Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais

Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon and Senlis Dioecesis Bellovacensis, Noviomensis et Silvanectensis Diocèse de Beauvais - Noyon - Senlis
St. Peter's Cathedral, Beauvais
Location
Country	France
Territory	Oise
Ecclesiastical province	Reims
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Reims
Statistics
Area	5,855 km2 (2,261 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 804,100 714,000 (88.8%)
Parishes	45
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	3rd century
Cathedral	St. Peter's Cathedral, Beauvais
Patron saint	St. Lucian of Beauvais
Secular priests	123 (diocesan) 30 (religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jacques Benoit-Gonnin, Comm. l'Emm.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thierry Jordan
Map
Website
oise.catholique.fr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais (Lat:Diocesis Bellovacensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese encompasses the department of Oise in the Region of Picardie. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims. The current bishop is Jacques Benoit-Gonnin, appointed in 2010.

History

The diocese of Beauvais was traditionally founded by St. Lucian (Lucianus, Lucien) in the 3rd century. After 1013 the Bishops were simultaneously Counts of Beauvais, and one of the Peers of France. The Bishop had a role in the coronation ceremony of the French king, and played a role in politics; Roger II died during the First Crusade, Philip of Dreux was a participant in the Third Crusade and the Battle of Bouvines, and Pierre Cauchon was involved in the trial of Joan of Arc.

The diocese was abolished during the French Revolution, and was recreated as part of the Diocese of Amiens in 1802. Beauvais was re-established in 1822, and the Diocese of Beauvais-Noyon–Senlis was created in 1851, comprising the territories of all three formerly separate dioceses. Beauvais Cathedral serves as the seat of the new diocese.

Bishops of Beauvais

Roman and Medieval Period

800–1100

1100–1300

Harvey and Roger, two 10th cent. Bishops of Beauvais, panel from the binding of a Pontifical in the cathedral of Beauvais

Fourteenth Century

• Simon II of Clermont-Nesle (1301–1312/13), previously Bishop of Noyon son of Simon II of Clermont, Seigneur of Nesle
• Jean de Marigny (1313–1347), later Archbishop of Rouen, Lord Chancellor of France (1329), brother of Enguerrand de Marigny
• William Bertran (1347–1356), previously Bishop of Bayeux, brother of Robert VIII Bertrand de Bricquebec
• Philippe of Alençon (1356–1360), later Archbishop of Rouen, son of Charles II of Alençon
• Cardinal John of Dormans (1360–1368), previously Bishop of Lisieux, Lord Chancellor of France (1357-1371), created cardinal in 1368, resigned shortly after (died in 1373)
• John of Augerant (1368–1375), previously Bishop of Chartres
• Milo of Dormans (1375–1387), previously Bishop of Angers and previously Bishop of Bayeux, President-Clerk of the Court of Finances of Paris (1376-1380), Lord Chancellor of France (1380-1383), son of Guillaume de Dormans and nephew of Jean de Dormans (above)
• William of Vienne (1387–1388), previously Bishop of Autun, later Archbishop of Rouen
• Thomas of Estouteville (1388–1395), relative of Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville, brother of Bishop Guillaume d'Estouteville Ier
• Louis of Orléans (1395–1397), previously Bishop of Poitiers, son of Philip, Duke of Orléans who is the fifth son of King Philip VI of France, died in Jerusalem 1397

Fifteenth Century

• Peter of Savoisy (1398–1412), previously Bishop of Le Mans
• Bernard of Chevenon (1413–1420), previously Bishop of Amiens
• Pierre Cauchon (1420–1432), condemned St.Joan of Arc, later Bishop of Lisieux
• Jean Juvenal des Ursins^[1] (1433–1444), later Bishop of Laon, later Archbishop of Reims
• Guillaume d’Hellande (1444–1462)
• Jean de Bar (1462–1488)

