Diocese of Luçon, France 🇫🇷

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.09.16 – ...):

Bishop Renauld Dupont de Dinechin (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luçon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Renauld Dupont de Dinechin (67)
(2025.09.16 – ...)

Bishop of Luçon (France)

Born:	1958.03.25 (Lille, France)
Ordained Priest:	1988.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.05

Priest of Paris (France) (1988.06.25 – 2008.05.21)

Titular Bishop of Macriana minor (2008.05.21 – 2015.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (2008.05.21 – 2015.10.30)

Bishop of Soissons (France) (2015.10.30 [2015.12.20] – 2025.09.16)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (2025.09.16 – ...)

Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P. (75)
(2018.05.29 – 2025.09.16)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of La Rochelle (France)
Bishop emeritus of Luçon (France)

Par la confiance et l’amour

Born:	1950.04.25 (Fontainebleau, France)
Ordained Priest:	1982.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.18

Bishop of Mende (France) (2007.01.16 – 2018.05.29)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (2018.05.29 – 2025.09.16)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of La Rochelle (France) (2023.06.22 – ...)

Bishop Alain Castet (75)
(2008.04.14 – 2017.10.12)

Bishop emeritus of Luçon (France)

Christus oriens

Born:	1950.05.10 (Floirac, France)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.06.29

Priest of Paris (France) (1975.06.28 – 2008.04.14)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (2008.04.14 – 2017.10.12)

Bishop Michel Léon Émile Santier (78)
(2001.06.19 – 2007.09.04)

Bishop emeritus of Créteil (France)

Que ma joie soit en vous

Born:	1947.05.20 (Granville, France)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.23

Priest of Coutances (France) (1973.07.07 – 2001.06.19)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (2001.06.19 – 2007.09.04)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (2007.09.04 – 2021.01.09)

Bishop François Charles Garnier (later Archbishop)
(1991.03.25 – 2000.12.07)

Immergés dans l’amour / Enracinés dans la verité

Born:	1944.04.07 (Beaune, France)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.10.21
Died:	2018.08.15 (Beaune, France † 74)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luçon (France) (1990.08.31 – 1991.03.25)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1991.03.25 – 2000.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) (2000.12.07 – 2008.03.29)

Archbishop of Cambrai (France) (2008.03.29 – 2018.08.15)

Bishop Charles Paty
(1967.07.04 – 1991.03.25)

Ipse pax nostra

Born:	1916.02.10 (Pipriac, France)
Ordained Priest:	1946.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.03.25
Died:	2004.12.31 († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon (France) (1966.01.03 – 1966.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Tingaria (1966.01.03 – 1967.07.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luçon (France) (1966.12.07 – 1967.07.04)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1967.07.04 – 1991.03.25)

Bishop Antoine-Marie Cazaux
(1941.10.11 – 1967.07.04)

Born:	1897.06.13 (Pouillon, France)
Ordained Priest:	1922.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.12.08
Died:	1975.07.01 († 78)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1941.10.11 – 1967.07.04)

Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia (1967.07.04 – 1970.12.10)

Bishop Gustave-Lazare Garnier
(1916.05.27 – 1940.01.30)

Born:	1857.04.01 (Châtillon-en-Bazois, France)
Ordained Priest:	1881.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.07.25
Died:	1940.01.30 († 82)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1916.05.27 – 1940.01.30)

Bishop Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau
(1877.09.21 – 1915.11.28)

Born:	1836.03.21 (Sains-les-Marquion, France)
Ordained Priest:	1861.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.11.21
Died:	1915.11.28 († 79)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1877.08.21] 1877.09.21 – 1915.11.28)

Bishop Jules François Lecoq
(1875.03.15 – 1877.08.20)

Missus a Deo

Born:	1821.10.08 (Vire, France)
Ordained Priest:	1845.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.05.01
Died:	1892.12.25 († 71)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1875.01.11] 1875.03.15 – 1877.08.20)

Bishop of Nantes (France) ([1877.07.30] 1877.08.20 – 1892.12.25)

Archbishop Charles-Théodore Colet
(1861.07.22 – 1874.12.21)

Justitia et pax

Born:	1806.04.30 (Gérardmer, France)
Ordained Priest:	1830.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.08.25
Died:	1883.11.27 († 77)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1861.06.05] 1861.07.22 – 1874.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) ([1874.11.25] 1874.12.21 – 1883.11.27)

