Diocese of Coutances, France

Bishops of Coutances (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stanislas Lalanne (64)
(2007.04.04 – 2013.01.31)

Born:	1948.08.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.06.03

Bishop of Coutances (France) (2007.04.04 – 2013.01.31)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (2013.01.31 – ...)

Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey (81)
(1989.04.22 – 2006.10.02)

Born:	1931.10.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.07.10

Titular Bishop of Remesiana (1977.05.31 – 1983.02.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France) (1977.05.31 – 1983.02.12)

Military Vicar of France (France) (1983.02.12 – 1986.07.21)

Military Ordinary of France (France) (1986.07.21 – 1989.04.22)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1989.04.22 – 2006.10.02)

Bishop Joseph Gustave François Wicquart
(1966.09.02 – 1988.11.03)

Born:	1913.09.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1937.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.11
Died:	1997.03.27 († 83)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1966.09.02 – 1988.11.03)

Bishop Louis-Jean Guyot (later Cardinal)
(1950.04.08 – 1966.04.28)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1905.07.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1932.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.05.04
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1988.08.01 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina (1949.03.18 – 1950.04.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Coutances (France) (1949.03.18 – 1950.04.08)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1950.04.08 – 1966.04.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) (1966.04.28 – 1978.11.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1973.03.05 – 1988.08.01)

Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard
(1924.10.31 – 1950.04.08)

Born:	1858.10.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1882.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.05.01
Died:	1950.04.08 († 91)

Bishop of Langres (France) (1919.03.10 – 1924.10.31)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1924.10.31 – 1950.04.08)

Bishop Joseph Guérard
(1898.11.28 – 1924.07.19)

Born:	1846.01.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1869.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.02.02
Died:	1924.07.19 († 78)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1898.07.08] 1898.11.28 – 1924.07.19)

Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain
(1876.01.28 – 1897.11.12)

Born:	1833.04.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1857.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.03.19
Died:	1897.11.12 († 64)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1875.11.19] 1876.01.28 – 1897.11.12)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Bravard
(1862.09.25 – 1875.11.27)

Born:	1811.02.20 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1862.10.28
Died:	1876.08.13 († 65)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1862.08.12] 1862.09.25 – 1875.11.27)

Bishop Jacques-Louis Daniel
(1853.03.07 – 1862.07.04)

Born:	1794.01.13 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1819
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.06.12
Died:	1862.07.04 († 68)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1852.12.09] 1853.03.07 – 1862.07.04)

Bishop Louis-Jean-Julien Robiou de la Tréhonnais
(1836.02.01 – 1852)

Born:	1784.01.07 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.03.06
Died:	1870.11.20 († 86)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1835.10.06] 1836.02.01 – 1852)

Bishop Pierre Dupont de Poursat
(1807.08.03 – 1835.09.17)

Born:	1761.06.03 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1808.01.06
Died:	1835.09.17 († 74)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1807.05.07] 1807.08.03 – 1835.09.17)

Bishop Claude-Louis Rousseau
(1802.04.14 – 1807.08.03)

Born:	1735.11.02 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1802.04.25
Died:	1810.10.07 († 74)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1802.04.09] 1802.04.14 – 1807.08.03)

Bishop of Orléans (France) ([1807.03.22] 1807.08.03 – 1810.10.07)

Bishop Ange-François de Talaru de Chalmazel
(1765.02.04 – 1798.03.20)

Died:

1798.03.20

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1765.02.04 – 1798.03.20)

Bishop Jacques Le Févre du Quesnoy
(1757.07.08 – 1764.09.09)

Died:

1764.09.09

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1757.07.08 – 1764.09.09)

Bishop Léonor de Goyon de Matignon
(1721.12.01 – 1757.05.29)

Born:	1683 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1722.01.11
Died:	1757.05.29 († 74)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1721.01.08] 1721.12.01 – 1757.05.29)

Bishop Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne
(1667.12.12 – 1720.04.07)

Born:	1637 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1668.02.19
Died:	1720.04.07 († 83)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1666.12.05] 1667.12.12 – 1720.04.07)

Bishop Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville
(1658.01.13 – 1665.12.03)

Died:

1665.12.03

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1658.01.13 – 1665.12.03)

Bishop Claude Auvry
(1646.12.03 – 1658)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1646.12.03 – 1658)

Bishop Léonor de Goyon de Matignon
(1632.03.29 – 1646.07.28)

Born:	1604.05.31 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1633.10.09
Died:	1680.02.14 († 75)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1627.05.10] 1632.03.29 – 1646.07.28)

