Avignon (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

François Marie Aimé Marius Fonlupt, Archbishop
Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 9 February 2009
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Marseille
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 3,520 (1,359 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Provence-Méditerranée
Official Web Site: https://www.diocese-avignon.fr/
Mailing Address: Archeveche, 31 rue Paul Manivet, B.P. 40050, 84005 Avignon, CEDEX 01, France
Telephone: 4.90.27.26.00
Fax: 4.90.27.07.58

Historical Details

Diocese of Avignon
- Latin Name: Avenionensis
- Erected: 4th Century
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Avignon
- Latin Name: Avenionensis
- Elevated: 21 November 1475
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
Diocese of Avignon
- Latin Name: Avenionensis
- Elevated: 29 November 1801
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Avignon
- Latin Name: Avenionensis
- Elevated: 6 October 1822
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
- Latin Name: Avenionensis (-Aptensis, Cavallicensis, Carpentoractensis, Auraiacensis e Vasionensis)
- Name Changed: 6 August 1877
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Marseille
- Country: France
- Conference Region: Provence-Méditerranée

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bertrand de Saint Martin, O.S.B. † (5 Mar 1264 Appointed - 11 Oct 1266 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)
Bertrand d’Aimini † ( 1300 Appointed - 18 Mar 1310 Appointed, Bishop of Fréjus)
Jacques d’Euse † (18 Mar 1310 Appointed - 23 Dec 1312 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale)
Jacques de Via † (20 Feb 1313 Appointed - 17 Dec 1316 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
Jacques de Via † (17 Dec 1316 Appointed - 13 Jun 1317 Died)
Jacques d’Euse † ( 1317 Appointed - 4 Dec 1334 Died)
Jean de Cojordan † (10 May 1336 Appointed - 23 Jan 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Mirepoix)
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. † ( 1349 Appointed - 6 Dec 1352 Died)
Étienne Aubert † (18 Dec 1352 Appointed - 12 Sep 1362 Died)
Anglic de Grimoard, C.R.S.A. † (12 Dec 1362 Appointed - 18 Sep 1366 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli)
Pierre d’Aigrefeuille † (11 Oct 1368 Appointed - 16 Jun 1371 Died)
Faydit d’Aigrefeuille, O.S.B. † (18 Jul 1371 Appointed - 23 Dec 1383 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti)
François de Conzié † (24 Dec 1383 Appointed - 1390 Resigned)
Simon de Cramaud † (17 Mar 1391 Appointed - 19 Sep 1391 Appointed, Administrator of Carcassonne)
Gilles Aycelin de Bellèmere † (19 Aug 1392 Appointed - 1407 Died)
Pierre de Thury † (16 Sep 1409 Appointed - 9 Dec 1410 Died)
Guy de Roussillon-Bouchage, O.S.B. † (23 Mar 1411 Appointed - 1429 Died)
Marco Condulmer † (9 Jan 1432 Appointed - 4 Nov 1433 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise))
Luis de La Palud, O.S.B. † (4 Nov 1433 Appointed - Jul 1441 Appointed, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne)
Alain de Coëtivy † (30 Oct 1437 Appointed - 3 May 1474 Died)
Giuliano della Rovere † (23 May 1474 Appointed - 1 Nov 1503 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Antonio Flores † (4 Dec 1503 Appointed - 1510 Died)
Orlando Carretto della Rovere † (12 Aug 1512 Appointed - 1527 Died)
Ippolito de’ Medici † (10 Jan 1529 Appointed - 10 Aug 1535 Died)
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (13 Aug 1535 Appointed - 15 Jun 1551 Resigned)
Annibale Bozzuti † (15 Jun 1551 Appointed - 1562 Resigned)
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † ( 1560 Appointed - 1566 Resigned)
Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. † (3 Apr 1566 Appointed - 1576 Died)
Georges d’Armagnac † (6 Jan 1577 Appointed - 8 Jun 1584 Appointed, Administrator of Toulouse)
Domenico Grimaldi † (8 Jun 1584 Appointed - 2 Aug 1592 Died)
François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. † (9 Dec 1592 Appointed - 15 Sep 1597 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena)
Jean-François Bordini, C.O. † (11 Mar 1598 Appointed - Jan 1609 Died)
