Sens (-Auxerre) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer, Archbishop
Georges Edmond Robert Gilson, Archbishop Emeritus
Yves François Patenôtre, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
United: 3 June 1823
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Dijon
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 7,427 (2,868 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Centre
Official Web Site: http://www.yonne.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Archeveche, 7 rue Francaise, B.P. 287, 89005 Auxerre CEDEX, France
Telephone: 3.86.72.93.93
Fax: 3.86.51.75.13

Historical Details

Diocese of Sens
- Latin Name: Senonensis
- Erected: 1st Century
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Sens
- Latin Name: Senonensis
- Elevated: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Sens
- Latin Name: Senonensis
- Restored: 6 October 1822
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Guglielmo , O.S.B. † ( 932 Appointed - 14 Aug 938 Died)
Gerlan , O.S.B. † ( 941 Appointed - 5 Aug 954 Died)
Hildeman , O.S.B. † (12 Sep 954 Appointed - 5 Aug 959 Died)
Archambaud de Troyes † ( 959 Appointed - 29 Aug 968 Died)
S. Anastase † ( 968 Appointed - 7 Jan 978 Died)
Séguin † (10 Jan 977 Appointed - 17 Oct 999 Died)
Léotheric † ( 1000 Appointed - 26 Jun 1032 Died)
Gelduin † (18 Oct 1032 Ordained Bishop - 1049 Resigned)
Mainard (Ménard) † (Nov 1049 Appointed - 12 Mar 1062 Died)
Richer † ( 1062 Appointed - 27 Dec 1096 Died)
Daimbert † ( 1098 Appointed - 28 Nov 1122 Died)
Henri Sanglier † (Dec 1122 Appointed - 10 Jan 1142 Died)
Hugues de Toucy † ( 1142 Appointed - 3 Feb 1168 Died)
Guillaume de Champagne † ( 1168 Appointed - 1176 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
Gui de Noyers † ( 1176 Appointed - 21 Dec 1193 Died)
Michel de Corbeil † ( 1194 Appointed - 28 Nov 1199 Died)
Pierre de Corbeil † (Dec 1200 Appointed - 3 Jun 1222 Died)
Gauthier Cornut † ( 1222 Appointed - 20 Apr 1241 Died)
Gilles Cornut † (17 Apr 1244 Appointed - Feb 1254 Died)
Henri Cornut (Le Cornu) † (14 May 1254 Appointed - 21 Oct 1257 Died)
Guillaume de Brosse † ( 1258 Appointed - 12 Jul 1267 Resigned)
Pierre de Charny † ( 1267 Appointed - 16 Aug 1274 Died)
Pierre d’Anisy † (Sep 1274 Appointed - 6 Dec 1274 Died)
Aegidio (Gilo) Cornuti † (15 Dec 1274 Appointed - 20 Jun 1292 Died)
Etienne Béguart de Penoul † (Jul 1292 Appointed - 29 Mar 1309 Died)
Philip Leportier de Marigny † (23 Apr 1309 Appointed - Dec 1316 Died)
Guillaume de Melun † (8 Feb 1317 Appointed - 27 Oct 1329 Died)
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. † (24 Nov 1329 Appointed - 14 Dec 1330 Appointed, Archbishop of Rouen)
Guillaume de Brosse † (14 Dec 1330 Appointed - 13 Dec 1338 Died)
Philippe de Melun † (15 Feb 1339 Appointed - Oct 1344 Resigned)
Guillaume de Meleduno † (3 Dec 1344 Appointed - 3 May 1376 Died)
Adhémar Robert † (14 May 1376 Appointed - 25 Jan 1385 Died)
Gonthier de Bagneaux † (8 Feb 1385 Appointed - 19 Jul 1385 Died)
Guy de Roye † (4 Aug 1385 Appointed - 27 May 1390 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
Simon de Cramaud † (27 May 1390 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Guilleume de Dormans † (17 Oct 1390 Appointed - 25 Oct 1415 Died)
Jean de Montaigu † (11 Apr 1407 Appointed - 25 Oct 1415 Died)
Henri de Savoisy † (26 Jan 1418 Appointed - 13 Mar 1422 Died)
Jean de Nanton, O.S.B. † (26 Jun 1423 Appointed - 30 Jun 1432 Died)
Louis de Melun † (14 Oct 1432 Appointed - 1474 Resigned)
Tristan de Salazar † (26 Sep 1474 Appointed - 11 Feb 1519 Died)
