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Diocese of Digne, France 🇫🇷

Celebrations

History

  • 400: Established as Diocese of Digne (français) / Digione (Italiano) / Dinien(sis) (Latin)
  • 794: Became suffragan of Embrun
  • 1801.11.29: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aix, gained territory from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Embrun, Diocese of Apt, Diocese of Gap, Diocese of Glandèves, Diocese of Riez, Diocese of Senez and Diocese of Sisteron and became suffragan of Aix
  • 1822.10.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gap
  • 1916.02.15: Gained title of Sisteron and Riez
  • 2002.12.08: Became suffragan of Marseille

United Titles

  • Riez (1916.02.15 – ...)
  • Sisteron (1916.02.15 – ...)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Digne (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emmanuel Gobilliard (56)Bishop Emmanuel Gobilliard (56)
(2022.10.15 – ...)

Bishop of Digne (France)

Sa miséricorde s’étend d’âge en âge

Born:1968.02.18 (Saumur, France)
Ordained Priest:1997.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2016.09.11

Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay (France) (1997.06.29 – 2016.06.16)

Titular Bishop of Carpentras (2016.06.16 – 2022.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) (2016.06.16 – 2022.10.15)

Bishop of Digne (France) (2022.10.15 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Philippe Nault, S.J.M.V. (59)Bishop Jean-Philippe Nault, S.J.M.V. (59)
(2014.11.07 – 2022.03.09)

Bishop of Nice (France)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:1965.04.13 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:1998.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2015.01.17

Bishop of Digne (France) (2014.11.07 – 2022.03.09)

Bishop of Nice (France) (2022.03.09 – ...)

Bishop François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau (85)Bishop François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau (85)
(1997.11.10 – 2014.11.07)

Bishop emeritus of Digne (France)

Vitam abundantius

Born:1939.07.07 (Maillé, France)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1998.01.25

Priest of Luçon (France) (1965.06.28 – 1997.11.10)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1997.11.10 – 2014.11.07)

Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier (81)Bishop Georges Paul Pontier (81) (later Archbishop)
(1988.02.02 – 1996.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France)

Pauperes evangelizantur / La bonne nouvelle est annoncée aux pauvres

Bishop Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé
(1980.12.01 – 1987.06.02)

Born:1925.03.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:1951.10.21
Consecrated Bishop:1972.10.15
Died:2017.09.27 († 92)

Bishop of Monaco (Monaco) (1972.06.27 – 1980.12.01)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1980.12.01 – 1987.06.02)

Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M.
(1958.12.21 – 1980)

Born:1905.05.09
Ordained Priest:1934.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1949.10.02
Died:1985.04.27 († 79)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt) (1949.05.26 – 1952.01.18)

Titular Bishop of Dura (1949.05.26 – 1958.12.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt) (1952.01.18 – 1958.12.21)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1958.12.21 – 1980)

Bishop Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin
(1923.12.23 – 1958.12.20)

Born:1874.05.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1924.03.20
Died:1958.12.20 († 84)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1923.12.23 – 1958.12.20)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel
(1917.11.27 – 1923.03.17)

Born:1860.09.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:1885.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1918.02.02
Died:1923.03.17 († 62)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1917.11.27 – 1923.03.17)

Bishop LĂ©on-Adophe Lenfant
(1915.06.01 – 1917.08.06)

Born:1858.01.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:1881.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:1915.09.08
Died:1917.08.06 († 59)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1915.06.01 – 1917.08.06)

Bishop Dominique Castellan (later Archbishop)
(1906.07.13 – 1915.05.26)

Born:1856.08.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:1880.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1906.08.26
Died:1936.05.12 († 79)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1906.07.13 – 1915.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) (1915.05.26 – 1936.05.12)

Bishop Jean Hazera
(1897.04.19 – 1905.06.17)

Born:1837.12.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:1862.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1897.09.05
Died:1905.06.17 († 67)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1897.04.14] 1897.04.19 – 1905.06.17)

Archbishop Pierre-Paul Servonnet
(1889.05.27 – 1897.04.19)

Born:1830.12.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:1854.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1889.07.25
Died:1909.10.18 († 78)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1889.04.24] 1889.05.27 – 1897.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) ([1897.04.15] 1897.04.19 – 1909.10.18)

Bishop Henri-Abel Mortier
(1887.05.26 – 1889.01.27)

Born:1825.08.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:1848.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1887.07.24
Died:1889.01.27 († 63)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1887.04.16] 1887.05.26 – 1889.01.27)

Bishop Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot
(1885.03.27 – 1887.05.26)

Born:1831.10.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:1856.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:1885.05.26
Died:1889.08.09 († 57)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1885.01.13] 1885.03.27 – 1887.05.26)

Bishop of Bayonne (France) ([1887.04.16] 1887.05.26 – 1889.08.09)