François-Etienne Dulci, O.P. † (6 Apr 1609 Appointed - 23 Jun 1624 Died)
Mario Filonardi † (16 Sep 1624 Appointed - 19 Aug 1644 Died)
Bernard Pinelli, C.R. † (19 Dec 1644 Appointed - 18 Jan 1646 Died)
César Argelli (de Paltronibus) † (6 May 1647 Appointed - 30 Jul 1648 Died)
Didier Dominique Marini † (1 Mar 1649 Appointed - 20 Jun 1669 Died)
Azon Ariosti † (9 Sep 1669 Appointed - 18 Nov 1672 Died)
Giacinto Libelli, O.P. † (30 Jan 1673 Appointed - 23 Oct 1684 Died)
Alexandre de Montecatini, O. Cart. † (13 May 1686 Appointed - 6 Oct 1689 Died)
Lorenzo Maria Fieschi (de Flisco) † (10 Jul 1690 Appointed - 18 May 1705 Appointed, Archbishop of Genova)
François-Maurice Gontieri (de Gonteriis) † (7 Sep 1705 Appointed - 12 May 1742 Died)
Joseph de Guyon de Crochans † (30 Jul 1742 Appointed - 21 Sep 1756 Died)
François-Marie de Manzi † (28 Mar 1757 Appointed - 6 Nov 1774 Died)
Jean-Charles-Vincent-Gaspar-Constantin-Antoine Giovio † (11 Sep 1775 Appointed - 11 Oct 1793 Died)
Jean-François Périer † (30 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1817 Retired)
Etienne-Parfait-Martin Maurel de Mons † (24 Sep 1821 Confirmed - 6 Oct 1830 Died)
Louis Joseph d’Humières † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 21 Sep 1834 Died)
Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont † (24 Jul 1835 Confirmed - 24 Jan 1842 Confirmed, Archbishop of Bourges)
Paul Naudo † (22 Jul 1842 Confirmed - 23 Apr 1848 Died)
Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay † (11 Dec 1848 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1863 Died)
Louis-Anne Dubreil † (21 Dec 1863 Confirmed - 13 Jan 1880 Died)
François-Edouard Hasley † (27 Feb 1880 Confirmed - 27 Mar 1885 Confirmed, Archbishop of Cambrai)
Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne † (27 Mar 1885 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1895 Died)
Louis-François Sueur † (25 Jun 1896 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1907 Resigned)
Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty † (15 Oct 1907 Appointed - 3 Oct 1928 Died)
Gabriel-Roch de Llobet † (3 Oct 1928 Succeeded - 22 Apr 1957 Died)
Joseph-Martin Urtasun † (22 Apr 1957 Succeeded - 25 Jun 1970 Retired)
Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † (25 Jun 1970 Succeeded - 25 Apr 1978 Resigned)
Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex † (25 Apr 1978 Appointed - 21 Jun 2002 Retired)
Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz (21 Jun 2002 Appointed - 11 Jan 2021 Retired)
François Marie Aimé Marius Fonlupt (11 Jun 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Avignon
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Avignon (erected)
Archdiocese of Avignon
21 November 1475	Elevated	Diocese of Avignon	Archdiocese of Avignon
Diocese of Avignon
29 November 1801	Elevated	Archdiocese of Avignon	Diocese of Avignon (Metropolitan to Diocese)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Alès (Alais) (suppressed)	Diocese of Avignon Diocese of Mende
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Apt (suppressed)	Diocese of Avignon Diocese of Digne
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Carpentras (suppressed) Diocese of Cavaillon (suppressed) Diocese of Nîmes (suppressed) Diocese of Orange (suppressed) Diocese of Uzés (suppressed) Diocese of Vaison (suppressed)	Diocese of Avignon
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (suppressed)	Diocese of Avignon Diocese of Valence
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Avignon	Diocese of Fréjus Diocese of Nîmes
Archdiocese of Avignon
6 October 1822	Elevated	Diocese of Avignon	Archdiocese of Avignon
Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
6 August 1877	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Avignon	Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
8 December 2002	Elevated		Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison) (no longer a Metropolitan)
Archdiocese of Avignon
9 February 2009	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)	Archdiocese of Avignon (Secondary Titles Lost)

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 Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)

