The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi-Castres-Lavour (Lat:Archidioecesis Albiensis (-Castrensis-Vauriensis)), usually referred to simply as the Archdiocese of Albi, is a non-metropolitan archdiocese (one having no suffragan dioceses) of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in southern France

France

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. The archdiocese comprises the whole of the department of Tarn, and is itself currently suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse, is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the Department of Haute-Garonne...

, a metropolitan archdiocese. The current Archbishop of Albi is Jean Legrez, O.P.

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

 appointed archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...

 on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. He formerly served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese corresponds in territory to the department of Jura. It was created in 1742, as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the Abbey of...

, France.

History

Originally erected in the 3rd century as the Diocese of Albi, the diocese at the time was the suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges. In 1678, the diocese was finally promoted to an Archdiocese.

One significant holder of the post was Saint Salvius

Salvius (bishop)

Salvius or Sauve was a bishop of Albi in Gaul.He was later declared to be a saint.-External links:* from history of France which mentions him...

.

Following the Concordat of 11 June 1817

Concordat of 11 June 1817

The Concordat of 11 June 1817 was a concordat between the kingdom of France and the Holy See, signed on 11 June 1817. Not having been validated, it never came into force in France and so the country remained under the regime outlined in the Concordat of 1801 until the 1905 law on the Separation of...

, the archdiocese was restored in 1822 to its former borders and title.

In February 1922, the name was changed to the Archdiocese of Albi-Castres-Lavour, which it remains to this day.

To 1000

• Antime
• c. 406: Diogénien
• 451: Anemius
• 506: Sabin
• 549: Ambroise
• 580–584: St Salvi (Salvy) or Salvii
• 585: Didier
• 625–647: Constantius
• ?–664: Didon
• 647–673: Richard
• 692–30. May 698: Citruin
• c. 700: St Amarand
• 722: Hugo I.
• 734: Johannes I
• 812: Verdat
• 825: Wilhelm I
• 844: Balduin
• 854: Pandevius
• 876: St Loup
• 886: Eloi
• 887–891: Adolence
• 921: Paterne
• 926: Godebric
• 936: Angelvin
• 941–942: Miron
• 961–967: Bernard
• 972: Frotaire (Frotarius)
• 975–987: Amelius or Ameil
• 990: Ingelbin
• 992: Honorat
• 998: Amblard

1000-1300

• 1020–1040: Amelius or Ameil II.
• 1040–1054: Wilhelm II.
• 1062–1079: Frotard, Frotarius
• 1079–1090: Wilhelm III.
• 1096: Gauthier
• 1098–1099: Hugo II.
• 1100–1103: Adelgaire I.
• 1103: Armand I. de Cessenon
• 1109–1110: Adelgaire II.
• 1115: Sicard
• 1115–1125: Bertrand I.
• 1125–1132: Humbert
• 1136–1143: Hugo III.
• 1143–1155: Rigaud
• 1157–1174: Guilhem, William of Dourgne
• 1176: Gérard (Géraud, Girald)
• 1183: Claude André
• 1185–1227: Guillaume Pierre de Brens (William Peyre, Guilliame Peyre, Guilhem Peyre)
• 1228–um 1254: Durand
• 1254–um 1271: Bernard II. de Combret
• 7. March 1276–1308: Bernard de Castanet
  Bernard de Castanet
  Bernard de Castanet was the bishop of the Diocese of Albi from 1276 to 1308. While bishop Castenet was involved in a struggle with the local landowners to preserve his temporal power...
  
  

1300-1500

• 1308–1311: Bertrand des Bordes
  Bertrand des Bordes
  Bertrand des Bordes was a medieval Roman Catholic Cardinal and bishop of the Diocese of Albi.Bordes was born in Gascogne. He was made Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Lectoure in 1305. He was elected bishop of Albi in 1308, and held that position until he was made a Cardinal in 1310.-Sources:*...
  
  
• 1311–1314: Géraud II.
• 1314–1333: Béraud de Farges
• 1334–1336: Pierre I. de la Vie
• 26 July to 28 November 1337: Bernard IV. de Camiet
• 1337–1338: Guillaume Court
  Guillaume Court
  Guillaume Court was a French Cistercian theologian and Cardinal.He was briefly bishop of Nîmes, and then bishop of Albi, in 1337, but only for a year, as Pope Benedict XII shortly elevated him to the cardinalate...
  