Archbishop Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne
(1880.02.27 – 1885.03.27)

In vinculis caritatis

Born:1826.12.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:1850.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1876.05.27
Died:1895.11.09 († 68)

Bishop of Oran (Algeria) ([1876.03.01] 1876.04.03 – 1880.02.27)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1880.01.30] 1880.02.27 – 1885.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France) ([1885.01.13] 1885.03.27 – 1895.11.09)

Bishop Marie-Julien Meirieu
(1848.12.11 – 1880.01)

Born:1800.11.25 (France)
Ordained Priest:1824.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1849.02.24
Died:1884.07.09 († 83)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1848.09.28] 1848.12.11 – 1880.01)

Bishop Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour (later Archbishop)
(1839.12.23 – 1848.07.10)

Major autem horum est caritas

Born:1792.04.04 (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France)
Ordained Priest:1818.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1840.02.25
Died:1857.01.03 († 64)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1839.09.28] 1839.12.23 – 1848.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) ([1848.07.10] 1848.09.11 – 1857.01.03)

Bishop François-Melchior-Charles-Bienvenu de Miollis
(1805.12.23 – 1838.08.31)

Born:1753.06.19 (France)
Ordained Priest:1777.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1806.04.13
Died:1843.06.27 († 90)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1805.08.28] 1805.12.23 – 1838.08.31)

Archbishop Irénée-Yves Desolle
(1802.07.05 – 1805.03.22)

Certa fulgent sidera

Born:1744.05.19 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1802.07.11
Died:1824.12.31 († 80)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1802.04.29] 1802.07.05 – 1805.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) ([1805.01.30] 1805.03.22 – 1817.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) (1817.12.07 – 1823.11.11)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste de Villeneuve
(1791 – 1793▼)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1791 – 1793▼)

Bishop François du Mouchet de Villedieu
(1784.07.18 – 1801)

Born:1731.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1784.07.18
Died:1823.08.10 († 91)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1784.07.18 – 1801)

Bishop Pierre-Paul du Caylar
(1758.04.16 – 1784.12.15)

Born:1716.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1758.04.16
Died:1784.12.15 († 68)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1758.04.16 – 1784.12.15)

Bishop Louis-Sextius de Jarente de La Bruyère
(1747.09.27 – 1758.01.29)

Born:1706.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:1747.09.17
Died:1788.05.28 († 81)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1747.09.27 – 1758.01.29)

Bishop of Orléans (France) (1758.01.29 – 1788.05.28)

Bishop Jean-Louis du Lau
(1742.10.21 – 1746.09.15)

Consecrated Bishop:1742.10.21
Died:1746.09.15

Bishop of Digne (France) (1742.10.21 – 1746.09.15)

Bishop Antoine Amable de Feydeau
(1730.09.24 – 1741.12.03)

Born:1659.09.29
Ordained Priest:1683.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1730.09.24
Died:1741.12.03 († 82)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1730.09.24 – 1741.12.03)

Bishop Henri de Pujet
(1708.04.07 – 1728.01.22)

Consecrated Bishop:1710.03.09
Died:1728.01.22

Bishop of Digne (France) (1708.04.07 – 1728.01.22)

Bishop François Le Tellier
(1677.10.09 – 1708.02.11)

Born:1630.11.04
Ordained Priest:1657.06
Consecrated Bishop:1678.05.15
Died:1708.02.11 († 77)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1677.10.09 – 1708.02.11)

Bishop Henri-FĂ©lix de Tassy
(1675.09 – 1677.06.18)

Born:1641.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:1676.12.06
Died:1711.11.10 († 70)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1675.09 – 1677.06.18)

Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône (France) (1678 – 1711.11.10)

Bishop Jean de Vintimille du Luc
(1669.09 – 1675.09)

Consecrated Bishop:1670.09.21
Died:1682.11.15

Bishop of Digne (France) (1669.09 – 1675.09)

Bishop of Toulon (France) (1675.09 – 1682.11.15)

Bishop-elect Armand Jean de Rotondy de Biscaras
(1668.08.03 – 1669.08.05)

Ordained Priest:1664.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:1669.10.20
Died:1702.02.15

Bishop of Digne (France) (1668.08.03 – 1669.08.05)

Bishop of Lodève (France) (1669.08.05 – 1671)

Bishop of Béziers (France) (1672.02.22 – 1702.02.15)

Bishop Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (later Cardinal)
(1664 – 1668.07.09)

Bishop Raphaël de Boulogne
(1628.02 – 1664.04.14)

Born:1590.04
Died:1664.04.14 († 74)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1628.02 – 1664.04.14)

Bishop Louis de Boulogne
(1615.09.24 – 1628.02)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1615.09.24 – 1628.02)

Bishop Antoine de Boulogne
(1602.06.10 – 1615.09.24)

Consecrated Bishop:1602.06.09
Died:1615.09.24

Bishop of Digne (France) (1602.06.10 – 1615.09.24)

