Albi (-Castres-Lavaur) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jean-Louis Marie Balsa, Archbishop
Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 17 February 1922
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux)
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 5,782 (2,233 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Midi
Official Web Site: http://albi.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: 12 rue de la Republique, 81012 Albi CEDEX 09, France
Telephone: 5.63.48.18.20

Historical Details

Diocese of Albi
- Latin Name: Albiensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bourges
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Albi
- Latin Name: Albiensis
- Elevated: 3 October 1678
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Albi
- Latin Name: Albiensis
- Restored: 6 October 1822
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Durand † (24 Apr 1228 Appointed - 1254 Died)
Bernard de Combret † ( 1254 Appointed - 16 Jun 1271 Died)
Bernard de Castanet † (7 Mar 1275 Appointed - 30 Jul 1308 Appointed, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay)
Bertrand des Bordes † (30 Jul 1308 Appointed - 19 Dec 1310 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
Géraud † (12 Jan 1311 Appointed - 7 May 1313 Died)
Béraud de Farges † (31 Jul 1313 Appointed - 1333 Died)
Pierre de Vie † (15 Jun 1334 Appointed - 1336 Died)
Bernard de Camiet † (20 Oct 1337 Appointed - 28 Nov 1337 Died)
Guillaume Court, O. Cist. † (3 Dec 1337 Appointed - 18 Dec 1338 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati)
Pectin de Montesquieu † (27 Jan 1339 Appointed - 17 Dec 1350 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli)
Arnaud Guillaume de La Barthe, C.R.S.A. † (22 Dec 1350 Appointed - 1354 Died)
Hugues Aubert † (28 Nov 1354 Appointed - 11 Mar 1379 Died)
Domenico da Firenze, O.P. † (18 May 1379 Appointed - 30 May 1382 Appointed, Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Jean de Saya † (30 May 1382 Appointed - 1383 Died)
Guillaume de la Voute, O.S.B. † (4 Nov 1383 Appointed - 1392 Died)
Domenico da Firenze, O.P. † (24 Oct 1392 Appointed - 24 Aug 1410 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
Pierre Le Neveu † (5 Sep 1410 Appointed - 1434 Died)
Robert Dauphin, O.S.B. † (12 Apr 1434 Appointed - 1461 Died)
Bernard de Cazilhac (Casilhaco, Casilhac) † (12 Feb 1436 Ordained Bishop - )
Bernard de Cazilhac (Casilhaco, Casilhac) † (12 Oct 1461 Appointed - 11 Nov 1462 Died)
Jean Jouffroy, O.S.B. † (10 Dec 1462 Appointed - 24 Nov 1473 Died)
Louis d’Amboise (I) † (24 Jan 1474 Appointed - 1 Jul 1503 Died)
Louis d’Amboise (II) † (1 Jul 1503 Appointed - 30 Sep 1510 Resigned)
Robert Guibé † (30 Sep 1510 Appointed - 9 Nov 1513 Died)
Giulio de’ Medici † (21 Nov 1513 Appointed - 14 Mar 1515 Resigned)
Charles Robertet † (14 Mar 1515 Appointed - Apr 1515 Resigned)
Jacques Robertet † (25 May 1515 Appointed - 1519 Died)
Adrien Gouffier de Boissy † (6 Jun 1519 Appointed - 24 Jul 1523 Died)
Aymar de Gouffier, O.S.B. † (29 Feb 1524 Appointed - 9 Oct 1528 Died)
Antoine du Prat † (23 Dec 1528 Appointed - 9 Jul 1535 Died)
Jean de Lorraine † (6 Aug 1535 Appointed - 10 May 1550 Died)
Louis de Guise de Lorraine † (27 Jun 1550 Appointed - 9 May 1561 Resigned)
Lorenzo Strozzi † (9 May 1561 Appointed - 8 Feb 1568 Resigned)
Philippe Rodolfi † (6 Feb 1568 Appointed - 30 Jun 1574 Died)
Giuliano de’ Medici † (28 Mar 1576 Appointed - 28 Jul 1588 Died)
Alphonse d’Elbène † (25 Sep 1589 Appointed - 8 Feb 1608 Died)
