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Diocese of Rodez (–Vabres)
Dioecesis Ruthenensis (–Vabrensis)
Diocèse de Rodez (–Vabres)
Rodez Cathedral
Rodez Cathedral
Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Toulouse
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse
Statistics
Area 8,743 km2 (3,376 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2022)
279,595 (est.)
273,595 (est.) (97.9%)
Parishes 36
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th century (As Diocese of Rodez)
27 May 1875 (As Diocese of Rodez-Vabres)
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Rodez
Patron saint St. Amandus
Secular priests 77 (Diocesan)
11 (Religious Orders)
12 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop elect Luc Meyer
Metropolitan Archbishop Guy de Kerimel
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

Diocese of Rodez — The Diocese of Rodez (–Vabres) (Latin: Dioecesis Ruthenensis (–Vabrensis); French: Diocèse de Rodez (–Vabres)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1] The episcopal see is in Rodez. The diocese corresponds exactly to the Department of Aveyron (formerly Rouergue). Since 7 July 2022, the bishop of Rodez have been Luc Meyer, who was appointed by Pope Francis.

Originally erected in the 5th century, the Diocese of Rodez lost territory when the Diocese of Vabres was created by Pope John XXII on 11 July 1317. In 1801, the diocese was suppressed and its territory split and merged with the Diocese of Cahors and the Diocese of Saint-Flour.

In 1817, the diocese was restored and given jurisdiction over the ancient Diocese of Rodez, with the exception of (1) the deanery of Saint Antonin, which was incorporated with the Diocese of Montauban; (2) the ancient Diocese of Vabres; and (3) a few scattered communes of the Diocese of Cahors.

It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bourges until 1676,[2] then of the Archdiocese of Albi, until 2002, when the diocese became a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse.

In 2022, in the Diocese of Rodez there was one priest for every 3,109 Catholics.

Foundation

Modern tradition attributes to St. Martial the foundation of the church of Rodez and the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ceignac, for according to Cardinal Bourret, the church of Rodez honoured St. Martial as early as the sixth century. There were evidently bishops of Rodez before 475, since Sidonius Apollinaris, in a letter of AD 475, mentions that the Goths left it at that date without bishops.[3]

Middle Ages

Vabres

The Benedictine Abbey of Vabres, founded in 862 by Raymond I, Count of Toulouse.[4] In 1061 or 1062 the abbey was in such a state of decay both in personnel and good order that its abbot, Deusdedit, arranged for it to submit itself to the control of the Abbey of S. Victor in Marseille; the abbot may have been encouraged or ordered by Pope Nicholas II to do so.[5] The abbey and its territory was raised to episcopal rank in 1317, and its diocesan territory was taken from the southeastern portion of the Diocese of Rodez.[6]

Some scholars hold that within the limits of the modern Diocese of Rodez there existed in Merovingian times the See of Arisitum which, according to Louis Duchesne, was in the neighbourhood of Alais.

Conques

The Diocese of Rodez is famous also through the Abbey of Conques and the cult of Saint Faith (Sainte Foy). Some Christians, flying from the Saracens about 730, sought a refuge in the "Val Rocheux" of the Dourdou and built an oratory there. In 790 the hermit Dadon made this his abode and aided by Louis the Pious, then King of Aquitaine, founded an abbey, which Louis named Conques. In 838 Pepin, King of Aquitaine, gave the monastery of Figeac to Conques. Between 877 and 883 the monks carried off the body of the youthful martyr Faith or Foy from the monastery of Sainte Foy to Conques, where it became the object of a great pilgrimage.

Abbot Odolric built the abbey church between 1030 and 1060; on the stonework over the doorway is carved the most artistic representation in France of the Last Judgment. Abbot Begon (1099–1118) enriched Conques with a superb reliquary of beaten gold and cloisonne's enamels of a kind extremely rare in France. Pope Paschal II gave him permission for the name of Sainte-Foy to be inserted in the Canon of the Mass after the names of the Roman virgins. At this time Conques, with Agen and Schelestadt in Alsace, was the centre of the cult of Saint Faith which soon spread to England, Spain, and America. The statue of St. Faith seated, which dates from the tenth century, was originally a small wooden one covered with gold leaf. In time, gems, enamels, and precious stones were added in such quantities that it is a living treatise on the history of the goldsmiths' art in France between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. It was known during the Middle Ages as the "Majesté de Sainte Foy". The shrine enclosing the relics of the saint, which in 1590 was hidden in the masonry connecting the pillars of the choir of the abbey church, was rediscovered in 1875, repaired, transferred to the cathedral of Rodez for a novena, and brought back to Conques, a distance of 40 km, on the shoulders of the clergy.[7]

