
1735–1742: Jean-François de Montillet
1742–1783: François de Révol
1783–1790: Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix
26. April 1791 to 1793: Barthélémy-Jean-Baptiste Sanadon

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