Archbishop François-Augustin Delamare
(1856.06.16 – 1861.03.18)

Born:	1800.09.09 (Valognes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1823.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1856.07.20
Died:	1871.07.26 († 70)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1856.03.05] 1856.06.16 – 1861.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France) ([1861.02.20] 1861.03.18 – 1871.07.26)

Bishop Jacques-Marie-Joseph Baillès
(1845.11.24 – 1856.02.21)

Born:	1798.03.31 (Toulouse, France)
Ordained Priest:	1821.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1846.01.04
Died:	1873.11.17 († 75)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1845.08.15] 1845.11.24 – 1856.02.21)

Bishop René-François Soyer
(1821.09.24 – 1845.05.05)

Born:	1767.09.05 (Thouarcé, France)
Ordained Priest:	1791.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1821.10.21
Died:	1845.05.05 († 77)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1817.11.14] 1821.09.24 – 1845.05.05)

Bishop Marie-Charles-Isidore de Mercy (later Archbishop)
(1776.01.29 – 1801.10.24)

Born:	1736.02.03 (Maubec, France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.02.18
Died:	1811.02.10 († 75)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1775.11.17] 1776.01.29 – 1801.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) ([1802.04.09] 1802.04.15 – 1811.02.10)

Bishop Claude-Antoine-François-Jacquemet Gaultier d’Ancyse
(1759.04.04 – 1775.10.27)

Born:	1707?
Consecrated Bishop:	1759.04.29
Died:	1775.10.27 († 67)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1759.04.04 – 1775.10.27)

Bishop Guillaume-Samuel de Verthamon de Chavagnac
(1737.12.16 – 1758.11.01)

Born:	1693?
Consecrated Bishop:	1738.02.02
Died:	1758.11.01 († 64)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1737.12.16 – 1758.11.01)

Bishop Michel-Celse-Roger de Rabutin de Bussy
(1723.10.17 – 1736.10.31)

Born:	1669?
Ordained Priest:	1696?
Consecrated Bishop:	1724.02.20
Died:	1736.10.31 († 66)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1723.10.17 – 1736.10.31)

Bishop Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure
(1699.10.05 – 1723.05.23)

Born:	1644.01.05 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1699.11.08
Died:	1723.05.23 († 79)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1699.06.06] 1699.10.05 – 1723.05.23)

Bishop Henri de Barillon
(1672.02.08 – 1699.05.06)

Born:	1639.03.04
Ordained Priest:	1666.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1672.06.05
Died:	1699.05.06 († 60)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1672.02.08 – 1699.05.06)

Bishop Nicolas de Colbert
(1661.05.30 – 1671.11.16)

Born:	1627 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1661.07.24
Died:	1676.09.05 († 48)

Bishop of Luçon (France) ([1661.02.08] 1661.05.30 – 1671.11.16)

Bishop of Auxerre (France) ([1671.07.16] 1671.11.16 – 1676.09.05)

Bishop Pierre Nivelle
(1637.09.22 – 1661.02.11)

Born:	1593?
Consecrated Bishop:	1637.01.25
Died:	1661.02.11 († 67)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1637.09.22 – 1661.02.11)

Bishop Aimeric de Bragelone
(1624.04.29 – 1635)

Born:	1580?
Consecrated Bishop:	1624.06.24
Died:	1669 († 89)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1624.04.29 – 1635)

Cardinal Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu
(1606.12.18 – 1624.04.29)

Candorem purpura servat et dirigit et firmat / Expertus fidelem jupiter

Born:	1585.09.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1607.04.17
Created Cardinal:	1622.09.05
Died:	1642.12.04 († 57)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1606.12.18 – 1624.04.29)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1622.09.05 – 1642.12.04)

Coadjutor Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1627 – 1635)

Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1635 – 1642.12.04)

Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians) (1635.11.19 – 1642.12.04)

Commendatory Abbot of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians) (1636 – 1642.12.04)

Fr. François Hyvert
(1599.03.17 – 1600 not possessed)

Died:

1600

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1599.03.17 – 1600 not possessed)

Bishop Jacques Duplessis de Richelieu
(1586.11.05 – 1592.06)

Died:

1592.06

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1586.11.05 – 1592.06)

Bishop René de Salla, C.R.S.A.
(1578.10.15 – 1584.04.18)

Died:

1584.04.18

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1578.10.15 – 1584.04.18)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiercelin
(1562.12.16 – 1578)

Consecrated Bishop:

1563?