Étienne Poncher † (14 Mar 1519 Appointed - 24 Feb 1525 Died)
Antoine du Prat † (20 Mar 1525 Appointed - 9 Jul 1535 Died)
Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) † (13 Aug 1535 Appointed - 13 Mar 1557 Died)
Jean Bertrand † (5 Jul 1557 Appointed - 4 Dec 1560 Died)
Louis de Guise de Lorraine † (9 May 1561 Appointed - 16 Dec 1562 Resigned)
Nicolas de Pellevé † (16 Dec 1562 Appointed - 28 Mar 1594 Died)
Renaud de Beaune † (7 Jan 1598 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1606 Died)
Jacques Davy du Perron † (9 Oct 1606 Appointed - 5 Sep 1618 Died)
Jean Davy du Perron † (5 Sep 1618 Succeeded - 24 Oct 1621 Died)
Octave de Bellegarde † (18 Dec 1623 Confirmed - 26 Jul 1646 Died)
Louis-Henri de Pardaillon de Gondrin † (26 Jul 1646 Succeeded - 19 Sep 1674 Died)
Jean de Montpezat de Carbon † (6 May 1675 Confirmed - 5 Nov 1685 Died)
Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † (21 Jan 1692 Confirmed - 28 Nov 1715 Died)
Denis-François Bouthillier de Chavigny † (11 May 1718 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1730 Died)
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † (9 Apr 1731 Confirmed - 11 May 1753 Died)
Paul d’Albert de Luynes † (26 Nov 1753 Confirmed - 21 Jan 1788 Died)
Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne † (10 Mar 1788 Confirmed - 19 Feb 1794 Died)
Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 10 Dec 1829 Died)
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (5 Jul 1830 Confirmed - 24 Oct 1843 Died)
Mellon Jolly † (25 Jan 1844 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1867 Resigned)
Victor-Felix Bernadou † (12 Jul 1867 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1891 Died)
Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † (11 Jul 1892 Confirmed - 21 Nov 1911 Died)
Jean Victor Émile Chesnelong † (12 Jan 1912 Appointed - 29 Nov 1931 Died)
Maurice Feltin † (16 Aug 1932 Appointed - 16 Dec 1935 Appointed, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas))
Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy † (20 Aug 1936 Appointed - 27 Oct 1962 Retired)
René-Louis-Marie Stourm † (27 Oct 1962 Appointed - 28 Jun 1977 Retired)
Eugène-Marie Ernoult † (28 Jun 1977 Succeeded - 21 Dec 1990 Resigned)
Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (21 Dec 1990 Succeeded - 4 Sep 1995 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
Georges Edmond Robert Gilson (2 Aug 1996 Appointed - 31 Dec 2004 Retired)
Yves François Patenôtre (31 Dec 2004 Succeeded - 5 Mar 2015 Retired)
Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (5 Mar 2015 Appointed - 13 Mar 2024 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viviers)
Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer (6 Aug 2024 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Sens
1st Century	Erected		Diocese of Sens (erected)
Archdiocese of Sens
3rd Century	Elevated	Diocese of Sens	Archdiocese of Sens
29 November 1801	Suppressed	Diocese of Auxerre (suppressed) Archdiocese of Sens (suppressed)	Diocese of Troyes
Archdiocese of Sens
6 October 1822	Restored	Diocese of Troyes	Archdiocese of Sens
Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre)
3 June 1823	United	Archdiocese of Sens	Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre)
15 August 1954	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre) (Pontigny)	Territorial Prelature of Mission de France o Pontigny (erected)
8 December 2002	Elevated		Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre) (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 Sens (-Auxerre)