Alphonse d’Elbène † (8 Feb 1608 Succeeded - Oct 1634 Resigned)
Gaspard de Daillon du Lude † (28 Jan 1636 Confirmed - 25 Jul 1676 Died)
Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † (3 Oct 1678 Confirmed - 7 Jan 1687 Died)
Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † (12 Oct 1693 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1703 Confirmed, Archbishop of Narbonne)
Henri de Nesmond † (12 Nov 1703 Confirmed - 14 Jan 1722 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries † (23 Sep 1722 Confirmed - 15 Apr 1747 Died)
Dominique de La Rochefoucauld † (29 May 1747 Confirmed - 30 Apr 1759 Resigned)
Léopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville † (28 May 1759 Confirmed - 5 Jul 1764 Resigned)
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis † (9 Jul 1764 Confirmed - 3 Nov 1794 Died)
François de Pierre de Bernis † (2 Nov 1794 Succeeded - 2 Mar 1802 Resigned)
Charles Brault † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 25 Feb 1833 Died)
François-Marie-Edouard de Gualy † (30 Sep 1833 Confirmed - 16 Jun 1842 Died)
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion † (27 Jan 1843 Confirmed - 20 Nov 1864 Died)
Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet † (27 Mar 1865 Confirmed - 24 Dec 1875 Died)
Etienne-Emile Ramadié † (26 Jun 1876 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1884 Died)
Jean-Émile Fonteneau † (13 Nov 1884 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1899 Died)
Eudoxe-Irénée-Edouard Mignot † (14 Dec 1899 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1918 Died)
Pierre-Célestin Cézerac † (18 Mar 1918 Succeeded - 30 Jan 1940 Died)
Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron † (11 May 1940 Appointed - 10 Mar 1956 Died)
Jean-Emmanuel Marquès † (5 Jan 1957 Appointed - 2 Aug 1961 Died)
Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † (4 Dec 1961 Appointed - 15 Jun 1974 Retired)
Robert-Joseph Coffy † (15 Jun 1974 Appointed - 13 Apr 1985 Appointed, Archbishop of Marseille)
Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine † (17 Mar 1986 Appointed - 12 Dec 1988 Died)
Roger Lucien Meindre † (8 Apr 1989 Appointed - 8 Oct 1999 Died)
Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré (13 Jul 2000 Appointed - 14 May 2010 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières))
Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P. (2 Feb 2011 Appointed - 18 Aug 2023 Retired)
Jean-Louis Marie Balsa (18 Aug 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Albi
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Albi (erected)
11 July 1317	Territory Lost	Diocese of Albi	Diocese of Castres (erected)
Archdiocese of Albi
3 October 1678	Elevated	Diocese of Albi	Archdiocese of Albi
29 November 1801	Suppressed	Diocese of Agde (suppressed) Archdiocese of Albi (suppressed) Diocese of Lavaur (suppressed) Diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (suppressed)	Diocese of Montpellier
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Castres (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Albi
Archdiocese of Albi
6 October 1822	Restored	Diocese of Montpellier	Archdiocese of Albi
Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
17 February 1922	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Albi	Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
8 December 2002	Elevated		Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur) (no longer a Metropolitan)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)

