Nevers (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Herve † ( 1099 Appointed - 8 Aug 1110 Died)
Thibaud † ( 1177 Appointed - 25 Apr 1189 Died)
Guillaume de Saint-Lazare † ( 1202 Appointed - 19 May 1221 Died)
Gervais de Châteauneuf † ( 1222 Appointed - 28 Feb 1223 Died)
Renaud de Nevers † ( 1223 Appointed - 28 Jul 1230 Died)
Raoul de Beauvais † (Apr 1232 Appointed - 19 Nov 1239 Died)
Robert Le Cornu † ( 1240 Appointed - 14 Jan 1252 Died)
Henri Cornut (Le Cornu) † (9 Jun 1253 Appointed - 14 May 1254 Appointed, Archbishop of Sens)
Guillaume de Grandpuy † (8 Mar 1255 Appointed - 31 May 1260 Died)
Robert de Marzy † ( 1260 Appointed - 14 Jan 1273 Died)
Gilles de Châteaurenaud † (26 Feb 1279 Appointed - )
Gilles de Chastelet † (23 Jul 1285 Appointed - 28 Jul 1294 Died)
Jean de Savigny † (28 Mar 1295 Appointed - 4 Jun 1314 Died)
Guillaume Beaufils † ( 1314 Appointed - 2 Feb 1319 Died)
Pierre Bertrand (Sr.) † (28 Jan 1320 Appointed - 19 May 1322 Appointed, Bishop of Autun)
Bertrand Gascon † (19 May 1322 Appointed - 1332 Died)
Jean de Mandevillain † ( 1333 Appointed - 12 Sep 1334 Appointed, Bishop of Arras)
Pierre Bertrand (Jr.) † (20 Jan 1335 Appointed - 5 Mar 1339 Appointed, Bishop of Arras)
Bertrand Tissandier † (15 Mar 1339 Appointed - )
Renaud des Moulins † (6 Nov 1359 Appointed - 1361 Died)
Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut, O.S.B. † (2 Aug 1361 Appointed - 8 Jan 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Laon)
Jean de Neufchâtel † (10 Feb 1371 Appointed - 27 Aug 1372 Appointed, Bishop of Toul)
Pierre de Villiers, O.P. † (27 Aug 1372 Appointed - 12 Sep 1375 Appointed, Bishop of Troyes)
Pierre de Dinteville † (12 Sep 1375 Appointed - 1380 Died)
Maurice de Coulange-la-Vineuse, O.P. † (1 Apr 1381 Appointed - 16 Jan 1395 Died)
Philippe Froment, O.P. † (1 Feb 1395 Appointed - 20 Jan 1401 Died)
Robert de Dangeau (Dangeul) † ( 1401 Appointed - 22 Jul 1430 Died)
Jean Germain † (15 Dec 1430 Appointed - 20 Aug 1436 Appointed, Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône)
Jean Vivien † (26 Sep 1436 Appointed - 1445 Died)
Jean Troufon † (8 Oct 1445 Appointed - Nov 1445 Died)
Jean d’Estampes † (20 Nov 1445 Ordained Bishop - 24 Dec 1461 Died)
Pierre de Fontenay † (23 Sep 1461 Appointed - 3 Jun 1499 Died)
Fernando de Almeida (Cotignus) † (19 Jun 1499 Appointed - 7 Jan 1500 Died)
Philippe de Clèves † (24 Jan 1500 Appointed - 9 Aug 1503 Appointed, Bishop of Autun)
Antoine de Feurs † (31 May 1505 Appointed - 17 Dec 1505 Resigned)
Jean Bohier † (7 Feb 1508 Appointed - 30 Jul 1512 Died)
Imbert de la Platière de Bourdillon † ( 1513 Appointed - 11 Feb 1519 Died)
Jacques d’Albret † (14 Mar 1519 Appointed - 22 Feb 1540 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (5 Jul 1540 Appointed - 5 May 1546 Resigned)