1950 255,000 271,000 94.1% 237 114 351 726 161 234 503 ap1951

1969 281,350 .0% 210 95 305 0 100 320 120 ap1971

1980 201,000 303,000 66.3% 141 19 160 1,256 1 84 280 510 ap1981

1990 255,000 318,000 80.2% 126 17 143 1,783 4 66 217 110 ap1991

1999 246,000 335,000 73.4% 100 57 157 1,566 6 98 139 108 ap2000

2000 240,000 331,987 72.3% 96 55 151 1,589 6 87 155 105 ap2001

2001 240,000 332,566 72.2% 99 54 153 1,568 8 86 145 116 ap2002

2002 220,000 332,566 66.2% 91 46 137 1,605 8 63 157 105 ap2003

2003 200,000 332,566 60.1% 88 58 146 1,369 13 93 147 104 ap2004

2004 200,000 332,566 60.1% 87 55 142 1,408 13 112 139 103 ap2005

2010 205,700 346,000 59.5% 68 58 126 1,632 18 90 116 102 ap2011

2014 209,600 342,724 61.2% 60 37 97 2,160 20 67 98 102 ap2015

2017 200,000 341,902 58.5% 54 22 76 2,631 21 57 83 31 ap2018

2020 200,120 342,250 58.5% 50 23 73 2,741 21 58 83 31 ap2021

2022 200,000 340,514 58.7% 49 14 63 3,174 18 68 68 31 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 Sens (-Auxerre)
1950	255,000	271,000	94.1%	237	114	351	726		161	234	503	ap1951
1969		281,350	.0%	210	95	305	0		100	320	120	ap1971
1980	201,000	303,000	66.3%	141	19	160	1,256	1	84	280	510	ap1981
1990	255,000	318,000	80.2%	126	17	143	1,783	4	66	217	110	ap1991
1999	246,000	335,000	73.4%	100	57	157	1,566	6	98	139	108	ap2000
2000	240,000	331,987	72.3%	96	55	151	1,589	6	87	155	105	ap2001
2001	240,000	332,566	72.2%	99	54	153	1,568	8	86	145	116	ap2002
2002	220,000	332,566	66.2%	91	46	137	1,605	8	63	157	105	ap2003
2003	200,000	332,566	60.1%	88	58	146	1,369	13	93	147	104	ap2004
2004	200,000	332,566	60.1%	87	55	142	1,408	13	112	139	103	ap2005
2010	205,700	346,000	59.5%	68	58	126	1,632	18	90	116	102	ap2011
2014	209,600	342,724	61.2%	60	37	97	2,160	20	67	98	102	ap2015
2017	200,000	341,902	58.5%	54	22	76	2,631	21	57	83	31	ap2018
2020	200,120	342,250	58.5%	50	23	73	2,741	21	58	83	31	ap2021
2022	200,000	340,514	58.7%	49	14	63	3,174	18	68	68	31	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (Coadjutor Archbishop: 26 Jul 1990; Archbishop: 21 Dec 1990 to 4 Sep 1995)
Georges Edmond Robert Gilson (Archbishop: 2 Aug 1996 to 31 Dec 2004)
Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (Archbishop: 5 Mar 2015 to 13 Mar 2024)
Yves François Patenôtre (Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Jul 2004; Archbishop: 31 Dec 2004 to 5 Mar 2015)
Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer (Archbishop: 6 Aug 2024 - )