Bishop of Lisieux (France) ([1646.07.28] 1648.05.04 – 1674)

Bishop Nicolas Bourgoin
(1623.05.10 – 1625.04.19)

Died:

1625.04.19

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1623.05.10 – 1625.04.19)

Fr. Guillaume Le Blanc
(1621.06.21 – 1621 not possessed)

Died:

1621

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1621.06.21 – 1621 not possessed)

Bishop Nicolas de Briroy
(1597.09.15 – 1620.03.22)

Died:

1620.03.22

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1597.09.15 – 1620.03.22)

Bishop John Lesley
(1592.12.16 – 1596.05.31)

Died:

1596.05.31

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1592.12.16 – 1596.05.31)

Fr. Lancelot de Matignon
(1587 – 1588 not possessed)

Died:

1588

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1587 – 1588 not possessed)

Bishop Arthur de Cossé-Brissac
(1560.10.02 – 1587.10.07)

Died:

1587.10.07

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1560.10.02 – 1587.10.07)

Bishop Étienne Martel de Bacqueville
(1552.09.16 – 1560.05.26)

Died:

1560.05.26

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1552.09.16 – 1560.05.26)

Bishop Payen Le Sueur d’Esquetot
(1549.01.09 – 1551.12.24)

Died:

1551.12.24

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1549.01.09 – 1551.12.24)

Bishop Philippe de Cossé-Brissac, O.S.B.
(1530.03.09 – 1548.11.24)

Died:

1548.11.24

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1530.03.09 – 1548.11.24)

Bishop René de Bresche de La Trémoille, O.S.B.
(1525.07.28 – 1529.11.19)

Died:

1529.11.19

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1525.07.28 – 1529.11.19)

Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena
(Apostolic Administrator 1519.09.09 – 1520.11.09)

Cardinal Adrian Gouffier de Boissy
(1510.04.15 – 1519.06.06)

Born:	1479 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1511
Created Cardinal:	1515.12.14
Died:	1523.07.24 († 44)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1510.04.15 – 1519.06.06)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1515.12.14 – 1517)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro in commendum (1517 – 1520.11.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1517 – 1523.07.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Albi (France) (1519.06.06 – 1523.07.24)

Bishop Geoffroy Herbert
(1478.07.03 – 1510.02.01)

Died:

1510.02.01

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1478.07.03 – 1510.02.01)

Bishop Galeazzo della Rovere
(1477.12.03 – 1478.07.03)

Died:

1487

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1477.12.03 – 1478.07.03)

Bishop of Agen (France) (1478.07.03 – 1487)

Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, O.F.M. (later Pope Julius II)
(1476.07.11 – 1477.12.03)

Born:	1453.12.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1471.12.16
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1503.11.01
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1503.11.26
Died:	1513.02.21 († 59)

Bishop of Carpentras (1471.10.16 – 1472.01.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1471.12.22 – 1479.04.19)

Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland) (1472.01.31 – 1476.07.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Messina (Italy) (1473 – 1474.05)

Bishop of Catania (Italy) (1473.01.13 – 1474.05.23)

Bishop of Avignon (France) (1474.05.23 – 1475.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France) (1475.11.20 – 1503.11.01)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1476.07.11 – 1477.12.03)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1476.10 – 1503.11.01)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major (1477.08 – 1483?)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (1477.08 – 1503.11.01)

Bishop of Viviers (France) (1477.12.03 – 1479.04.19)

Bishop of Mende (France) (1478.07.03 – 1483.01.31)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1479.01.08 – 1480.01.07)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1479.04.19 – 1483.01.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli in commendum (1479.04.19 – 1503.11.01)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1483.01.31 – 1503.11.01)

Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1483.11.03 – 1502.01.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Savona (Italy) (1499.09.20 – 1502.01.24)

Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (1499.11 – 1501.08.29)

Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1502.01.24 – 1503.11.01)

Supreme Pontiff (1503.11.01 [1503.11.26] – 1513.02.21)

Bishop Benoît de Montferrand
(1470 – 1476.07.15)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1470 – 1476.07.15)

Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland) (1476.07.15 – 1491)

Cardinal Richard Olivier de Longueil
(1453.10.03 – 1470.08.19)

Born:	1406.12.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1453.09.28
Created Cardinal:	1456.12.17
Died:	1470.08.19 († 63)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1453.10.03 – 1470.08.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1462.03.16 – 1470.08.17)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter (1464 – 1470.08.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1470.08.17 – 1470.08.19)

Bishop Giovanni Castiglione (later Cardinal)
(1444.09.02 – 1453.10.03)

