This list of bishops in France includes the names of the living Catholic bishops of the dioceses of France whether they are active or retired, French or not, as of 2023[update]. The names of the French Cardinals, including possibly those who are not bishops, appear in bold in the list. The mention emeritus indicates that the pope officially accepted the resignation of a bishop, usually after he has exceeded the age limit of seventy-five years imposed by canon law, sometimes for other reasons such as reasons health. He is no longer in office and his position as bishop of this diocese becomes honorary.[1] Active Catholic bishops on this list are also members of the Bishops' Conference of France.[2]
Metropolitan France
edit| N | Diocese | Bishop[3] | Auxiliary Bishop | Bishop Emeritus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agen | Alexandre de Bucy Pierre-Marie Carré (Apostolic administrator) |
Hubert Herbreteau | |
| 2 | Aire et Dax | Nicolas Souchu | Hervé Gaschignard | |
| 3 | Aix-en-Provence et Arles | Christian Delarbre (Archbishop) | Christophe Dufour (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 4 | Ajaccio | François-Xavier Bustillo (cardinal) | ||
| 5 | Albi, Castres et Lavaur | Jean-Louis Balsa (Archbishop) | Jean Legrez (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 6 | Amiens | Gérard Le Stang | ||
| 7 | Angers | Emmanuel Delmas | Jean-Louis Bruguès (Archbishop ad personam) | |
| 8 | Angoulême | Hervé Gosselin | Claude Dagens | |
| 9 | Annecy | Yves Le Saux | Yves Boivineau | |
| 10 | Arras, Boulogne sur Mer et Saint Omer | Olivier Leborgne | Jean-Paul Jaeger | |
| 11 | Auch, Condom Lectoure et Lombez | Bertrand Lacombe (Archbishop) | Maurice Gardès (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 12 | Autun, Chalon et Mâcon | Benoît Rivière | ||
| 13 | Avignon | François Fonlupt (Archbishop) | Jean-Pierre Cattenoz (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 14 | Bayeux et Lisieux | Jacques Habert | Jean-Claude Boulanger | |
| 15 | Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron | Marc Aillet | Pierre Molères | |
| 16 | Beauvais Noyon et Senlis | Jacques Benoit-Gonnin | ||
| 17 | Belfort-Montbéliard | Denis Jachiet | Claude Schockert | |
| 18 | Belley-Ars | Pascal Roland | Guy Bagnard | |
| 19 | Besançon | Jean-Luc Bouilleret (Archbishop) | ||
| 20 | Blois | Sede vacante | Maurice de Germiny | |
| 21 | Bordeaux et Bazas | Jean-Paul James (Archbishop) | Jean-Marie Le Vert | Jean-Pierre Ricard (cardinal) |
| 22 | Bourges | Jérôme Beau (Archbishop) | Armand Maillard (Archbishop emeritus) Hubert Barbier (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 23 | Cahors | Laurent Camiade | ||
| 24 | Cambrai | Vincent Dollmann (Archbishop) | ||
| 25 | Carcassonne et Narbonne | Bruno Valentin | Jacques Despierre Alain Planet | |
| 26 | Châlons-en-Champagne | Sede vacante | Gilbert Louis | |
| 27 | Chambéry, Maurienne et Tarentaise | Thibault Verny (Archbishop) | ||
| 28 | Chartres | Philippe Christory | ||
| 29 | Clermont | François Kalist (Archbishop) | ||
| 30 | Coutances et Avranches | Grégoire Cador | ||
| 31 | Créteil | Dominique Blanchet | Michel Santier | |
| 32 | Digne-les-Bains, Riez et Sisteron | Emmanuel Gobilliard | François-Xavier Loizeau | |
| 33 | Dijon | Antoine Hérouard (Archbishop) | Roland Minnerath (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 34 | Évreux | Olivier de Cagny | Christian Nourrichard | |
| 35 | Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes | Michel Pansard | Michel Dubost | |
| 36 | Fréjus et Toulon | Dominique Rey | François Touvet (Coadjutor bishop) | |
| 37 | Gap et Embrun | Xavier Malle | Jean-Michel di Falco | |
| 38 | Grenoble et Vienne | Jean-Marc Eychenne | ||
| 39 | Langres | Joseph de Metz-Noblat | Philippe Gueneley | |
| 40 | La Rochelle et Saintes | Georges Colomb François Jacolin (Apostolic administrator) |
Bernard Housset | |
| 41 | Laval | Matthieu Dupont | ||
| 42 | Le Havre | Jean-Luc Brunin | ||
| 43 | Le Mans | Jean-Pierre Vuillemin | ||
| 44 | Le Puy-en-Velay | Yves Baumgarten | ||
| 45 | Lille | Laurent Le Boulc'h (Archbishop) | Gérard Defois (Archbishop emeritus) Gérard Coliche (Auxiliary bishop emeritus) | |
| 46 | Limoges | Pierre-Antoine Bozo | ||
| 47 | Luçon | François Jacolin | Alain Castet | |
| 48 | Lyon | Olivier de Germay (Archbishop) | Patrick Le Gal Loïc Lagadec Thierry Brac de La Perrière |
Philippe Barbarin (cardinal) |
| 49 | Marseille | Jean-Marc Aveline (cardinal) | Georges Pontier (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 50 | Meaux | Jean-Yves Nahmias | Guillaume Leschallier de Lisle | |
| 51 | Mende | Benoît Bertrand | ||
| 52 | Metz | Philippe Ballot (Archbishop ad personam) | Pierre Raffin Jean-Christophe Lagleize | |
| 53 | Montauban | Alain Guellec | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat Bernard Ginoux | |
| 54 | Montpellier, Lodève Béziers Agde et Saint Pons de Thomières | Norbert Turini (Archbishop) | Guy Thomazeau (Archbishop emeritus) Pierre-Marie Carré (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 55 | Moulins | Marc Beaumont | ||
