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Diocese of

Metz

France France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Patron Saint: Saint Étienne, martyr

Website: Link

History

  • 300: Established as Diocese of Metz / Meten(sis) (Latin)
  • 1801.11.29: Gained territory from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims, and lost territory to Diocese of Strasbourg and Diocese of Nancy
  • 1822.10.06: Lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims
  • 1871: Gained territory from Diocese of Nancy

Papal Visits


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (1987.08.04 – ...):Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. (75)Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Metz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. (75)Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. (75)
(1987.08.04 – ...)

Born:1938.02.13 (France)
Ordained Priest:1964.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1987.10.11

Bishop of Metz (France) (1987.08.04 – ...)

Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt
(1958.11.30 – 1987)

Born:1911.03.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:1958.11.13
Died:1987.09.09 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Centenaria (1958.07.05 – 1958.07.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Metz (France) ([1958.05.29] 1958.07.05 – 1958.11.30)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1958.11.30 – 1987)

Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1982 – 1983)

Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz
(1938.03.04 – 1958.11.30)

Born:1886.01.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:1910.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1934.01.25
Died:1958.11.30 († 72)

Bishop of Troyes (France) (1933.12.07 – 1938.03.04)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1938.02.15] 1938.03.04 – 1958.11.30)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pelt
(1919.08.01 – 1937.09.10)

Born:1863.04.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1886.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1919.09.29
Died:1937.09.10 († 74)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1919.04.24] 1919.08.01 – 1937.09.10)

Bishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1901.09.21 – 1919.07.10)

In verbo tuo

Born:1853.10.16 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1876.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:1901.10.28
Died:1921.04.16 († 67)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1901.09.08] 1901.09.21 – 1919.07.10)

Titular Archbishop of Attalia (1919.07.31 – 1921.04.16)

Bishop François-Louis Fleck
(1886.08.18 – 1899.10.27)

Born:1824.02.08 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1848.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:1881.07.25
Died:1899.10.27 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Sion (1881.05.13 – 1886.08.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Metz (France) ([1880.12.10] 1881.05.13 – 1886.08.18)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1886.08.18 – 1899.10.27)

Bishop Paul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges
(1843.01.27 – 1886.08.18)

Born:1804.11.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:1828.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:1843.03.05
Died:1886.08.18 († 81)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1842.09.13] 1843.01.27 – 1886.08.18)

Bishop François-François Besson
(1823.11.24 – 1842.07.23)

Born:1756.09.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:1779.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1824.02.23
Died:1842.07.23 († 85)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1823.09.12] 1823.11.24 – 1842.07.23)

Bishop Gaspard-Jean-André Jauffret
(1806.08.26 – 1823.05.12)

Born:1759.12.13 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1806.12.08
Died:1823.05.12 († 63)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1806.07.15] 1806.08.26 – 1823.05.12)

Bishop Pierre-François Bienaymé
(1802.05.04 – 1806.02.09)

Born:1737.10.26 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1802.05.09
Died:1806.02.09 († 68)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1802.04.11] 1802.05.04 – 1806.02.09)

Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Laval-Montmorency
(1761.04.06 – 1801)

Born:1724.07.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1754
Created Cardinal:1789.03.30
Died:1808.06.17 († 83)

Bishop of Orléans (France) ([1753.11.07] 1754.01.14 – 1757.10.08)

Bishop of Condom (France) ([1757.10.08] 1757.10.08 – 1760.08.21)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1760.08.21] 1761.04.06 – 1801)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1789.03.30 – 1808.06.17)

Bishop Claude de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
(1734.02.15 – 1760.02.29)

Born:1695.09.20 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1732.06.15
Died:1760.02.29 († 64)

Bishop of Noyon (France) ([1731.07.26] 1732.05.07 – 1734.02.15)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1733.08.28] 1734.02.15 – 1760.02.29)

Bishop Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin
(1697.05.26 – 1732.11.28)

Died:1732.11.28

Bishop of Metz (France) (1697.05.26 – 1732.11.28)

Archbishop Georges d’Aubusson de La Feuillade
(1668.09.04 – 1697.05.12)

Died:1697.05.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Embrun (France) (1649.09.12 – 1668.09.04)

Archbishop-Bishop of Metz (France) (1668.09.04 – 1697.05.12)

Bishop Georges d’Aubusson de la Feuillade
(1668.03.23 – 1697.05.12)

Died:1697.05.12

Bishop of Metz (France) (1668.03.23 – 1697.05.12)

Bishop Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (later Cardinal)
(1663.09.28 – 1668)