Bishop Claude Coquelet
(1587 – 1602)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1587 – 1602)

Bishop Henri Le Meignen
(1568.03.17 – 1587)

Born:1518
Died:1605.06.30 († 86)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1568.03.17 – 1587)

Bishop Antoine HĂ©rouet
(1553.02.06 – 1567.12)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1553.02.06 – 1567.12)

Bishop Antoine Olivier
(1546.02.26 – 1552.09.12)

Consecrated Bishop:1548.02.19
Died:1560.02.17

Bishop of Digne (France) (1546.02.26 – 1552.09.12)

Bishop of Lombez (France) (1552.09.12 – 1560.02.17)

Bishop Chérubin d’Orsière
(1536.08.04 – 1545)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1536.08.04 – 1545)

Bishop François de Guiramand
(1513 – 1536.06.01)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1513 – 1536.06.01)

Bishop Antoine de Guiramand
(1479.08? – 1513?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1479.08? – 1513?)

Bishop Conrad de La Croix
(1466.07.24 – 1479.08)

Consecrated Bishop:1466.10.05
Died:1479.08

Bishop of Digne (France) (1466.07.24 – 1479.08)

Bishop Pierre Turelure
(1445 – 1466.07.22)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1445 – 1466.07.22)

Cardinal Guillaume d’Estouteville
(1439.09.25 – 1445.09.11)

Bishop Pierre de Versailles
(1432? – 1439.10.09)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1432? – 1439.10.09)

Bishop of Meaux (France) (1439.10.09 – 1446.11.11)

Bishop Bertrand Raoul
(1409 – 1432.02.26)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1409 – 1432.02.26)

Bishop Nicolas de Corbaire
(1397.06.04 – 1406.03.05)

Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) (1382.07.02 – 1397.06.04▼)

Bishop of Valva (Italy) (1382.07.02 – 1397.06.04▼)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1397.06.04 – 1406.03.05)

Bishop Bertrand de Seguret
(1362 – 1385?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1362 – 1385?)

Bishop Jean Peissoni
(1341 – 1362)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1341 – 1362)

Bishop Elzéar de Villeneuve
(1334.10.10 – 1341.10.07)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1334.10.10 – 1341.10.07)

Bishop Guillaume Ebrard
(1326 – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1326 – ?)

Bishop Guillaume de Sabran
(1324 – 1325?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1324 – 1325?)

Bishop Armand de Vernon
(1318 – 1324.01.25)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1318 – 1324.01.25)

Bishop of Nîmes (France) (1324.01.25 – 1324)

Bishop Renaud des Porcelets
(1302? – 1318?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1302? – 1318?)

Bishop Hugues
(1297 – 1299)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1297 – 1299)

Bishop Guillaume des Porcelets
(1289.12.02 – 1295)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1289.12.02 – 1295)

Bishop Bonifatius
(1248 – 1278.05.25)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1248 – 1278.05.25)

Bishop Amblard
(1247 – 1248)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1247 – 1248)

Bishop Hugues de Laon
(1233 – 1242)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1233 – 1242)

Bishop Lantelme
(1210 – 1232.10.06)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1210 – 1232.10.06)

Bishop Walon de Dampierre
(? – 1209)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – 1209)

Bishop Ismidon
(? – 1206?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – 1206?)

Bishop Bertrand de Turriers
(? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – ?)

Bishop Guigue de Revel
(1184 – 1185)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1184 – 1185)

Bishop Guillaume de Bénévent (later Archbishop)
(1179? – 1189)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1179? – 1189)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Embrun (France) (1189 – 1208)

Bishop Pierre de Droilla
(? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – ?)

Bishop Hugues
(? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – ?)

Bishop Hugues de Vars
(? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – ?)

Bishop Pietro Hesmido
(1150? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1150? – ?)

Bishop Gui
(1146? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1146? – ?)

Bishop Laugier
(1070? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1070? – ?)

Bishop Hugues
(1038 – 1068?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1038 – 1068?)

Bishop Bernardo
(1028? – 1038)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1028? – 1038)

Bishop Emin
(? – 1025?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (? – 1025?)

Bishop Memorialis
(463? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (463? – ?)

Bishop Superventor
(442 – 451)

Bishop of Digne (France) (442 – 451)

Bishop Nectarius
(439.11 – 455)

Bishop of Digne (France) (439.11 – 455)

Saint Bishop Vincent de Digne
(374? – ?)

Bishop of Digne (France) (374? – ?)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Domnin de Digne
(364 – 379)

Bishop of Digne (France) (364 – 379)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,925 km²

Population: 117,100 Catholics (70.8% of 165,451 total)

Pastoral Centres: 198 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (30 diocesan, 4 religious), 8 deacons, 83 religious (30 brothers, 53 sisters), 3 seminarians