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1562.12.16 – 1578)

Fr. René de Daillon Du Lude
(1553.09.13 – 1562 not possessed)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1553.09.13 – 1562 not possessed)

Bishop Miles d’Illiers
(1527.03.27 – 1552.04.13)

Died:

1553?

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1527.03.27 – 1552.04.13)

Cardinal Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme
(Apostolic Administrator 1524.01.11 – 1527.03.27)

Cardinal Jean de Lorraine
(Apostolic Administrator 1523.12.14 – 1524.01.11)

Bishop Ladislas du Fau
(1515.01.08 – 1523.05.13)

Died:

1523.05.13

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1515.01.08 – 1523.05.13)

Bishop Pierre de Sacierges
(1491.01.31 – 1514.09.09)

Died:

1514.09.09

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1491.01.31 – 1514.09.09)

Bishop Nicolas Boutaud
(1462.08.26 – 1490.12.27)

Consecrated Bishop:	1461.09.06
Died:	1490.12.27

Coadjutor Bishop of Luçon (France) (? – 1462.08.26)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1462.08.26 – 1490.12.27)

Bishop André de La Roche
(1451 – 1461.02.14)

Died:

1462.02.16

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1451 – 1461.02.14)

Bishop Nicolas Cœur
(1442.01.31 – 1451.10.01)

Died:

1451.10.01

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1442.01.31 – 1451.10.01)

Bishop Jean Fleury, O. Cist.
(1431.07.13 – 1441.10.17)

Died:

1441.10.17

Bishop of Angoulême (France) (1415 – 1431.07.13)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1431.07.13 – 1441.10.17)

Bishop Guillaume Goyon
(1424.06.28 – 1431.03.26)

Died:

1431.03.26

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1424.06.28 – 1431.03.26)

Bishop Elie Martineau (later Archbishop)
(1418.12.05 – 1424.06.28)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1418.12.05 – 1424.06.28)

Titular Archbishop of Myra (1424.06.28 – ?)

Bishop Germain Paillard
(1407.12.14 – 1418.10)

Died:

1418.10

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1407.12.14 – 1418.10)

Fr. Martin Gouge de Charpaignes (later Bishop)
(1407.12.14 – 1408.03.10 not possessed)

Consecrated Bishop:	1408.06.10
Died:	1444.11.25

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1407.12.14 – 1408.03.10 not possessed)

Bishop of Chartres (France) (1408.03.10 – 1415.05.13)

Bishop of Clermont (France) (1415.05.13 – 1444)

Bishop Étienne Loypeau
(1388.01.27 – 1407.09.13)

Died:

1407.09.13

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1388.01.27 – 1407.09.13)

Bishop Guillaume de La Rochefoucauld
(1359.05.24 – 1387.01.27)

Died:

1387.01.27

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1359.05.24 – 1387.01.27)

Bishop Guy de Faye, C.R.S.A.
(1354.11.21 – 1359.02.20)

Consecrated Bishop:	1349.03.22
Died:	1380

Bishop of Valence (France) (1352.03.02 – 1354.05.05)

Bishop of Die (France) (1352.03.02 – 1354.11.21)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1354.11.21 – 1359.02.20)

Bishop of Maillezais (France) (1359.02.20 – 1380)

Bishop Jean Jouffroy
(1354.05.05 – 1354.11.21)

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1354.05.05 – 1354.11.21)

Bishop of Elne (France) (1354.11.21 – 1357)

Bishop Regnaud de Thouars
(1334.05.16 – 1354.03.18)

Died:

1354.03.18

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1334.05.16 – 1354.03.18)

Bishop Pierre de la Voyrie
(1317.08.13 – 1333.11.12)

Died:

1333.11.12

Bishop of Luçon (France) (1317.08.13 – 1333.11.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop François Charles Garnier (later Archbishop) (1990.08.31 – 1991.03.25)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Charles Paty (1966.12.07 – 1967.07.04)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Nicolas Boutaud (? – 1462.08.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Paty (1966.01.03 – 1966.12.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Massé (1938.07.27 – 1940.01.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Noël Poncelet, O.P. (1571.11.16 – ?)

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