1950 200,000 249,838 80.1% 159 50 209 956 45 700 176 ap1951

1959 262,000 268,318 97.6% 179 42 221 1,185 56 650 176 ap1960

1970 340,000 353,966 96.1% 174 57 231 1,471 76 484 175 ap1971

1980 334,000 395,400 84.5% 176 51 227 1,471 1 79 492 175 ap1981

1990 406,000 463,700 87.6% 148 93 241 1,684 7 151 349 178 ap1991

1999 350,000 475,819 73.6% 125 47 172 2,034 17 90 300 178 ap2000

2000 350,000 500,138 70.0% 122 44 166 2,108 19 86 278 178 ap2001

2001 350,000 498,523 70.2% 120 42 162 2,160 19 79 270 178 ap2002

2002 350,000 498,523 70.2% 122 42 164 2,134 19 78 257 178 ap2003

2003 350,000 498,523 70.2% 122 42 164 2,134 20 84 249 178 ap2004

2004 350,000 498,523 70.2% 120 62 182 1,923 18 105 237 178 ap2005

2006 350,500 500,000 70.1% 124 62 186 1,884 24 103 229 178 ap2007

Archdiocese of Avignon

2012 405,100 554,000 73.1% 123 63 186 2,177 27 97 174 179 ap2013

2015 448,000 558,861 80.2% 100 45 145 3,089 28 80 181 176 ap2016

2018 446,850 557,548 80.1% 102 33 135 3,310 25 83 131 178 ap2019

2020 448,400 559,479 80.1% 99 31 130 3,449 25 85 138 169 ap2021

2022 450,000 561,469 80.1% 88 47 135 3,333 22 99 153 173 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 Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
1950	200,000	249,838	80.1%	159	50	209	956		45	700	176	ap1951
1959	262,000	268,318	97.6%	179	42	221	1,185		56	650	176	ap1960
1970	340,000	353,966	96.1%	174	57	231	1,471		76	484	175	ap1971
1980	334,000	395,400	84.5%	176	51	227	1,471	1	79	492	175	ap1981
1990	406,000	463,700	87.6%	148	93	241	1,684	7	151	349	178	ap1991
1999	350,000	475,819	73.6%	125	47	172	2,034	17	90	300	178	ap2000
2000	350,000	500,138	70.0%	122	44	166	2,108	19	86	278	178	ap2001
2001	350,000	498,523	70.2%	120	42	162	2,160	19	79	270	178	ap2002
2002	350,000	498,523	70.2%	122	42	164	2,134	19	78	257	178	ap2003
2003	350,000	498,523	70.2%	122	42	164	2,134	20	84	249	178	ap2004
2004	350,000	498,523	70.2%	120	62	182	1,923	18	105	237	178	ap2005
2006	350,500	500,000	70.1%	124	62	186	1,884	24	103	229	178	ap2007
Archdiocese of Avignon
2012	405,100	554,000	73.1%	123	63	186	2,177	27	97	174	179	ap2013
2015	448,000	558,861	80.2%	100	45	145	3,089	28	80	181	176	ap2016
2018	446,850	557,548	80.1%	102	33	135	3,310	25	83	131	178	ap2019
2020	448,400	559,479	80.1%	99	31	130	3,449	25	85	138	169	ap2021
2022	450,000	561,469	80.1%	88	47	135	3,333	22	99	153	173	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Joseph-Crispin des Achards de La Baume †
César Argelli (de Paltronibus) † (Archbishop: 6 May 1647 to 30 Jul 1648)
Azon Ariosti † (Archbishop: 9 Sep 1669 to 18 Nov 1672)
Étienne Aubert † (Administrator: 18 Dec 1352 to 12 Sep 1362)
Dominique-Laurent de Balbe de Berton de Crillon †
Gilles Aycelin de Bellèmere † (Bishop: 19 Aug 1392 to 1407)
Jean-François Bordini, C.O. † (Archbishop: 11 Mar 1598 to Jan 1609)
Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex † (Archbishop: 25 Apr 1978 to 21 Jun 2002)
Etienne-Marie de Boulogne †
Annibale Bozzuti † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1551 to 1562)
Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Sep 1973 to 16 Mar 1978)
Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. † (Archbishop: 3 Apr 1566 to 1576)
Orlando Carretto della Rovere † (Archbishop: 12 Aug 1512 to 1527)
Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus †
Alain de Coëtivy † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1437 to 3 May 1474)
Jean de Cojordan † (Bishop: 10 May 1336 to 23 Jan 1349)
Marco Condulmer † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1432 to 4 Nov 1433)
François de Conzié † (Administrator: 24 Dec 1383 to 1390)
Simon de Cramaud † (Administrator: 17 Mar 1391 to 19 Sep 1391)
Luc d’Acquin †
Faydit d’Aigrefeuille, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1371 to 23 Dec 1383)
Pierre d’Aigrefeuille † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1368 to 16 Jun 1371)
Bertrand d’Aimini † (Bishop: 1300 to 18 Mar 1310)
Georges d’Armagnac † (Administrator: 6 Jan 1577 to 8 Jun 1584)
Claude d’Auraison †
Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1848 to 27 Sep 1863)
Giuliano della Rovere † (Bishop: 23 May 1474; Archbishop: 21 Nov 1475 to 1 Nov 1503)
Ippolito de’ Medici † (Archbishop: 10 Jan 1529 to 10 Aug 1535)
Elzear des Achards de La Baume †
Louis Joseph d’Humières † (Archbishop: 24 Feb 1832 to 21 Sep 1834)
Louis-Anne Dubreil † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1863 to 13 Jan 1880)
François-Etienne Dulci, O.P. † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1609 to 23 Jun 1624)
Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont † (Archbishop: 24 Jul 1835 to 24 Jan 1842)
[François Étienne] †
Jacques d’Euse † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1310 to 23 Dec 1312; Administrator: 1317 to 4 Dec 1334)
Etienne-André-François de Paule de Fallot de Béaupré de Beaumont †
Henri Joseph Faraud, O.M.I. †
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (Administrator: 13 Aug 1535 to 15 Jun 1551)
Lorenzo Maria Fieschi (de Flisco) † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1690 to 18 May 1705)
Mario Filonardi † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1624 to 19 Aug 1644)
Antonio Flores † (Archbishop: 4 Dec 1503 to 1510)
Jean-Joseph de Fogasses d’Entrechaux de La Bastie †
Antonio Fonseca †
Louis de Fortia-Montréal †
François Genet †
Jean-Charles-Vincent-Gaspar-Constantin-Antoine Giovio † (Archbishop: 11 Sep 1775 to 11 Oct 1793)
François-Maurice Gontieri (de Gonteriis) † (Archbishop: 7 Sep 1705 to 12 May 1742)
Domenico Grimaldi † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1584 to 2 Aug 1592)
Anglic de Grimoard, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1362 to 18 Sep 1366)
Joseph de Guyon de Crochans † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1742 to 21 Sep 1756)
François-Edouard Hasley † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 27 Mar 1885)
Ignace-François de Joannis de Verclos †
Luis de La Palud, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1433 to Jul 1441)
Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty † (Archbishop: 15 Oct 1907 to 3 Oct 1928)
Antoine-Joseph des Laurents †
Giacinto Libelli, O.P. † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1673 to 23 Oct 1684)
Gabriel-Roch de Llobet † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 16 Jan 1925; Archbishop: 3 Oct 1928 to 22 Apr 1957)
François-Marie de Manzi † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1757 to 6 Nov 1774)
Didier Dominique Marini † (Archbishop: 1 Mar 1649 to 20 Jun 1669)
Etienne-Parfait-Martin Maurel de Mons † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1821; Archbishop: 6 Oct 1822 to 6 Oct 1830)
Alexandre de Montecatini, O. Cart. † (Archbishop: 13 May 1686 to 6 Oct 1689)
Marie-Joseph-François-Victor Monyer de Prilly †
Paul Naudo † (Archbishop: 22 Jul 1842 to 23 Apr 1848)
Jean-François Périer † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1802 to 27 Sep 1817)
Bernard Pinelli, C.R. † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1644 to 18 Jan 1646)
Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1965; Coadjutor Archbishop: 25 Apr 1968; Archbishop: 25 Jun 1970 to 25 Apr 1978)
Barthelemy Portaligni, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 May 1523 to 1527)
Louis-Paul Rastouil †
Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. † (Administrator: 1349 to 6 Dec 1352)
Guy de Roussillon-Bouchage, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1411 to 1429)
Jean-Baptiste Marie Scipion Ruffo (Roux) de Bonneval †
Bertrand de Saint Martin, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 5 Mar 1264 to 11 Oct 1266)
Charles de Saint Sixte †
Charles-Maria Saisson, O. Cart. †
Paul-Loup de Sallières de Fausseran †
Charles-Joseph de Suarès †
Joseph-Marie de Suarès †
Louis-Alphonse de Suarès †
Louis-Marie de Suarès d’Aulan †
Louis-François Sueur † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1896 to 12 Sep 1907)
François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. † (Archbishop: 9 Dec 1592 to 15 Sep 1597)
Pierre de Thury † (Administrator: 16 Sep 1409 to 9 Dec 1410)
Joseph-Martin Urtasun † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Sep 1955; Archbishop: 22 Apr 1957 to 25 Jun 1970)
Jacques de Via † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1313 to 17 Dec 1316; Administrator: 17 Dec 1316 to 13 Jun 1317)
Louis de Vigne, O. Carm. †
Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1885 to 9 Nov 1895)

Source(s)

Diocese of Avignon
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 123, and Page 124
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 100
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 503, to Page 505
Archdiocese of Avignon
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 126, and Page 127
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 105, and Page 106
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 109
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 111

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