Born:1629.12.02 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1683
Created Cardinal:1686.09.02
Died:1704.04.10 († 74)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1663.09.28 – 1668)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) ([1682.06.08] 1683.01.11 – 1704.04.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1687 – 1688)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1689.11.14 – 1704.04.10)

Bishop François-Egon von Fürstenberg (Franz Egon)
(1658 – 1663.01.19)

Born:1625 (Germany)
Died:1682.04.01 († 57)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1658 – 1663.01.19)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1663.01.19 – 1682.04.01)

Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin
(1652 – 1658)

Fimando firmior hæret / Hinc ordo hinc copia rerum

Born:1602.07.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1641.12.16
Died:1661.03.09 († 58)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1641.12.16 – 1661.03.09)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1652 – 1658)

Abbot Ordinary of Cluny (France) (1654 – 1661.03.09)

Bishop Étienne de Puget
(Apostolic Administrator 1623.11.17 – 1628)

Bishop Henri de Bourbon-Verneuil
(1612 – 1652)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1612 – 1652)

Cardinal Anne de Pérusse Escars de Givry, O.S.B.
(1608.09.10 – 1612.04.19)

Abundantia diligentibus

Born:1546.03.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1584
Created Cardinal:1596.06.05
Died:1612.04.19 († 66)

Bishop of Lisieux (France) (1584.10.01 – 1598)

Coadjutor Bishop of Langres (France) (1603.03.03 – 1608.09.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1604.06.14 – 1612.04.19)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1608.09.10 – 1612.04.19)

Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont
(1578.07.18 – 1607.11.24)

Born:1567.07.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1589.12.20
Died:1607.11.24 († 40)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1578.07.18 – 1607.11.24)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra (1591.04.05 – 1607.11.24)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1604 – 1607.11.24)

Cardinal Louis de Guise
(1568.10.05 – 1578.03.29)

Born:1527.10.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1553.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1578.03.29 († 50)

Bishop of Troyes (France) (1545.05.11 – 1550.06.27)

Bishop of Albi (France) (1550.06.27 – 1561.05.09)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Tommaso in Parione pro illa vice Deaconry (1555.07.17 – 1568.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1561.05.09 – 1562.12.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione (1568.03.24 – 1578.03.29)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1568.10.05 – 1578.03.29)

Bishop François Beaucaire de Péguillon
(1555 – 1568)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1555 – 1568)

Cardinal Robert de Lenoncourt
(Apostolic Administrator 1551.04.22 – 1555.12.16)

Cardinal Charles de Guise de Lorraine
(1550.05.18 – 1551.04.22)

Born:1524.02.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1545
Created Cardinal:1547.07.27
Died:1574.12.25 († 50)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1538.02.06 – 1574.12.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1547.11.04 – 1555.12.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Metz (France) (1547.11.16 – 1550.05.18)

Abbot Ordinary of Cluny (France) (1550 – 1574.12.25)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1550.05.18 – 1551.04.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1555.12.11 – 1574.12.25)

Cardinal Jean de Lorraine
(Apostolic Administrator 1548 – 1550)

Cardinal Jean de Lorraine
(Apostolic Administrator 1505 – 1543)

Bishop Henri de Lorraine
(1484 – 1501.07.26)

Born:1430 (France)
Died:1505.10.20 († 75)

Bishop of Thérouanne (1456 – 1485)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1484 – 1501.07.26)

Bishop George de Bade
(1459 – 1484.02.11)

Died:1484.02.11

Bishop of Metz (France) (1459 – 1484.02.11)

Archbishop Jakob von Sierck
(Apostolic Administrator 1455.09.02 – 1456.05.28)

Bishop Conrad Bayer de Boppard
(1416 – 1459.04.20)

Died:1459.04.20

Bishop of Metz (France) (1416 – 1459.04.20)

Bishop Raoul de Coucy
(1388 – 1415)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1388 – 1415)

Bishop of Noyon (France) (1415 – 1424)

Blessed Pseudocardinal Pierre de Luxembourg
(1384.02.10 – 1387.07.02)

Born:1369.07.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1384.04.15
Died:1387.07.02 († 17)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1384.02.10 – 1387.07.02)

Pseudocardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1384.04.15 – 1387.07.02)

Bishop Thierri Bayer de Boppard
(1365 – 1384.01.10)

Died:1384.01.10

Bishop of Metz (France) (1365 – 1384.01.10)

Archbishop Jean de Vienne
(1361 – 1365)