Jacques-Paul Spifame † (5 May 1546 Appointed - 1558 Resigned)
Gilles Spifame † (27 Jan 1559 Appointed - 7 Apr 1578 Died)
Arnaud Sorbin † (26 May 1578 Appointed - 1 Mar 1606 Died)
Eustache Du Lis † (17 Jul 1606 Appointed - 17 Jun 1643 Died)
Eustache de Chery † (17 Jun 1643 Succeeded - 26 Sep 1666 Resigned)
Édouard Valot † (7 Mar 1667 Confirmed - Feb 1705 Resigned)
Édouard Bargedé † (22 Mar 1706 Confirmed - 20 Jul 1719 Died)
Charles de Fontaine des Montees † (18 Sep 1719 Confirmed - 20 Feb 1740 Died)
Guillaume d’Hugues de la Motte † (5 Dec 1740 Confirmed - 2 Jul 1751 Resigned)
Jean-Antoine de Tinseau † (19 Jul 1751 Confirmed - 24 Sep 1782 Died)
Pierre de Séguiran † (16 Dec 1782 Confirmed - 3 Apr 1789 Died)
Louis-Jérême de Suffren de Saint-Tropez † (3 Aug 1789 Confirmed - 21 Jun 1796 Died)
Jean-Marie Cliquet de Fontenay † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - Did Not Take Effect)
Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux † (16 May 1823 Confirmed - 19 Feb 1829 Died)
Charles de Douhet d’Auzers † (27 Jul 1829 Confirmed - 9 Feb 1834 Died)
Paul Naudo † (30 Sep 1834 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1842 Confirmed, Archbishop of Avignon)
Dominique-Augustin Dufêtre † (27 Jan 1843 Confirmed - 6 Nov 1860 Died)
Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (18 Mar 1861 Confirmed - 25 Jul 1873 Confirmed, Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun))
Thomas-Casimir-François de Ladoue † (25 Jul 1873 Confirmed - 23 Jul 1877 Died)
Etienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong † (21 Sep 1877 Confirmed - 16 Nov 1903 Died)
François-Léon Gauthey † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed - 20 Jan 1910 Appointed, Archbishop of Besançon)
Pierre Chatelus † (13 Apr 1910 Appointed - 22 Apr 1932 Retired)
Jean Marie Patrice Flynn † (16 Aug 1932 Appointed - 17 Dec 1963 Retired)
Michel-Louis Vial † (17 Dec 1963 Succeeded - 2 Jul 1966 Appointed, Bishop of Nantes)
Jean François Marie Streiff † (21 Sep 1966 Appointed - 8 Jul 1987 Retired)
Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. † (19 Jul 1988 Appointed - 22 Jul 1997 Appointed, Archbishop of Tours)
Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † (26 Jun 1998 Appointed - 27 Aug 2011 Retired)
Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière (27 Aug 2011 Appointed - 26 Jun 2023 Resigned)
Grégoire François Bruno Drouot (16 Mar 2024 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Nevers
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Nevers (erected)
29 November 1801	Suppressed	Diocese of Nevers (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Bourges
Diocese of Nevers
6 October 1822	Restored	Archdiocese of Bourges	Diocese of Nevers
8 December 2002	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Nevers (from Sens)