Other monastic foundations

The Cistercian Abbeys of Silbanès, Beaulieu, Loc-Dieu, Bonneval, and Bonnecombe were model-farms during the Middle Ages. Attacked by brigands in the Rouergue country on his way to Santiago di Compostella, Adalard, Viscount of Flanders, erected in 1031 a monastery known as the Domerie d'Aubrac, a special order of priests, knights, lay brothers, ladies, and lay sisters for the care and protection of travellers. At Milhau, Rodez, Nazac, and Bozouls, hospitals, styled "Commanderies", of this order of Aubrac adopted the rule of St. Augustine in 1162.

The Franciscans had four houses, at Rodez, Villefranche, Millau, and Saint-Antonin. The Carmelites had two houses, at Millau, and Saint-Antonin. The Benedictines had two houses, at Sévérac-le-Chateau and at Rieupayroux. The Carthusians had two houses, at Rodez and at Villefranche. The Capuchins had four houses, at Rodez, Villefranche, Millau, and Saint-Antonin. There were Augustinian Canons at Villefranche and Saint-Geniès-d'Olt.[8]

Town of Rodez

During the Middle Ages the Bishop of Rodez held temporal dominion over that portion of the town known as the Cité while in the eleventh century the Bourg became the County of Rodez. Until the expulsion of the English, the Rouergue was subject to the ducs de Guyenne, who were kings of England.[9] In 1770 the Bishop was the Count of Rodez, and was possessed of high, middle and low justice.[10] In 1770 the town itself had a population of around 5,000 persons, and was divided into two parishes, Saint-Amans (with 2,800 inhabitants) and Saint Martin-des-Près, in addition to the Cathedral parish.[11] The cathedral of Rodez (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) is a beautiful Gothic building, famous for its belfry (1510–26) and unique rood-beam. The design of the façade is attributed to Guillaume Philandrier, who had been secretary of Bishop Georges d'Armagnac, and who had been given a Canonry in the cathedral. It was spared during the Revolution for dedication to Marat. In 1772 the Cathedral Chapter was composed of twenty-five Canons, including 4 Archdeacons (Rodez, Millau, Saint-Antonin and Conques[12]), a Sacristan, a Master of the Works, and the Precentor. There were twenty-five choral vicars, 4 hebdomidaires, a sub-cantor, and twenty-five choristers.[13] The primary education of young children in the town was in the hands of four members of the Brothers of Christian Doctrine.[14]

There were also eleven collegiate churches in the diocese, each with Canons:[15]

  • Villefranche (a Provost, Sacristan, ten canons).
  • Saint-Foy de Conques (twenty canons, including the Abbot commendatory, Provost, Dean, Sacristan, Precentor, Treasurer, and Primicier).
  • Saint-Christophe (Prior and eleven Canons).
  • Varen (Dean, Sacristan, eight canons, two prebendaries).
  • Mur-de-Barrès (Dean, Sacristan, ten canons, two hebdomidaires, and ten prebendaries).
  • Salles-Curan (six canons and two clerics), founded by Bishop Delatour.
  • Saint-Léons (Prior and ten canons).
  • Lapanouse (five priests named by the Archdeacon of Rodez).
  • Saint-Laurent-d'Olt (seven members).
  • Saint-Antonin (twelve canons-regular and twelve secular prebendaries).
  • Aubrac (twelve to fourteen canons-regular).

Early modern period

The town of Millau (Milhau or Milhaud) adopted Calvinism in 1534, and in 1573 and 1620 was the scene of two large assemblies of Protestant deputies.[16] It was at Millau in the summer of 1574 that Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588) was elected 'Protector' of the Calvinist community in France (chef et gouverneur général des églises de France), beginning the Fifth War of Religion. There was, for a time, a Protestant college in Millau. In 1629 Milhau and Saint-Afrique, another Protestant stronghold, were taken and dismantled by order of Louis XIII.[17]

In 1628 a plague at Villefranche carried off 8000 inhabitants within six months; Father Ambroise, a Franciscan, and the chief of police Jean de Pomayrol saved the lives of many little children by causing them to bo suckled by goats.

