Bordeaux (-Bazas) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James, Archbishop
Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert, Auxiliary Bishop
Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 20 November 1937
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 10,725 (4,142 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Sud-Ouest
Official Web Site: https://bordeaux.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Archeveche, 183 cours de la Somme, CS 21386, 33077 Bordeaux CEDEX, France
Telephone: 5.56.91.81.82

Historical Details

Archdiocese of Bordeaux
- Latin Name: Burdigalensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Seguin † ( 999 Appointed - 1015 Died)
Geoffroy du Louroux † ( 1136 Appointed - 18 Jul 1158 Died)
Guillaume Le Templier † ( 1174 Appointed - 15 Sep 1187 Died)
Hélie de Malemort † ( 1187 Appointed - 19 Mar 1207 Died)
Guillaume Amanevi † ( 1207 Appointed - 13 Sep 1227 Died)
Géraud de Malemort † (Dec 1227 Appointed - 1261 Died)
Pierre de Roncevault † (23 Mar 1262 Appointed - 11 Jan 1270 Died)
Simon de Rochechouart † (4 Sep 1275 Appointed - 29 Oct 1280 Died)
Henri di Ginevra † (25 Jul 1289 Appointed - Apr 1297 Died)
Bertrand de Got † (23 Dec 1299 Appointed - 5 Jun 1305 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Arnaud de Canteloup † (24 Jul 1305 Appointed - 15 Dec 1305 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello)
Arnaud de Canteloup † (28 Jul 1306 Appointed - 26 Mar 1332 Died)
Pierre de Luc † (13 May 1332 Appointed - 1345 Died)
Amanieu de Cazes † (19 Jan 1347 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Bernard de Cazes † (17 Sep 1348 Appointed - 1351 Died)
Amanieu de La Mothe † (28 Sep 1351 Appointed - 27 Jun 1360 Died)
Philippe Gaston † (21 Jul 1360 Appointed - 1361 Died)
Hélie de Salignac † (24 Sep 1361 Appointed - 7 May 1378 Died)
Raimond Bernard de Roqueis † ( 1379 Appointed - 15 Mar 1384 Died)
Francesco Uguccione † (28 Aug 1384 Appointed - 14 Jul 1412 Died)
David de Montferrand † (23 Jun 1413 Appointed - 31 May 1430 Died)
Pey Berland † (16 Oct 1430 Appointed - 24 Sep 1456 Resigned)
Blaise de Greele (Regnier) † (24 Sep 1456 Appointed - Dec 1467 Died)
Arthur de Montauban, O.S.B. † (11 Jan 1465 Appointed - Mar 1479 Died)
André d’Espinay † (28 Apr 1479 Confirmed - 10 Nov 1500 Died)
Jean de Foix † (9 Dec 1500 Appointed - 25 Jun 1529 Died)
Gabriel de Gramont † (24 Sep 1529 Confirmed - 9 Mar 1530 Resigned)
Charles de Gramont, O.S.A. † (9 Mar 1530 Appointed - 15 Oct 1544 Died)
Jean du Bellay † (17 Dec 1544 Appointed - 3 Jul 1551 Resigned)
François de Mauny † (13 Sep 1553 Appointed - 1558 Died)
Jean du Bellay † (15 Feb 1559 Appointed - 16 Feb 1560 Died)
Antoine Prévost de Sansac † (4 Sep 1560 Appointed - 17 Oct 1591 Died)
François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (5 Jul 1599 Appointed - 8 Feb 1628 Died)
Henri d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (16 Jul 1629 Appointed - 18 Jun 1645 Died)
Henri de Béthune † (18 May 1648 Confirmed - 11 May 1680 Died)
Louis d’Anglure de Bourlemont † (28 Apr 1681 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1697 Died)
Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons † (15 Sep 1698 Confirmed - 18 Sep 1719 Confirmed, Archbishop of Rouen)
François-Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson † (6 May 1720 Appointed - 25 Oct 1728 Died)
François-Honoré-Lancelot de Casaubon de Maniban † (8 Feb 1730 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1743 Died)
Louis-Jacques d’Audibert de Lussan † (16 Mar 1744 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1769 Died)
Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec de Rohan-Guéménée † (12 Mar 1770 Confirmed - 30 Mar 1781 Resigned)
Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé † (2 Apr 1781 Confirmed - 8 Oct 1801 Resigned)
Charles-François d’Aviau Du Bois-de-Sanzay † (2 Jun 1802 Confirmed - 11 Jul 1826 Died)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (2 Oct 1826 Confirmed - 19 Jul 1836 Died)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet † (19 May 1837 Confirmed - 23 Dec 1882 Died)
Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert † (9 Aug 1883 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1889 Died)
Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot † (26 Jun 1890 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1908 Died)
Paulin-Pierre Andrieu † (2 Jan 1909 Appointed - 15 Feb 1935 Died)
Maurice Feltin † (16 Dec 1935 Appointed - 15 Aug 1949 Appointed, Archbishop of Paris)
Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud † (10 Feb 1950 Appointed - 5 Feb 1968 Died)
Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers † (5 Feb 1968 Succeeded - 31 May 1989 Retired)
Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt † (31 May 1989 Succeeded - 11 Jun 2001 Died)
Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (21 Dec 2001 Appointed - 1 Oct 2019 Retired)
Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James (14 Nov 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Archdiocese of Bordeaux
3rd Century	Erected		Archdiocese of Bordeaux (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Aire (suppressed)	Diocese of Bayonne Archdiocese of Bordeaux
Archdiocese of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
20 November 1937	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Bordeaux	Archdiocese of Bordeaux (-Bazas)