Born:	1420 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1456.12.17
Died:	1460.04.14 († 40)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1444.09.02 – 1453.10.03)

Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1453.10.03 – 1460.04.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1457.03.09 – 1460.04.14)

Bishop Gilles de Duremort
(1439 – 1444.07.29)

Died:

1444.07.29

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1439 – 1444.07.29)

Bishop Philibert de Saulx
(1424.05.10 – 1439.06.20)

Died:

1439.06.20

Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône (France) (1409 – 1413.08.14)

Bishop of Amiens (France) (1413.08.14 – 1424.05.10)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1424.05.10 – 1439.06.20)

Bishop Pandolfo Malatesta (later Archbishop)
(1418.10.07 – 1424)

Apostolic Administrator of Brescia (Italy) (1416 – 1418.10.07)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1418.10.07 – 1424)

Titular Archbishop of Patræ veteres (1424 – ?)

Bishop Jean de Marle
(1414.04.02 – 1418.06.12)

Died:

1418.06.12

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1414.04.02 – 1418.06.12)

Pseudocardinal Gilles Deschamps
(1409.10.02 – 1413.03.05)

Born:	1350 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1408.09.27
Created Cardinal:	1411.06.06
Died:	1413.03.05 († 63)

Bishop of Coutances (France) ([1408.05] 1409.10.02 – 1413.03.05)

Bishop Guillaume de Crèvecœur
(1387.08.26 – 1408.04.20)

Died:

1408.04.20

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1387.08.26 – 1408.04.20)

Bishop Nicolas de Coulon
(1386.10.05 – 1387.08.26)

Died:

1400.12.20

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1386.10.05 – 1387.08.26)

Bishop of Autun (France) (1387.08.26 – 1400.12.20)

Bishop Sylvestre de La Cervelle
(1371.03.24 – 1386.09.03)

Died:

1386.09.03

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1371.03.24 – 1386.09.03)

Bishop Louis Herpin d’Erquery
(1346.01.09 – 1370)

Died:

1370

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1346.01.09 – 1370)

Bishop Guillaume de Thieuville
(1315 – 1345.10.31)

Died:

1345.10.31

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1315 – 1345.10.31)

Bishop Robert de Harcourt
(1291 – 1315.03.07)

Died:

1315.03.07

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1291 – 1315.03.07)

Bishop Eustache Le Cordelier, O.F.M.
(1282 – 1291.08.07)

Died:

1291.08.07

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1282 – 1291.08.07)

Bishop Jean d’Essay
(1251 – 1274.10.31)

Died:

1274.10.31

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1251 – 1274.10.31)

Bishop Gilles de Caen
(1246 – 1248.12.01)

Died:

1248.12.01

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1246 – 1248.12.01)

Bishop Gilon
(1245.02.22 – 1246)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1245.02.22 – 1246)

Bishop Hugues de Morville
(1208 – 1238.10.27)

Died:

1238.10.27

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1208 – 1238.10.27)

Bishop Vivien de L’Étang
(1202 – 1208.02.15)

Died:

1208.02.15

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1202 – 1208.02.15)

Bishop Guillaume de Tournebu
(1183? – 1202)

Died:

1202

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1183? – 1202)

Bishop Richard de Bohon
(1151 – 1179)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1151 – 1179)

Bishop Algare
(1132 – 1150.11.07)

Died:

1150.11.07

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1132 – 1150.11.07)

Bishop Richard de Brix
(1124 – 1131)

Died:

1131

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1124 – 1131)

Bishop Roger
(1114? – 1123)

Died:

1123

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1114? – 1123)

Bishop Raoul
(1093 – 1110)

Died:

1110

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1093 – 1110)

Bishop Geoffroy de Montbray
(1049 – 1093.02.02)

Died:

1093.02.02

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1049 – 1093.02.02)

Bishop Robert
(1026? – 1048)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1026? – 1048)

Bishop Robert
(1026 – 1048)

Bishop of Lisieux (France) (1024? – 1026)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (1026 – 1048)

Bishop Hugues
(989 – 1025)

Died:

1025

Bishop of Coutances (France) (989 – 1025)

Bishop Gillebert
(? – ?)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Algeronde
(? – ?)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Romphaire
(566 – 600)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (566 – 600)

Saint Bishop Lô
(525 – 565)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (525 – 565)

Saint Bishop Possesseur
(512 – 523)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (512 – 523)

Saint Bishop Léontien
(500 – 512)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (500 – 512)

Saint Bishop Exupère
(483 – 500)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (483 – 500)

Saint Bishop Éreptiole
(430? – 473)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (430? – 473)

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