| 56 | Nancy -Toul | Pierre-Yves Michel | Jean-Louis Papin | |
| 57 | Nanterre | Matthieu Rougé | Gérard Daucourt | |
| 58 | Nantes | Laurent Percerou | Georges Soubrier | |
| 59 | Nevers | Grégoire Drouot | ||
| 60 | Nice | Jean-Philippe Nault | Louis Sankalé Jean Bonfils André Marceau | |
| 61 | Nîmes, Uzès et Alès | Nicolas Brouwet | Robert Wattebled | |
| 62 | Orléans | Jacques Blaquart | André Fort | |
| 63 | Pamiers, Couserans et Mirepoix | Benoît Gschwind | ||
| 64 | Paris | Laurent Ulrich (Archbishop) | Philippe Marsset Emmanuel Tois |
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois Michel Aupetit (Archbishop emeritus) |
| 65 | Périgueux et Sarlat | Philippe Mousset | Michel Mouïsse | |
| 66 | Perpignan-Elne | Thierry Scherrer | ||
| 67 | Poitiers | Pascal Wintzer (Archbishop) | Albert Rouet (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 68 | Pontoise | Stanislas Lalanne | ||
| 69 | Quimper, Cornouailles et Léon | Laurent Dognin | ||
| 70 | Reims | Eric de Moulins-Beaufort (Archbishop) | Étienne Vető | Thierry Jordan (Archbishop emeritus) Joseph Boishu (Auxiliary bishop emeritus) |
| 71 | Rennes, Dol et Saint Malo | Pierre d'Ornellas (Archbishop) | Jean Bondu | |
| 72 | Rodez et Vabres | Luc Meyer | ||
| 73 | Rouen | Dominique Lebrun (Archbishop) | Jean-Charles Descubes (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 74 | Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier | Denis Moutel | Lucien Fruchaud | |
| 75 | Saint-Claude | Jean-Luc Garin | ||
| 76 | Saint-Denis | Sede vacante | ||
| 77 | Saint-Dié | Sede vacante | Jean-Paul Mathieu Paul-Marie Guillaume | |
| 78 | Saint-Étienne | Sylvain Bataille | ||
| 79 | Saint-Flour | Didier Noblot | Bruno Grua | |
| 80 | Séez | Bruno Feillet | ||
| 81 | Sens et Auxerre | Sede vacante | Yves Patenôtre (Archbishop emeritus) Georges Gilson (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 82 | Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin | Renauld de Dinechin | ||
| 83 | Strasbourg | Pascal Delannoy (Archbishop) | Christian Kratz | Joseph Doré (Archbishop emeritus) Jean-Pierre Grallet (Archbishop emeritus) Luc Ravel (Archbishop emeritus) Gilles Reithinger (Auxiliary bishop emeritus) |
| 84 | Tarbes et Lourdes | Jean-Marc Micas | Jacques Perrier | |
| 85 | Toulouse, Saint Bertrand de Comminges et Rieux | Guy de Kerimel (Archbishop) | Jean-Pierre Batut | Émile Marcus (Archbishop emeritus) Robert Le Gall (Archbishop emeritus) |
| 86 | Tours | Vincent Jordy (Archbishop) | Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 87 | Troyes | Alexandre Joly | Marc Stenger | |
| 88 | Tulle | Francis Bestion | Bernard Charrier | |
| 89 | Valence, Die et Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux | François Durand | ||
| 90 | Vannes | Raymond Centène | ||
| 91 | Verdun | Jean-Paul Gusching | François Maupu | |
| 92 | Versailles | Luc Crépy | Éric Aumonier | |
| 93 | Viviers | Hervé Giraud (Archbishop ad personam) | François Blondel | |
| 94 | Diocèse aux armées françaises (Ordinariate) | Antoine de Romanet | ||
| 95 | Mission de France (territorial prelature) | Hervé Giraud (Prelate) | Yves Patenôtre (Prelate emeritus) Georges Gilson (Prelate emeritus) |
Overseas France
edit| N | Diocese | Bishop[3] | Auxiliary Bishop | Bishop Emeritus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre | Philippe Guiougou | Jean-Yves Riocreux | |
| 2 | Cayenne | Alain Ransay | Emmanuel Lafont | |
| 3 | Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France | David Macaire (Archbishop) | Michel Méranville (Archbishop emeritus) | |
| 4 | Taiohae (or Tefenuaenata) ( Marquesas Islands ) | Pascal Chang-Soi | Guy Chevalier | |
| 5 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | Susitino Sionepoe | Ghislain de Rasilly | |
| 6 | Nouméa | Michel-Marie Calvet (Archbishop) | ||
| 7 | Papeete | Jean-Pierre Cottanceau (Archbishop) | ||
| 8 | Saint-Denis of Reunion | Pascal Chane-Teng | Gilbert Aubry |
Oriental Churches in France
edit| N | Diocese | Bishop[3] | Auxiliary Bishop | Bishop Emeritus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eparchy of the Holy Cross of Paris of the Armenian Catholics of France | Elie Yéghiayan | Jean Teyrouz | |
| 2 | Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Maronites | Sede vacante Peter Karam (Apostolic administrator) |
Nasser Gemayel | |
| 3 | Eparchy Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris of the Ukrainians | Sede vacante Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic administrator) |
References
edit- ^ Croire.com (2017-03-14). "Qu'est-ce qu'un Bishop émérite ?". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Conférence des évêques". Église catholique en France (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ a b c "Liste des évêques de France". Église catholique en France (Bishops' Conference of France) (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