Died:1382.10.07

Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) (1355 – 1361)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1361 – 1365)

Bishop of Basel (Switzerland) (1365 – 1382.10.07)

Bishop Adhémar de Monteil
(1327 – 1361.05.12)

Died:1361.05.12

Bishop of Metz (France) (1327 – 1361.05.12)

Bishop Louis de Poitiers
(1324.04.03 – 1327)

Died:1327

Bishop of Metz (France) (1324.04.03 – 1327)

Bishop Louis de Poitiers
(1324.04.03 – 1327)

Died:1327

Bishop of Viviers (France) (1306 – 1318)

Bishop of Langres (France) (1320.02.13 – 1324.04.03)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1324.04.03 – 1327)

Fr. Henri Dauphin
(1319 – 1325.08.25)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1319 – 1325.08.25)

Bishop Renaud de Bar
(1302 – 1316.05.04)

Died:1316.05.04

Bishop of Metz (France) (1302 – 1316.05.04)

Bishop Gérard de Rhéninghe
(1297 – 1302.06.30)

Died:1302.06.30

Bishop of Metz (France) (1297 – 1302.06.30)

Bishop Bouchard d’Avesnes
(1282 – 1296.11.29)

Died:1296.11.29

Bishop of Metz (France) (1282 – 1296.11.29)

Bishop Jean de Flandre
(1280 – 1282.10.31)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1280 – 1282.10.31)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1282.10.31 – 1292.10.14)

Bishop Laurent de Lichtenberg
(1270 – 1279)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1270 – 1279)

Bishop Guillaume de Traînel
(1264 – 1269.01.04)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1264 – 1269.01.04)

Bishop Philippe de Florange
(1261 – 1264)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1261 – 1264)

Bishop Jacques de Lorraine
(1239 – 1260.10.24)

Died:1260.10.24

Bishop of Metz (France) (1239 – 1260.10.24)

Bishop Jean d’Apremont (Giovanni d’Aspromonte)
(1224 – 1238.12.10)

Bishop of Verdun (France) (1217 – 1224)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1224 – 1238.12.10)

Bishop Conrad de Scharfenberg
(1212 – 1224.03.24)

Died:1224.03.24

Bishop of Metz (France) (1212 – 1224.03.24)

Bishop Bertram
(1180 – 1212.04.06)

Died:1212.04.06

Bishop of Metz (France) (1180 – 1212.04.06)

Bishop Thierry de Lorraine
(1173 – 1179)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1173 – 1179)

Mr. Frédéric de Pluvoise
(1171 – 1173 not possessed)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1171 – 1173 not possessed)

Mr. Thierry de Bar
(1163 – 1171.08.08 not possessed)

Died:1171.08.08

Bishop of Metz (France) (1163 – 1171.08.08 not possessed)

Bishop Étienne de Bar
(1120 – 1162.12.29)

Died:1162.12.29

Bishop of Metz (France) (1120 – 1162.12.29)

Bishop Théoger
(1118 – 1120.04.29)

Died:1120.04.29

Bishop of Metz (France) (1118 – 1120.04.29)

Bishop Adalbéron
(1104 – 1115)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1104 – 1115)

Bishop Poppon
(1090 – 1104)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1090 – 1104)

Fr. Bouchard
(1090 – 1090 not possessed)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1090 – 1090 not possessed)

Bishop Brunon de Calw
(1087 – 1089)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1087 – 1089)

Bishop Hermann
(1073 – 1090.05.06)

Died:1090.05.06

Bishop of Metz (France) (1073 – 1090.05.06)

Bishop Adalbéron de Metz
(1047 – 1072.11.13)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1047 – 1072.11.13)

Bishop Thierry de Luxembourg
(1006 – 1047.04.30)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1006 – 1047.04.30)

Blessed Bishop Adalbéron
(984.10.16 – 1005.12.14)

Died:1005.12.14

Bishop of Verdun (France) (983 – 984.10.16)

Bishop of Metz (France) (984.10.16 – 1005.12.14)

Saint Bishop Siméon
(? – ?)

Bishop of Metz (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Victor
(? – ?)

Bishop of Metz (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Victor
(346? – ?)

Bishop of Metz (France) (346? – ?)

Saint Bishop Patient de Metz
(? – ?)

Bishop of Metz (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Félix
(? – ?)

Bishop of Metz (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Céleste de Metz
(? – ?)

Bishop of Metz (France) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Clément de Metz
(280 – 300)

Bishop of Metz (France) (280 – 300)

Former Prelates


as of 2013.05.03

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