  
• 1339–1350: Peitavin de Montesquiou, Pectin de Montesquieu
• 1351–1354: Armand II. Guillaume
• 1355–1379: Hugues Auberti (Hugo Alberti)
• 1379–1382: Dominique I. de Florence
• 1382: Jean II. de Saie
• 1383–1392: Guillaume VII. de la Voulte
• 1393: Pierre II.
• 1393–1410: Dominique I. de Florence (2. Mal)
• 1410–1434: Pierre III. Neveu
• 1435: Bernard V. de Cazilhac
• 1435–1462: Robert Dauphin
• 1462-1464: Louis d'Amboise, coadjutor
• 1464–1473: Jean Jouffroy
  Jean Jouffroy
  Jean Jouffroy was a French prelate and diplomat.He was born at Luxeuil-les-Bains . After entering the Benedictine order and teaching at the university of Pavia from 1435 to 1438, he became almoner to Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, who entrusted him with diplomatic missions in France, Italy,...
  
  
• 1474–1502: Louis d'Amboise

1500-1700

• 1502–1510: Louis II. d'Amboise (House of Amboise
  House of Amboise
  The House of Amboise was a French noble house, taking its name from Amboise, a town which it possessed as a seigneurie. The oldest of the house's family lines to be attested in the written sources comes from Touraine and dates to 1155...
  
  )
• 1510–1515: Charles I. Robertet
• 1515–1518: Jean-Jacques Robertet
• 1519–1523: Adrien Gouffier de Boissy
• 1524–1528: Aymar Gouffier
• 1528–1535: Antoine Duprat
  Antoine Duprat
  Antoine Duprat was a French Cardinal and politician, who was chancellor of France.-Life:Duprat was born in Issoire in Auvergne. Educated for the law, he won a high position in his profession and in 1507 became first president of the Parlement of Paris...
  
  
• 1535–1550: John of Lothringen-Guise
• 1550–1561: Louis I of Lothringen-Guise
• 1561–1567: Cardinal Laurent Strozzi
• 1568–1574: Philippe de Rodolfis
• 1575–1588: Giuliano de Medici
• 1588–1608: Alphonse I. d'Elbene
• 1608–1635: Alphonse II. d'Elbene
• 1635–1676: Gaspard de Daillon du Lude
• 1676–1687: Hyacinthe Serroni (first Archbishop, from 1678)
• 1687–1703: Charles II. Le Goux de la Berchère

1700-present

• 1703–1719: Henri de Nesmond
  Henri de Nesmond
  Henri de Nesmond was a French churchman, bishop of Montauban, archbishop of Albi and archbishop of Toulouse.- Life :He was a son of Henri de Nesmond...
  
  
• 1719–1747: Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries
• 1747–1759: Dominique de La Rochefoucauld
  Dominique de La Rochefoucauld
  Dominique de La Rochefoucauld was a French abbot, bishop, archbishop, and Cardinal.- Before the French Revolution :...
  
   (also Archbishop of Rouen
  Archbishop of Rouen
  The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the ecclesiastical province of the archdiocese comprises the majority of Normandy....
  
  )
• 1759–1764: Léopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville
• 1764–1794: François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis
  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis
  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis was a French cardinal and statesman. He was the sixth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1744.- Biography :...
  
  
• 3 April 1791: Jean-Joachim Gausserand
• 1794–1802: François de Pierre de Bernis
• 1817–1833: Charles III Brault
• 1833–1842: François-Marie-Edouard de Gually
• 1842–1864: Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion
• 1864–1875: Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet
• 1876–1884: Etienne-Emile Ramadié
• 1884–1899: Jean-Emile Fonteneau
• 1899–1918: Eudoxe-Irénée-Edouard Mignot
• 1918–1940: Pierre-Célestin Cézerac
• 1940–1956: Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron
• 1957–1961: Jean-Emmanuel Marquès
• 1961–1974: Claude Dupuy
• 1974–1985: Robert-Joseph Coffy
  Robert-Joseph Coffy
  Robert Joseph Coffy was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Marseille.-Early life and education:He entered the Seminary in Lyon and was ordained to the priesthood 28 October 1944. He carried out pastoral work in Annecy for a year in 1946. He taught as a faculty member where he had been...
  
   (also Archbishop of Marseille)
• 1986–1988: Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine
• 1989–1999: Roger Lucien Meindre
• 2000–2010: Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré
  Pierre-Marie Carré
  Pierre-Marie Carré is a French Bishop of the Catholic Church.He was ordained to the priesthood on September 7, 1974. On 8 Oct 2000, he was ordained Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Albi by Pope John Paul II. On May 14, 2010 he was appointed coadjutor Archbishop to the Archdiocese of Montpellier by...
  
  
• 2011-present: Jean Legrez, O.P. (Archbishop-elect; incumbent)