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

Diocese of Nevers

1950 240,000 248,559 96.6% 235 7 242 991 7 270 309 ap1951

1970 235,000 247,702 94.9% 176 6 182 1,291 13 325 311 ap1971

1980 251,900 .0% 134 8 142 0 14 298 311 ap1981

1990 235,000 246,000 95.5% 98 7 105 2,238 1 12 233 64 ap1991

1999 229,300 233,000 98.4% 69 6 75 3,057 4 10 186 63 ap2000

2000 221,300 225,000 98.4% 68 7 75 2,950 4 11 192 63 ap2001

2001 221,000 225,600 98.0% 68 9 77 2,870 4 13 192 63 ap2002

2002 221,000 225,600 98.0% 59 9 68 3,250 6 13 192 63 ap2003

2003 221,000 225,600 98.0% 63 8 71 3,112 6 12 189 52 ap2004

2004 180,000 232,000 77.6% 60 7 67 2,686 6 11 202 51 ap2005

2013 183,900 232,700 79.0% 45 6 51 3,605 10 11 166 47 ap2014

2016 166,000 216,786 76.6% 43 6 49 3,387 12 12 155 47 ap2017

2019 148,400 208,518 71.2% 40 6 46 3,226 11 6 69 47 ap2020

2021 143,420 201,518 71.2% 37 7 44 3,259 14 7 52 45 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Nevers
1950	240,000	248,559	96.6%	235	7	242	991		7	270	309	ap1951
1970	235,000	247,702	94.9%	176	6	182	1,291		13	325	311	ap1971
1980		251,900	.0%	134	8	142	0		14	298	311	ap1981
1990	235,000	246,000	95.5%	98	7	105	2,238	1	12	233	64	ap1991
1999	229,300	233,000	98.4%	69	6	75	3,057	4	10	186	63	ap2000
2000	221,300	225,000	98.4%	68	7	75	2,950	4	11	192	63	ap2001
2001	221,000	225,600	98.0%	68	9	77	2,870	4	13	192	63	ap2002
2002	221,000	225,600	98.0%	59	9	68	3,250	6	13	192	63	ap2003
2003	221,000	225,600	98.0%	63	8	71	3,112	6	12	189	52	ap2004
2004	180,000	232,000	77.6%	60	7	67	2,686	6	11	202	51	ap2005
2013	183,900	232,700	79.0%	45	6	51	3,605	10	11	166	47	ap2014
2016	166,000	216,786	76.6%	43	6	49	3,387	12	12	155	47	ap2017
2019	148,400	208,518	71.2%	40	6	46	3,226	11	6	69	47	ap2020
2021	143,420	201,518	71.2%	37	7	44	3,259	14	7	52	45	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Fernando de Almeida (Cotignus) † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1499 to 7 Jan 1500)
Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1361 to 8 Jan 1371)
Édouard Bargedé † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1706 to 20 Jul 1719)
Guillaume Beaufils † (Bishop: 1314 to 2 Feb 1319)
Raoul de Beauvais † (Bishop: Apr 1232 to 19 Nov 1239)
Pierre Bertrand (Jr.) † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1335 to 5 Mar 1339)
Pierre Bertrand (Sr.) † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1320 to 19 May 1322)
Jean Bohier † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1508 to 30 Jul 1512)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1540 to 5 May 1546)
Gilles de Chastelet † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1285 to 28 Jul 1294)
Gervais de Châteauneuf † (Bishop: 1222 to 28 Feb 1223)
Gilles de Châteaurenaud † (Bishop: 26 Feb 1279)
Pierre Chatelus † (Bishop: 13 Apr 1910 to 22 Apr 1932)
Eustache de Chery † (Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Sep 1633; Bishop: 17 Jun 1643 to 26 Sep 1666)
Laurent de Chery † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Jan 1659 to 31 Jan 1661)
Philippe de Clèves † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1500 to 9 Aug 1503)
Jean-Marie Cliquet de Fontenay † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1817 - Did Not Take Effect)
Henri Cornut (Le Cornu) † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1253 to 14 May 1254)
Pierre-Louis-Marie Cortet † (Deacon: 21 Dec 1839; Priest: 11 Oct 1840 to 23 Sep 1875)
Maurice de Coulange-la-Vineuse, O.P. † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1381 to 16 Jan 1395)
Jacques d’Albret † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1519 to 22 Feb 1540)
Robert de Dangeau (Dangeul) † (Bishop: 1401 to 22 Jul 1430)
Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1998 to 27 Aug 2011)
Jean d’Estampes † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1445 to 24 Dec 1461)