Sixteenth Century

• Louis de Villiers (1497–1521), the last prelate elected, hereinafter the prelates are appointed by the King of France
• Antoine Lascaris de Tende (1523–1530), previously Bishop of Riez, later Bishop of Limoges, and later again Bishop of Riez
• Charles de Villiers (1530–1535), previously Bishop of Limoges
• Cardinal Odet de Coligny de Châtillon (Administrator, 1535–1563), Cardinal (1533-1563), son of Marshal of France Gaspard I de Coligny, brother of Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny, converted to Calvinism, deprived of all his offices and benefices, and excommunicated on 31 March 1563
• Cardinal Charles de Bourbon (1569–1575), son of Charles, Duke of Vendôme, supported by the French Holy League as rightful King of France
• Nicolas Fumée (1575–1593), previously Abbot of Saint-Pierre de la Couture, chaplain to the King of France

Seventeenth Century

• René Potier (1596–1616), Grand Aumônier of Queen Anne of Austria
• Augustin Potier (1617–1650), Grand Aumônier of Queen Anne of Austria, nephew of René Potier (above)
• Nicolas Choart de Buzenval (1651–1679)^[2]
• Cardinal Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (1679–1713)

Eighteenth Century

• François Honoré Antoine de Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan (1713–1728), previously Abbot of Saint-Germer-de-Fly, resigned from throne due to supposed incompetence, later Commendatory Abbot of the Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille
• Cardinal Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres (1728–1772)
• François-Joseph de la Rochefoucauld (1772–1792), defended the rights of the First Estate at the Estates-General of 1789, arrested and imprisoned, killed by a mob along with his brother, Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers.

French Revolution

• Jean-Baptiste Massieu (1802–1805)

1823–present

• Claude-Louis de Lesquen (1823–1825), later Bishop of Rennes
• François Hyacinthe Jean Feutrier (1825–1830)
• Jean-Louis-Simon Lemercier (1832–1838)
• Pierre-Marie Cottret (1838–1841)
• Joseph-Armand Gignoux (1842–1878)
• François Edouard Hasley (1878–1880)
• Désiré-Joseph Dennel (1880–1884), later Bishop of Arras
• Joseph-Maxence Peronne (1884–1892)
• Frédéric Fuzet (1892–1900), later Archbishop of Rouen
• Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais (1900–1915)
• Eugène-Stanislas Le Senne (1915–1937), died 14th of March, 1937
• Félix Roeder (1937–1955), retired 21st of February, 1955
• Pierre-Mararie Lacointe (1955–1965), died 23rd of April, 1965
• Stéphane Émile Alfred Desmazières (1965–1978), retired 20th of September, 1978
• Jacques André Marie Jullien (1978–1984), later Coadjutor-Archbishop of Rennes, 21st of May, 1984
• Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy (1985–1995), retired 13th of May, 1995
• Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (1995–2002), later Archbishop of Montpellier, August 28th, 2002
• Jean-Paul James (2003-2009), later Bishop of Nantes
• Jacques Benoit-Gonnin, current occupant since 18th of March, 2010

References

Bibliography

Reference works

• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.  pp. 510-512. (Use with caution; obsolete)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  (in Latin) p. 132.
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Studies

• Delettre, André (1843). Histoire du Diocèse de Beauvais, depuis son établissement au 3me siècle jusqu'au 2 septembre 1792 (in French). Beauvais: Desjardins. 
• Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 (in French). Paris: A. Picard. pp. 454–458. 
• Pisani, Paul (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802). (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. 
• Sainte-Marthe, Denis de (1751). Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa... De provincia Remensi, ejusque metropoli ac suffraganeis, Suessionensi, Laudunensi, Bellovacensi, Catalaunensi ac Noviomensi ecclesiis. 9 (in Latin). Tomus nonus (IX). Paris: Typographia Regia. pp. 691–855. 

External links

• Diocese of Beauvais. Official site. (French) Retrieved: 2016-09-01.
• Georges Goyau. "Beauvais." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. Retrieved: 2016-09-01.
• David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy, Diocese of Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis. Retrieved: 2016-09-01.

Coordinates: 49°25′55″N 2°04′52″E / 49.432°N 2.08118°E / 49.432; 2.08118