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 Bordeaux (-Bazas)

1950 830,000 858,381 96.7% 498 154 652 1,273 150 2,039 514 ap1951

1959 840,000 896,517 93.7% 465 157 622 1,350 339 2,000 625 ap1960

1970 800,000 1,009,406 79.3% 470 137 607 1,317 137 1,318 624 ap1971

1980 810,000 1,074,000 75.4% 374 109 483 1,677 129 1,150 624 ap1981

1990 878,000 1,163,000 75.5% 331 114 445 1,973 8 129 800 157 ap1991

1999 955,000 1,274,000 75.0% 252 92 344 2,776 12 139 582 593 ap2000

2000 962,000 1,283,000 75.0% 248 93 341 2,821 12 138 555 593 ap2001

2001 966,000 1,288,311 75.0% 244 92 336 2,875 13 135 454 593 ap2002

2002 966,000 1,288,311 75.0% 237 82 319 3,028 13 118 489 593 ap2003

2003 966,000 1,288,311 75.0% 231 82 313 3,086 11 117 489 593 ap2004

2004 966,000 1,288,311 75.0% 224 82 306 3,156 16 117 474 593 ap2005

2006 1,089,457 1,361,822 80.0% 212 86 298 3,655 16 109 475 593 ap2007

2012 1,115,000 1,399,700 79.7% 192 61 253 4,407 22 78 330 593 ap2013

2015 1,002,000 1,494,064 67.1% 176 54 230 4,356 31 102 323 593 ap2016

2018 1,012,500 1,511,200 67.0% 167 46 213 4,753 37 61 238 593 ap2019

2020 1,037,580 1,621,215 64.0% 164 48 212 4,894 64 228 593 ap2021

2022 1,076,000 1,681,330 64.0% 161 53 214 5,028 41 77 199 587 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 Bordeaux (-Bazas)
1950	830,000	858,381	96.7%	498	154	652	1,273		150	2,039	514	ap1951
1959	840,000	896,517	93.7%	465	157	622	1,350		339	2,000	625	ap1960
1970	800,000	1,009,406	79.3%	470	137	607	1,317		137	1,318	624	ap1971
1980	810,000	1,074,000	75.4%	374	109	483	1,677		129	1,150	624	ap1981
1990	878,000	1,163,000	75.5%	331	114	445	1,973	8	129	800	157	ap1991
1999	955,000	1,274,000	75.0%	252	92	344	2,776	12	139	582	593	ap2000
2000	962,000	1,283,000	75.0%	248	93	341	2,821	12	138	555	593	ap2001
2001	966,000	1,288,311	75.0%	244	92	336	2,875	13	135	454	593	ap2002
2002	966,000	1,288,311	75.0%	237	82	319	3,028	13	118	489	593	ap2003
2003	966,000	1,288,311	75.0%	231	82	313	3,086	11	117	489	593	ap2004
2004	966,000	1,288,311	75.0%	224	82	306	3,156	16	117	474	593	ap2005
2006	1,089,457	1,361,822	80.0%	212	86	298	3,655	16	109	475	593	ap2007
2012	1,115,000	1,399,700	79.7%	192	61	253	4,407	22	78	330	593	ap2013
2015	1,002,000	1,494,064	67.1%	176	54	230	4,356	31	102	323	593	ap2016
2018	1,012,500	1,511,200	67.0%	167	46	213	4,753	37	61	238	593	ap2019
2020	1,037,580	1,621,215	64.0%	164	48	212	4,894		64	228	593	ap2021
2022	1,076,000	1,681,330	64.0%	161	53	214	5,028	41	77	199	587	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Guillaume Amanevi † (Archbishop: 1207 to 13 Sep 1227)
Paulin-Pierre Andrieu † (Archbishop: 2 Jan 1909 to 15 Feb 1935)
Guillaume d’Arché †
Louis-Jacques d’Audibert de Lussan † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1744 to 15 Nov 1769)
Charles-François d’Aviau Du Bois-de-Sanzay † (Archbishop: 2 Jun 1802 to 11 Jul 1826)
François Robert Bacqué † (Priest: 1 Oct 1966 to 17 Jun 1988)
Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1698 to 18 Sep 1719)
Jean du Bellay † (Administrator: 17 Dec 1544 to 3 Jul 1551)
Jacques-Edne-Henri-Philadelphe Bellot des Minières † (Priest: 19 Dec 1847 to 13 Dec 1880)
Pey Berland † (Archbishop: 16 Oct 1430 to 24 Sep 1456)