1959 290,000 308,700 93.9% 439 132 571 507 232 1,360 506 ap1960

1970 300,000 532,011 56.4% 273 273 1,098 509 ap1971

1980 300,800 341,000 88.2% 284 6 290 1,037 1 16 764 509 ap1981

1990 304,000 344,000 88.4% 211 8 219 1,388 3 21 861 509 ap1991

1999 300,000 342,800 87.5% 163 9 172 1,744 14 43 573 504 ap2000

2000 340,000 354,857 95.8% 163 8 171 1,988 4 31 490 509 ap2001

2001 300,000 354,867 84.5% 153 50 203 1,477 7 109 514 509 ap2002

2002 300,000 354,867 84.5% 153 43 196 1,530 6 75 390 509 ap2003

2003 280,000 354,867 78.9% 145 112 257 1,089 10 149 482 509 ap2004

2004 280,000 354,867 78.9% 141 42 183 1,530 11 81 469 509 ap2005

2006 281,000 357,000 78.7% 134 42 176 1,596 10 87 439 509 ap2007

2012 286,600 385,700 74.3% 131 42 173 1,656 13 78 341 509 ap2013

2015 290,700 391,048 74.3% 126 41 167 1,740 15 77 273 509 ap2016

2018 289,700 396,341 73.1% 105 31 136 2,130 21 54 257 507 ap2019

2020 290,300 397,929 73.0% 107 27 134 2,166 23 53 179 507 ap2021

2022 291,000 399,108 72.9% 100 25 125 2,328 25 41 166 507 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
1959	290,000	308,700	93.9%	439	132	571	507		232	1,360	506	ap1960
1970	300,000	532,011	56.4%	273		273	1,098				509	ap1971
1980	300,800	341,000	88.2%	284	6	290	1,037	1	16	764	509	ap1981
1990	304,000	344,000	88.4%	211	8	219	1,388	3	21	861	509	ap1991
1999	300,000	342,800	87.5%	163	9	172	1,744	14	43	573	504	ap2000
2000	340,000	354,857	95.8%	163	8	171	1,988	4	31	490	509	ap2001
2001	300,000	354,867	84.5%	153	50	203	1,477	7	109	514	509	ap2002
2002	300,000	354,867	84.5%	153	43	196	1,530	6	75	390	509	ap2003
2003	280,000	354,867	78.9%	145	112	257	1,089	10	149	482	509	ap2004
2004	280,000	354,867	78.9%	141	42	183	1,530	11	81	469	509	ap2005
2006	281,000	357,000	78.7%	134	42	176	1,596	10	87	439	509	ap2007
2012	286,600	385,700	74.3%	131	42	173	1,656	13	78	341	509	ap2013
2015	290,700	391,048	74.3%	126	41	167	1,740	15	77	273	509	ap2016
2018	289,700	396,341	73.1%	105	31	136	2,130	21	54	257	507	ap2019
2020	290,300	397,929	73.0%	107	27	134	2,166	23	53	179	507	ap2021
2022	291,000	399,108	72.9%	100	25	125	2,328	25	41	166	507	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Jean-Louis Marie Balsa (Archbishop: 18 Aug 2023 - )
Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré (Archbishop: 13 Jul 2000 to 14 May 2010)
Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P. (Archbishop: 2 Feb 2011 to 18 Aug 2023)
Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse (Deacon: 27 Mar 1966; Priest: 18 Dec 1966 to 10 Mar 2000)
Georges Paul Pontier (Deacon: 8 Jul 1965; Priest: 3 Jul 1966 to 2 Feb 1988)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Hugues Aubert † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1354 to 11 Mar 1379)
Jean-Jacques-David Bardou † (Priest: 21 Dec 1822 to 22 Jul 1842)
Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe † (Priest: 29 Jun 1930 to 13 May 1953)
Emile Barthès † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Aug 1932 to 18 May 1939)
Victor-Felix Bernadou † (Priest: 19 Dec 1840 to 7 Apr 1862)
Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. †
Dominico Bigorrei † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1554)
Charles Brault † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 25 Feb 1833)
Jean Pierre Paul Joseph de Brunet de Pujols de Castelpers de Panat † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1739 to 18 Jul 1766)
Jean-Pierre-Marie Cadalen † (Priest: 23 May 1812 to 30 Sep 1833)
Bernard de Camiet † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1337 to 28 Nov 1337)
Jean-Auguste-Emile Caraguel † (Priest: 20 Dec 1845 to 21 Sep 1877)
Jacques Carieti, C.R.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Mar 1451)
Bernard de Castanet † (Bishop: 7 Mar 1275 to 30 Jul 1308)
Bernard de Cazilhac (Casilhaco, Casilhac) † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1436)
Pierre-Célestin Cézerac † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 2 Jan 1918; Archbishop: 18 Mar 1918 to 30 Jan 1940)
Léopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville † (Archbishop: 28 May 1759 to 5 Jul 1764)
Robert-Joseph Coffy † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1974 to 13 Apr 1985)
Bernard de Combret † (Bishop: 1254 to 16 Jun 1271)
Guillaume Court, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1337 to 18 Dec 1338)
Gaspard de Daillon du Lude † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1636 to 25 Jul 1676)
Louis d’Amboise (II) † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1503 to 30 Sep 1510)
Louis d’Amboise (I) † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1474 to 1 Jul 1503)
Robert Dauphin, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1434 to 1461)
Alphonse d’Elbène † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1589 to 8 Feb 1608)
Alphonse d’Elbène † (Coadjutor Bishop: 4 Feb 1608; Bishop: 8 Feb 1608 to Oct 1634)
Giuliano de’ Medici † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 Mar 1576 to 28 Jul 1588)
