Roman Catholic Diocese of Lescar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lescar (Latin: Dioecesis Lascurrensis; French: Diocèse de Lescar; Basque: Leskarreko elizbarrutia), in south-western France, was founded in the fifth century, and continued until 1790. It was originally part of the Province of Novempopulania, and Lescar held the seventh place among the cities. Its see was the Cathedral of the Assumption in Lescar, begun in 1120; the crypt of the cathedral was also the mausoleum of the family of Albret in the 16th century.^[1]

The bishopric was suppressed by the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution, in the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in September 1790, as part of a systematic effort to eliminate redundant bishoprics in France.^[2] By the Concordat of 1801, struck by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII, the diocese of Lescar was not revived, and the territory of the diocese was divided between the diocese of Agen and the diocese of Bayonne.^[3]

Bishops of Lescar

to 1200

? c. 506: Saint Julien I.^[4]
c. 506?: Galactorius of Lescar^[5]
c. 585: Sabinus or Savin^[6]
c. 680: Julien II.
c. 731: Julien III.
c. 841: Spaleus
841–1059: Vacant
c. 1059: Raymond I. le Vieux
1061–1072: Gregor
1075–1080: Bernard I.
1095–1115: Sanche I.
1115–1141: Gui or Guido de Loth (Guy de Lons)
1147–1154: Raymond II. d'Assade
c. 1168: Eudes I. or Odon
c. 1170: Guillaume I.
c. 1180: Sanche II. Aner or Sanzanier de Gerderest

1200 to 1400

c. 1200: Bertrand I.
1205–1213: Arsias
c. 1220: Raymond III. de Bénac
c. 1231: Sanctius
1247–1268: Bertrand II. de La Mothe
1269–1292: Arnaud I. de Morlanne (or de Morlaas)
1293–1301: Raymond IV. Auger
1303–1320: Arnaud II. d'Arbus
1320–1321: Guillaume II.
1321–1325: Arnaud III. de Saut
1326–1348: Raymond V. d'Andoins
1348–1352: Arnaud IV.
1352–1361: Guillaume III. d'Andoins
1362–1368: Bernard II.
1368–1401: Eudes II.

1400 to 1600

1402–1404: Jean I. (Avignon Obedience)
1405–1422: Cardinal Pierre de Foix (Appointed by Alexander V)^[7]
1425–1428: Arnaud V. de Salies or Salinis
1428–1433: Arnaud VI. d'Abadie
1453–1460: Pierre II. de Foix
1460–1475: Jean II. de Lévis
1481–1492: Robert d'Épinay
1513–1515: Cardinal Amanieu d'Albret
1518–1525: Jean III. de La Salle
1525–1530: Paul de Béarn (or de Foix)
1532–1553: Jacques de Foix^[8]
1554–1555: Jean IV. de Capdeville
1555: Cardinal Georges d'Armagnac, Administrator^[9]
1555–1569: Louis d'Albret^[10]
1575–1590: Jean V.

1600 to 1800

1600–1609: Jean-Pierre d'Abadie
1609–1632: Jean VI. de Salettes
1632–1658: Jean-Henri de Salettes
1658–1681: Jean VII. du Haut de Salies
1681–1716: Dominique Deslaux de Mesplès^[11]
1716–1729: Martin de Lacassaigne
1730–1762: Hardouin de Châlons
1763–1790 (1801): Marc-Antoine de Noé

Notes

^ Gallia christiana I (1715), pp. 1283-1284.
^ Ludovic Sciout (1872). Historie de la constitution civile du clergé (1790-1801) ... (in French). Vol. Tome I. Paris: Firmin Didot frères, fils et cie. pp. 204–208. Em Sevestre; Émile Sévestre (1905). L'histoire, le texte et la destinée du Concordat de 1801 (in French). Paris: Lethielleux. pp. 238–249, 488, 496.
^ Lescar (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
^ The old prayer book (Breviarium) of the diocese of Lescar states that Julianus was a deacon of the Church of Trier, who was consecrated a bishop by St. Leontius of Trier (died 19 February 446, according to Gams, p. 318). The editors of Gallia christiana (I, p. 1285) argue that Julianus belongs at the beginning of the fourth century. The Breviarium says that Leontius was a native of Aquitaine, which may be a fact or a wish. Victor Pierre Dubarat (1891). Le bréviaire de Lescar de 1541: réédité avec une introduction et des notes sur nos anciennes liturgies locales (in French and Latin). Pau: L. Ribaut. pp. xvi-xviii and 165–168. The Martyrologicum Gallicanum (quoted by Dubarat at p. xviii) also says that Julian took part in the Council of Orange in 441. The name Julius does appear, but no bishopric is named: J. Sirmond, Conciliorum Galliae Collectio I (Paris 1789), pp. 461-462.
^ Galactorius was present at the First Council of Agde in 506, signing as Bishop of Béarn (de Benarno): J. Sirmond Conciliorum Galliae Collectio (Paris 1789), I, p. 799. Gallia christiana I, p. 1285.
^ Savinus subscribed as Bishop of Béarn (de Benarno) in the Council of Macon in 585. Duchesne, II, p. 100.
^ Eubel, I, p. 295.
^ Bishop Jacques de Foix was a firm supporter of Henri IV, became his Chancellor for Foix and Béarn, and was his President of the Estates of Béarn. Jonathan Reid (2009). King's Sister – Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her Evangelical Network. Vol. I. Boston-Leiden: Brill. pp. 521–523. ISBN 978-90-474-2843-5. Labu, pp. 137-143.
^ Eubel, III, p. 219. Du Tems, I, p. 550. Gallia christiana, I, p. 1298.
^ Albret's Bulls were approved by Pope Julius III on 25 January 1555: Eubel, III, p. 219. He was accused of heresy and expelled in 1569: Du Tems, I, p. 550
^ Dominique Deslaux de Mesplès had been married, had a family, and was a municipal magistrate in Pau, and President of the Parliament of Navarre. When his wife died, he entered the priesthood. He was nominated bishop by Louis XIV on 31 May 1681, and granted his bulls by Pope Innocent XI on 1 December 1681. Ritzler, V, p. 237 and n. 3.