Pierre de Dinteville † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1375 to 1380)
Charles de Douhet d’Auzers † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1829 to 9 Feb 1834)
Dominique-Augustin Dufêtre † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1843 to 6 Nov 1860)
Eustache Du Lis † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1606 to 17 Jun 1643)
Antoine de Feurs † (Bishop: 31 May 1505 to 17 Dec 1505)
Jean Marie Patrice Flynn † (Bishop: 16 Aug 1932 to 17 Dec 1963)
Charles de Fontaine des Montees † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1719 to 20 Feb 1740)
Pierre de Fontenay † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1461 to 3 Jun 1499)
Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1861 to 25 Jul 1873)
Philippe Froment, O.P. † (Bishop: 1 Feb 1395 to 20 Jan 1401)
Thaddée Fumer, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1542)
Gustave-Lazare Garnier † (Priest: 17 Dec 1881 to 27 May 1916)
Bertrand Gascon † (Bishop: 19 May 1322 to 1332)
François-Léon Gauthey † (Bishop: 21 Feb 1906 to 20 Jan 1910)
Jean Germain † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1430 to 20 Aug 1436)
Guillaume de Grandpuy † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1255 to 31 May 1260)
Guillaume d’Hugues de la Motte † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1740 to 2 Jul 1751)
Thomas-Casimir-François de Ladoue † (Bishop: 25 Jul 1873 to 23 Jul 1877)
Imbert de la Platière de Bourdillon † (Bishop: 1513 to 11 Feb 1519)
Robert Le Cornu † (Bishop: 1240 to 14 Jan 1252)
Etienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong † (Bishop: 21 Sep 1877 to 16 Nov 1903)
Jean de Mandevillain † (Bishop: 1333 to 12 Sep 1334)
Robert de Marzy † (Bishop: 1260 to 14 Jan 1273)
Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux † (Bishop: 16 May 1823 to 19 Feb 1829)
Renaud des Moulins † (Bishop: 6 Nov 1359 to 1361)
Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1988 to 22 Jul 1997)
Paul Naudo † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1834 to 22 Jul 1842)
Jean de Neufchâtel † (Bishop: 10 Feb 1371 to 27 Aug 1372)
Renaud de Nevers † (Bishop: 1223 to 28 Jul 1230)
Guillaume de Saint-Lazare † (Bishop: 1202 to 19 May 1221)
Jean de Savigny † (Bishop: 28 Mar 1295 to 4 Jun 1314)
Pierre de Séguiran † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1782 to 3 Apr 1789)
Arnaud Sorbin † (Bishop: 26 May 1578 to 1 Mar 1606)
Gilles Spifame † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1559 to 7 Apr 1578)
Jacques-Paul Spifame † (Bishop: 5 May 1546 to 1558)
Jean François Marie Streiff † (Bishop: 21 Sep 1966 to 8 Jul 1987)
Louis-Jérême de Suffren de Saint-Tropez † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1789 to 21 Jun 1796)
Jean-Antoine de Tinseau † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1751 to 24 Sep 1782)
Bertrand Tissandier † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1339)
Jean Troufon † (Bishop: 8 Oct 1445 to Nov 1445)
Édouard Valot † (Bishop: 7 Mar 1667 to Feb 1705)
Michel-Louis Vial † (Coadjutor Bishop: 8 Feb 1961; Bishop: 17 Dec 1963 to 2 Jul 1966)
Pierre de Villiers, O.P. † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1372 to 12 Sep 1375)
Jean Vivien † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1436 to 1445)
Herve † (Bishop: 1099 to 8 Aug 1110)
Thibaud † (Bishop: 1177 to 25 Apr 1189)

Source(s)

Diocese of Nevers
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 368, and Page 369
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 204
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 259, and Page 260
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 260
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 291
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 312
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 584, to Page 586

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