Giulio de’ Medici † (Bishop: 21 Nov 1513 to 14 Mar 1515)
Bertrand des Bordes † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1308 to 19 Dec 1310)
Antoine du Prat † (Administrator: 23 Dec 1528 to 9 Jul 1535)
Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † (Archbishop: 4 Dec 1961 to 15 Jun 1974)
Elie-Antoine Durand † (Priest: 21 Sep 1912 to 29 May 1935)
Béraud de Farges † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1313 to 1333)
Domenico da Firenze, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 May 1379 to 30 May 1382)
Jean-Émile Fonteneau † (Archbishop: 13 Nov 1884 to 23 Mar 1899)
Aymar de Gouffier, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 29 Feb 1524 to 9 Oct 1528)
Adrien Gouffier de Boissy † (Administrator: 6 Jun 1519 to 24 Jul 1523)
François-Marie-Edouard de Gualy † (Archbishop: 30 Sep 1833 to 16 Jun 1842)
Robert Guibé † (Administrator: 30 Sep 1510 to 9 Nov 1513)
Louis de Guise de Lorraine † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1550 to 9 May 1561)
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1843 to 20 Nov 1864)
Jean Jouffroy, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1462 to 24 Nov 1473)
Arnaud Guillaume de La Barthe, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1350 to 1354)
Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries † (Archbishop: 23 Sep 1722 to 15 Apr 1747)
Dominique de La Rochefoucauld † (Archbishop: 29 May 1747 to 30 Apr 1759)
Amaury de Lautrec, C.R.S.A. †
Guillaume de la Voute, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1383 to 1392)
Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † (Archbishop: 12 Oct 1693 to 12 Nov 1703)
Pierre Le Neveu † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1410 to 1434)
Jean de Lorraine † (Administrator: 6 Aug 1535 to 10 May 1550)
Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1865 to 24 Dec 1875)
Jean-Emmanuel Marquès † (Priest: 3 Apr 1926; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Apr 1953; Archbishop: 5 Jan 1957 to 2 Aug 1961)
Roger Lucien Meindre † (Archbishop: 8 Apr 1989 to 8 Oct 1999)
Eudoxe-Irénée-Edouard Mignot † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1899 to 18 Mar 1918)
Pectin de Montesquieu † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1339 to 17 Dec 1350)
Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron † (Archbishop: 11 May 1940 to 10 Mar 1956)
Henri de Nesmond † (Archbishop: 12 Nov 1703 to 14 Jan 1722)
Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu † (Deacon: 17 Dec 1955; Priest: 22 Apr 1956 to 18 Apr 1974)
François de Pierre de Bernis † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1781; Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Sep 1784; Archbishop: 2 Nov 1794 to 2 Mar 1802)
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis † (Archbishop: 9 Jul 1764 to 3 Nov 1794)
Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech † (Priest: 2 Jul 1930; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jun 1947 to 18 Mar 1952)
Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1986 to 12 Dec 1988)
Etienne-Emile Ramadié † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1876 to 24 Jul 1884)
Charles Robertet † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1515 to Apr 1515)
Jacques Robertet † (Bishop: 25 May 1515 to 1519)
Philippe Rodolfi † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1568 to 30 Jun 1574)
Bl. Francesco Ronci, O.Cœl. †
Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. †
Jean de Saya † (Bishop: 30 May 1382 to 1383)
Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1678 to 7 Jan 1687)
Gabriel Henri Jérôme de Solages †
Pierre Sorelli, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1463)
Lorenzo Strozzi † (Administrator: 9 May 1561 to 8 Feb 1568)
Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier †
Pierre de Vie † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1334 to 1336)
Durand † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1228 to 1254)
Géraud † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1311 to 7 May 1313)
Michel , O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jul 1517)

Source(s)

Diocese of Albi
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 81
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 84
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 101
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 75
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 75
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 73
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 483, to Page 485
Archdiocese of Albi
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 65
Archdiocese of Albi
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 86
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 44
Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 14, Page 158

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