Bibliography

Reference books

Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 563–564. (Use with caution; obsolete)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 295. (in Latin)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 173.
Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help) pp. 219–220.
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 216.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. pp. 237–238.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 254.
Sainte-Marthe, Denis de (1716). Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Paris: Typographia Regia. pp. 1285–1306, Instrumenta, pp.198–200.

Studies

Combes, P. (abbé) (1885). Les évêques d'Agen: essai historique (in French). Agen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Duchesne, Louis (1910). Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises. Paris: Fontemoing. p. 100.
Du Tems, Hugues (1774). Le clergé de France, ou tableau historique et chronologique des archevêques, évêques, abbés, abbesses et chefs des chapitres principaux du royaume, depuis la fondation des églises jusqu'à nos jours, par M. l'abbé Hugues Du Tems (in French). Vol. Tome I. Paris: Brunet. pp. 546–555.
Labu, Denis (1972). Les évêques et la cathédrale de Lescar (in French). Pau: Éditions Marrimpouey jeune.

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[1] Gallia christiana I (1715), pp. 1283-1284.

[2] Ludovic Sciout (1872). Historie de la constitution civile du clergé (1790-1801) ... (in French). Vol. Tome I. Paris: Firmin Didot frères, fils et cie. pp. 204–208. Em Sevestre; Émile Sévestre (1905). L'histoire, le texte et la destinée du Concordat de 1801 (in French). Paris: Lethielleux. pp. 238–249, 488, 496.

[3] Lescar (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

[4] The old prayer book (Breviarium) of the diocese of Lescar states that Julianus was a deacon of the Church of Trier, who was consecrated a bishop by St. Leontius of Trier (died 19 February 446, according to Gams, p. 318). The editors of Gallia christiana (I, p. 1285) argue that Julianus belongs at the beginning of the fourth century. The Breviarium says that Leontius was a native of Aquitaine, which may be a fact or a wish. Victor Pierre Dubarat (1891). Le bréviaire de Lescar de 1541: réédité avec une introduction et des notes sur nos anciennes liturgies locales (in French and Latin). Pau: L. Ribaut. pp. xvi-xviii and 165–168. The Martyrologicum Gallicanum (quoted by Dubarat at p. xviii) also says that Julian took part in the Council of Orange in 441. The name Julius does appear, but no bishopric is named: J. Sirmond, Conciliorum Galliae Collectio I (Paris 1789), pp. 461-462.

[5] Galactorius was present at the First Council of Agde in 506, signing as Bishop of Béarn (de Benarno): J. Sirmond Conciliorum Galliae Collectio (Paris 1789), I, p. 799. Gallia christiana I, p. 1285.

[6] Savinus subscribed as Bishop of Béarn (de Benarno) in the Council of Macon in 585. Duchesne, II, p. 100.

[7] Eubel, I, p. 295.

[8] Bishop Jacques de Foix was a firm supporter of Henri IV, became his Chancellor for Foix and Béarn, and was his President of the Estates of Béarn. Jonathan Reid (2009). King's Sister – Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her Evangelical Network. Vol. I. Boston-Leiden: Brill. pp. 521–523. ISBN 978-90-474-2843-5. Labu, pp. 137-143.

[9] Eubel, III, p. 219. Du Tems, I, p. 550. Gallia christiana, I, p. 1298.

[10] Albret's Bulls were approved by Pope Julius III on 25 January 1555: Eubel, III, p. 219. He was accused of heresy and expelled in 1569: Du Tems, I, p. 550

[11] Dominique Deslaux de Mesplès had been married, had a family, and was a municipal magistrate in Pau, and President of the Parliament of Navarre. When his wife died, he entered the priesthood. He was nominated bishop by Louis XIV on 31 May 1681, and granted his bulls by Pope Innocent XI on 1 December 1681. Ritzler, V, p. 237 and n. 3.

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