Henri de Béthune † (Archbishop: 18 May 1648 to 11 May 1680)
Jean-Baptiste Boucho, M.E.P. † (Priest: 1822 to 9 Aug 1823)
Jacques Camus de Poutcarré †
Arnaud de Canteloup † (Archbishop: 28 Jul 1306 to 26 Mar 1332)
Arnaud de Canteloup † (Archbishop: 24 Jul 1305 to 15 Dec 1305)
Pierre-Firmin Capmartin † (Priest: 20 Dec 1879 to 19 Feb 1911)
François-Honoré-Lancelot de Casaubon de Maniban † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1730 to 29 Jun 1743)
Amanieu de Cazes † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1347 to 1348)
Bernard de Cazes † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1348 to 1351)
Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé † (Archbishop: 2 Apr 1781 to 8 Oct 1801)
Lancelot de Clare †
Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin †
Bernard Daffis †
Jean Daffis †
Jean Daffis †
Louis d’Anglure de Bourlemont † (Archbishop: 28 Apr 1681 to 9 Nov 1697)
Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jul 1981 to 21 Feb 1985)
François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (Archbishop: 5 Jul 1599 to 8 Feb 1628)
Henri d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (Archbishop: 16 Jul 1629 to 18 Jun 1645)
Raymond Guillaume Des Forges †
Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1960 to 2 Aug 1965)
André d’Espinay † (Archbishop: 28 Apr 1479 to 10 Nov 1500)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet † (Archbishop: 19 May 1837 to 23 Dec 1882)
Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 7 Jun 1986; Archbishop: 31 May 1989 to 11 Jun 2001)
Élisée-Louis Fatiguet, C.M. † (Priest: 17 Dec 1881 to 18 Sep 1887)
Louis-Simon Faurie, M.E.P. †
Maurice Feltin † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1935 to 15 Aug 1949)
Jean de Foix † (Archbishop: 9 Dec 1500 to 25 Jun 1529)
François de Foix de Candale †
Jean-Émile Fonteneau †
François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jan 1971 to 21 Nov 1979)
Philippe Gaston † (Archbishop: 21 Jul 1360 to 1361)
Jean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan †
Jean-Baptiste-Amédée Georges-Massonnais † (Priest: 13 Jun 1829 to 14 Dec 1840)
Joseph-Armand Gignoux †
Henri di Ginevra † (Archbishop: 25 Jul 1289 to Apr 1297)
Bertrand de Got † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1299 to 5 Jun 1305)
Bérard de Got †
Raymond de Got †
Jean Ricard de Gourdon de Genouillac de Vaillac †
Jacques-Joseph de Gourgues †
Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon † (Deacon: 1 Nov 1936; Priest: 13 Mar 1937 to 6 Aug 1957)
Charles de Gramont, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 1530 to 15 Oct 1544)
Gabriel de Gramont † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1529 to 9 Mar 1530)
François-Fiacre de Grave †
Blaise de Greele (Regnier) † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1456 to Dec 1467)
Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1883 to 16 Aug 1889)
Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † (Priest: 29 Jun 1932 to 18 Mar 1949)
Jean Hazera † (Priest: 20 Dec 1862 to 19 Apr 1897)
Jean-Claude Hertzog † (Priest: 30 Jun 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Oct 2002 to 24 Nov 2005)