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Paul d’Albert de Luynes † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1753 to 21 Jan 1788)
Pierre d’Anisy † (Archbishop: Sep 1274 to 6 Dec 1274)
Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † (Archbishop: 11 Jul 1892 to 21 Nov 1911)
Jean Aymard, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Sep 1536 to 1542)
Gonthier de Bagneaux † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1385 to 19 Jul 1385)
Renaud de Beaune † (Archbishop: 7 Jan 1598 to 27 Sep 1606)
Etienne Béguart de Penoul † (Archbishop: Jul 1292 to 29 Mar 1309)
Octave de Bellegarde † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1623 to 26 Jul 1646)
Victor-Felix Bernadou † (Archbishop: 12 Jul 1867 to 15 Nov 1891)
Jean Bertrand † (Administrator: 5 Jul 1557 to 4 Dec 1560)
Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand † (Deacon: 29 Jun 1948; Priest: 10 Oct 1948 to 12 Jun 1975)
Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) † (Administrator: 13 Aug 1535 to 13 Mar 1557)
Denis-François Bouthillier de Chavigny † (Archbishop: 11 May 1718 to 9 Nov 1730)
Jean-Pierre Bravard † (Deacon: 21 Sep 1834; Priest: 20 Dec 1834 to 25 Sep 1862)
Guillaume de Brosse † (Archbishop: 1258 to 12 Jul 1267)
Guillaume de Brosse † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1330 to 13 Dec 1338)
Guillaume de Champagne † (Archbishop: 1168 to 1176)
Pierre de Charny † (Archbishop: 1267 to 16 Aug 1274)
Christophe Cheffontaines (Capitefontium), O.F.M. Obs. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 1579 to 1595)
Jean Victor Émile Chesnelong † (Archbishop: 12 Jan 1912 to 29 Nov 1931)
Michel de Corbeil † (Archbishop: 1194 to 28 Nov 1199)
Pierre de Corbeil † (Archbishop: Dec 1200 to 3 Jun 1222)
Gauthier Cornut † (Archbishop: 1222 to 20 Apr 1241)
Gilles Cornut † (Archbishop: 17 Apr 1244 to Feb 1254)
Henri Cornut (Le Cornu) † (Archbishop: 14 May 1254 to 21 Oct 1257)
Aegidio (Gilo) Cornuti † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1274 to 20 Jun 1292)
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (Archbishop: 5 Jul 1830 to 24 Oct 1843)
Simon de Cramaud † (Archbishop: 27 May 1390 - Did Not Take Effect)
Jacques Davy du Perron † (Archbishop: 9 Oct 1606 to 5 Sep 1618)
Jean Davy du Perron † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 18 Dec 1617; Archbishop: 5 Sep 1618 to 24 Oct 1621)
Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien † (Deacon: 22 May 1869; Priest: 16 Apr 1870 to 25 Jun 1896)
Guilleume de Dormans † (Archbishop: 17 Oct 1390 to 25 Oct 1415)
Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont † (Priest: 23 Sep 1815; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1824 to 5 Jul 1830)
Antoine du Prat † (Archbishop: 20 Mar 1525 to 9 Jul 1535)
Eugène-Marie Ernoult † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 9 Sep 1975; Archbishop: 28 Jun 1977 to 21 Dec 1990)
Maurice Feltin † (Archbishop: 16 Aug 1932 to 16 Dec 1935)
Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † (Archbishop: 21 Jan 1692 to 28 Nov 1715)
René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey † (Deacon: 11 Oct 1924; Priest: 26 Oct 1924 to 2 Jun 1955)
Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †
Louis de Guise de Lorraine † (Archbishop: 9 May 1561 to 16 Dec 1562)
Mellon Jolly † (Archbishop: 25 Jan 1844 to 18 Mar 1867)
Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 10 Dec 1829)
Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy † (Archbishop: 20 Aug 1936 to 27 Oct 1962)
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1731 to 11 May 1753)
Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † (Priest: 29 Jun 1923 to 26 Jul 1940)
Philip Leportier de Marigny † (Archbishop: 23 Apr 1309 to Dec 1316)
Pierre-François-Martial de Loménie † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Dec 1788 to 10 May 1794)
Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1788 to 19 Feb 1794)
Guillaume de Meleduno † (Archbishop: 3 Dec 1344 to 3 May 1376)
Guillaume de Melun † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1317 to 27 Oct 1329)
Louis de Melun † (Archbishop: 14 Oct 1432 to 1474)
Philippe de Melun † (Archbishop: 15 Feb 1339 to Oct 1344)
Jean de Montaigu † (Archbishop: 11 Apr 1407 to 25 Oct 1415)
Jean de Montpezat de Carbon † (Archbishop: 6 May 1675 to 5 Nov 1685)
Jean de Nanton, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1423 to 30 Jun 1432)
Gui de Noyers † (Archbishop: 1176 to 21 Dec 1193)
Désiré Marie Hippolyte Paget † (Deacon: 29 Jun 1882; Priest: 23 Dec 1882 to 22 Apr 1920)
Louis-Henri de Pardaillon de Gondrin † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 6 Feb 1645; Archbishop: 26 Jul 1646 to 19 Sep 1674)
Nicolas de Pellevé † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1562 to 28 Mar 1594)
Pierre-Anastase Pichenot † (Deacon: 21 Dec 1839; Priest: 13 Jun 1840 to 27 Jun 1870)
Étienne Poncher † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1519 to 24 Feb 1525)
Charles-André-Toussaint-Bruno de Ramond-Lalande †
Urbain Reverey † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Sep 1560)
André Richer, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jan 1542)
Adhémar Robert † (Archbishop: 14 May 1376 to 25 Jan 1385)
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1329 to 14 Dec 1330)
Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. †
Guy de Roye † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1385 to 27 May 1390)
Tristan de Salazar † (Archbishop: 26 Sep 1474 to 11 Feb 1519)
Henri Sanglier † (Archbishop: Dec 1122 to 10 Jan 1142)
Henri de Savoisy † (Archbishop: 26 Jan 1418 to 13 Mar 1422)
Jacques Seguin, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Mar 1450)
René-Louis-Marie Stourm † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1962 to 28 Jun 1977)
Charles-Nicolas Taffoureau de Fontaine † (Priest: 1682 to 5 Jan 1699)
Hugues de Toucy † (Archbishop: 1142 to 3 Feb 1168)
Archambaud de Troyes † (Archbishop: 959 to 29 Aug 968)
Clément Villecourt † (Priest: 1832 to 1 Feb 1836)
S. Anastase † (Archbishop: 968 to 7 Jan 978)
Daimbert † (Archbishop: 1098 to 28 Nov 1122)
Gelduin † (Archbishop: 18 Oct 1032 to 1049)
Gerlan , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 941 to 5 Aug 954)
Guglielmo , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 932 to 14 Aug 938)
Hildeman , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 12 Sep 954 to 5 Aug 959)
Léotheric † (Archbishop: 1000 to 26 Jun 1032)
Mainard (Ménard) † (Archbishop: Nov 1049 to 12 Mar 1062)
Richer † (Archbishop: 1062 to 27 Dec 1096)
Séguin † (Archbishop: 10 Jan 977 to 17 Oct 999)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Sens
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 447, and Page 448
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 235
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 298
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 313
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 353
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 376
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 342
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 628, to Page 630

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