Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne, is a diocese
of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church
in France
. Erected in the 4th century as the Diocese of Digne, the diocese is now known as the Diocese of Digne, Riez and Sisteron, since 1922. The diocese comprises the entire department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
, in the Region
of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Aix. The bishops are seated at Digne-les-Bains
, in Digne Cathedral.
, this diocese was made to include the two departments of the Hautes-Alpes
and the Basses-Alpes, in addition to the former Diocese of Digne, the Archdiocese of Embrun, the dioceses of Gap, Sisteron and Senez, a very considerable part of the dioceses of Glandèves and Riez, and fourteen parishes in the Archdiocese of Aix and the Diocese of Apt. In 1822 Gap was made an episcopal see and, thus divested of the department of the Hautes Alpes, the present Diocese of Digne covers the territory formerly included in the Dioceses of Digne, Senez, Glandèves, Riez and Sisteron.
and Vincentius who came from Africa in the second half of the fourth century with Saint Marcellinus, the Apostle of Embrun
. It is not certain that they were bishops. The first historically known bishop was Pentadius who attended the Council of Agde
in 506.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Erected in the 4th century as the Diocese of Digne, the diocese is now known as the Diocese of Digne, Riez and Sisteron, since 1922. The diocese comprises the entire department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.- History :Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
, in the Region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...
. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Aix. The bishops are seated at Digne-les-Bains
Digne-les-Bains
Digne-les-Bains or simply and historically Digne is a commune of France, capital of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.-History:...
, in Digne Cathedral.
Extent
By the Concordat of 1801Concordat 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....
, this diocese was made to include the two departments of the Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.- History :Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
and the Basses-Alpes, in addition to the former Diocese of Digne, the Archdiocese of Embrun, the dioceses of Gap, Sisteron and Senez, a very considerable part of the dioceses of Glandèves and Riez, and fourteen parishes in the Archdiocese of Aix and the Diocese of Apt. In 1822 Gap was made an episcopal see and, thus divested of the department of the Hautes Alpes, the present Diocese of Digne covers the territory formerly included in the Dioceses of Digne, Senez, Glandèves, Riez and Sisteron.
History
The former diocese of Digne was evangelized by Saints DomninusDomninus
Domninus may refer to:*Domninus of Larissa, Hellenistic Syrian Jewish mathematician from the fifth century*St. Domninus of Fidenza *St...
and Vincentius who came from Africa in the second half of the fourth century with Saint Marcellinus, the Apostle of Embrun
Embrun, Hautes-Alpes
Embrun is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-Description:...
. It is not certain that they were bishops. The first historically known bishop was Pentadius who attended the Council of Agde
Council of Agde
In the history of Roman Catholicism in France, the Council of Agde was held 10 September 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of Caesarius of Arles. It was attended by thirty-five bishops, and its forty-seven genuine canons deal "with ecclesiastical discipline"...
in 506.
Pre-Revolutionary bishops (incomplete)
- 365: Saint Domnin
- 380: Saint Vincent
- c.439–c.455: Nectarius (Nectaire)
- Memorialis
- 506: Pentadius
- 524–527: Portien
- c.535–c.555: Hilaire
- 573–585: Heraclius
- 614: Maximus (Maxime)
- 650: Agapius (Agape) or Bobo (Bobon)
- 790: Raimbaud
- 899: Bléderic
- 1025: Emin
- c.1028–1038: Bernhard I.
- 1038–c.1068: Hugo I.
- 1070: Laugier
- 1146: Gui
- c.1150: Peter I. Hesmido
- Hugo II. de Vars
- Hugo III.
- Pierre II. de Droilla
- 1179: Guillaume I. de Bénévent
- 1184–1185: Guigue de Revel
- Bertrand I. de Turriers
- 1206: Ismidon
- 1209: Walon de Dampierre
- 1211–5. October 1232: Lantelme
- 1233–1242: Hugues IV. de Laon
- 1247–1248: Amblard
- 1248–25. May 1278: Bonifatius
- 1289–c.1295: Guillaume II. des Porcelets
- 1297: Amblard
- c.1302–c.1318: Renaud des Porcelets
- 1318: Armand
- 1324: Guillaume III. de Sabran
- 1326: Guillaume IV. Ebrard
- 1334–7. October 1341: Elzéar de Villeneuve, author of a form of oath to be taken by Jews
- 1341–1362: Jean I. Peissoni
- 1362–c.1385: Bertrand II. de Seguret
- 1390–5. March 1408: Nicolas de Corbaire
- 1409–1432: Bertrand III. Raoul
- c.1432–1439: Pierre III de Verceil, who represented the clergy and the Count of Provence at the Council of Basle
- 1439–1445: Guillaume d'Estouteville, closely connected with the history of the Pragmatic SanctionPragmatic sanctionA pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. In the late history of the Holy Roman Empire it referred more specifically to an edict issued by the Emperor....
and later Archbishop of RouenArchbishop of RouenThe 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.... - 1445–22. July 1466: Pierre IV. Turelure
- 24. July 1466–August 1479: Conrad de La Croix
- c.1479–c.1513: Antoine I. de Guiramand
- 1513–1. June 1536: François I. de Guiramand
- 1536–1545: Chérubin d'Orsière
- 1546–c.1552: Antoine II. Olivier
- 1552–1568: Antoine III. Hérouet, poet and translator of PlatoPlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
- 1569–1587: Henri I. Le Meignen
- 1587–1602: Claude Coquelet
- 1602–24. September 1615: Antoine IV. de Boulogne
- 1616–1628: Louis I. de Bologne
- 1628–1664: Raphaël de Bologne
- 1664–1668: Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (also Bishop of Marseille) a cardinal and ambassador to Poland)
- 1668–1669: Jean-Armand de Rotondis de Biscarras
- 1669–1675: Jean II. de Vintimille du Luc
- 1675–1677: Henri II. Félix de Tassy
- 1677–1708: François II. Le Tellier
- 1708–1728: Henri III. de Pujet
- 1730–1741: Antoine V. Amable de Feydeau
- 1742: Paul de Ribeyre
- 1742–1746: Jean-Louis du Lau
- 1747–1758: Louis II. Sextius de Jarente de La Bruyère
- 1758–1784: Pierre-Paul I. du Caylar
- 1784–1790: François III. du Mouchet de Villedieu
List of bishops since 1802
- Irénée-Yves Desolle (Dessole) 1802-1805 (appointed Bishop of Chambéry)
- François-Melchior-Charles-Bienvenu de Miollis 1805-1838
- Marie-Dominique-Auguste SibourMarie-Dominique-Auguste SibourMarie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour was a French Catholic Archbishop of Paris....
1839-1848 (appointed Archbishop of ParisArchbishop of ParisThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on...
) - Marie-Julien Meirieu 1848-1880
- Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne 1880-1885 (appointed Archbishop of Avignon)
- Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot 1885-1887 (appointed Bishop of Bayonne)
- Henri-Abel Mortier 1887-1889
- Pierre-Paul Servonnet 1889-1897 (appointed Archbishop of Bourges)
- Jean Hazera 1897-1905
- Dominique Castellan 1906-1915 (appointed Archbishop of Chambéry)
- Léon-Adolphe Lenfant 1915-1917
- Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel 1917-1923
- Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin 1923-1958
- René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. 1958-1980
- Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé 1980-1987
- Georges-Paul Pontier 1988-1996 (appointed Bishop of La Rochelle)
- François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau 1997 onwards