Jean-Dominique Ithier, O.F.M. †
Pierre-François Lafitau †
Léon de La Lane †
Amanieu de La Mothe † (Archbishop: 28 Sep 1351 to 27 Jun 1360)
Gaillard de La Mothe †
Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1890 to 19 Dec 1908)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1826 to 19 Jul 1836)
Charles-Auguste Le Quien de La Neufville †
Guillaume Le Templier † (Archbishop: 1174 to 15 Sep 1187)
Geoffroy du Louroux † (Archbishop: 1136 to 18 Jul 1158)
Pierre de Luc † (Archbishop: 13 May 1332 to 1345)
Géraud de Malemort † (Archbishop: Dec 1227 to 1261)
Hélie de Malemort † (Archbishop: 1187 to 19 Mar 1207)
Guillaume-Elisée Martial †
Jacques Martin †
Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † (Priest: 18 Dec 1920 to 6 Feb 1940)
François de Mauny † (Archbishop: 13 Sep 1553 to 1558)
Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 24 Jan 1966; Archbishop: 5 Feb 1968 to 31 May 1989)
Joseph-Marie-François-Xavier Métreau †
Raymond de Montaigne †
Arthur de Montauban, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 11 Jan 1465 to Mar 1479)
David de Montferrand † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1413 to 31 May 1430)
Henri de Nesmond †
Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †
St. Paulinus of Nola †
[Pierre Pacareau] †
Arnauld de Pontac †
Antoine Prévost de Sansac † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1560 to 17 Oct 1591)
François Rainier, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Dec 1514)
Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud † (Archbishop: 10 Feb 1950 to 5 Feb 1968)
Simon de Rochechouart † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1275 to 29 Oct 1280)
Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec de Rohan-Guéménée † (Archbishop: 12 Mar 1770 to 30 Mar 1781)
Pierre de Roncevault † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1262 to 11 Jan 1270)
Raimond Bernard de Roqueis † (Archbishop: 1379 to 15 Mar 1384)
François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 21 Mar 1873 to 8 Jul 1882)
Hélie de Salignac † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1361 to 7 May 1378)
Jean-Jacques du Sault †
Philibert du Sault †
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † (Priest: 20 Sep 1969 to 1 Dec 1990)
Francesco Uguccione † (Archbishop: 28 Aug 1384 to 14 Jul 1412)
Gaspar de Vasos † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Nov 1530)
François-Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson † (Archbishop: 6 May 1720 to 25 Oct 1728)
Pierre † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Feb 1488)
Seguin † (Archbishop: 999 to 1015)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Bordeaux
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 150, and Page 151
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 112
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 142
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 123
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 129, and Page 130
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 134
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 519, to Page 521

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