In 1772, at the end of the Ancien Regime, the Diocese of Rodez had about 275,500 inhabitants. It was composed of 475 parishes and 66 annexes (churches maintained for the convenience of parishioners who lived too far from the parish church); they were divided into 48 districts, each with a Vicar Forane (supervisory priest) who was generally resident in the principal village of his district.[18]

Bishops of Rodez

to 1200

Sede vacante
  • Faraldus: (attested in 838)[29]
  • Elissachar: (attested in 862)[30]
  • Aymar (Adhemar)[31]
  • Frotardus (attested 887)[32]
  • Gausbertus[33]
  • Deusdedit: (922)[34]
  • Georgius (Jorius)
  • Adhemar (Hacmar)
  • Mengafrid (Manfroi): (attested in 942)[35]
  • Stephanus (attested in 946, 964, 966)[36]
  • Deodatus: (attested in 961, 974 and 1004)[37]
  • Begon: (? )[38]
  • Arnaldus: (attested 1028, 1030)[39]
  • Geraldus (Geraud): (attested in 1034, 1037)[40]
  • Peter Berenger of Narbonne (before 1053 – 1079)[41]
  • Pontius Stephani: (1079 – after 1082)[42]
  • Raymond de Frotard: (attested in 1095)
  • Adhemar: (died between 1138 and 1144)[43]
  • N.: (ruled 3 years; deposed by Pope Eugene III
  • Pierre: (attested 1146 to 1164)[44]
  • Hugues de Rodez: (ca 1162 – 1214)[45]

from 1200 to 1600

  • Pierre de Treille: (1 July 1211 –?)[46]
  • B.[47]
  • A.[48]
  • Berengarius Centulli: (12 December 1246 –? )
  • Vivianus: (by 15 March 1247 – 1274)[49]
  • Raymond de Calomonte: (23 October 1274 – c. 1298)[50]
  • Bernardus de Monastier: (1298–1299)
  • Gasto de Cornet (Cornon): (1300–1301)
  • Petrus Pleine-Chassagne: (1302–1318)
  • Petrus de Castelnau: (1318–1336)[51]
  • Bernardus d'Albi: (1336–1338)
  • Girbertus de Cantabrio: (27 January 1339 – 1348/1349)
  • Raymond d'Aigrefeuille: (17 June 1349 – 1361)
  • Faydite d'Aigrefeuille: (2 August 1361 – 18 July 1371)[52]
  • Jean de Cardillac: (18 July 1371 – ) Administrator
  • Bertrand Raffin: (24 January 1379 – 1385) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Henri de Senery (Senry): (18 May 1385 – 1397) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Guillaume d'Ortolan:[53] (25 May 1397 – 1417) (Appointed by Benedict XIII)
  • Vitalis de Mauléon: (31 December 1417 – 1429) (Appointed by Benedict XIII)
  • Guillaume de la Tour: (16 March 1429 – )[54]
  • Bertrand de Chalançon: (22 April 1457 – 1494)[55]
  • Bertrand de Polignac: (2 June 1494 – 2 November 1501).
  • Charles de Tournon: 1501 – 1504)[56]
  • François d'Estaing (de Stagno): (21 October 1504 – 1 November 1529)[57]
  • Georges d'Armagnac: (1529 Appointed – 1536):[58]
  • Jacques de Corneillan: (27 June 1561 – 1580)[59]
  • François de Corneillan: (12 October 1580 – 1605)

from 1600

  • Bernardin de Corneillan: (9 August 1605 – 1647)[60]
  • Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont: (22 Apr 1648 Appointed – 30 Jul 1662) (Appointed Archbishop of Paris)
  • Louis Abelly: (9 June 1664 – 1666)[61]
  • Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson: (1666 Appointed – 11 Oct 1682 Died)[62]
  • Paul-Louis-Philippe de Lézay de Lusignan: (1684 – 25 Feb 1716 Died)[63]
  • Jean Armand de la Voue de Tourouvre: (8 June 1718 – 18 September 1733)[64]
...
  • Jean d'Yse (d'Ize) de Saléon: (11 April 1736 – 19 December 1746)[65]
  • Charles de Grimaldi d'Antibes: (19 December 1746 – 10 Mar 1770 Died)[66]
  • Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé: (6 August 1770 – 30 March 1781)[67]
  • Seignelay Colbert de Castle Hill: (2 Apr 1781 – 1801 refused the concordat of 1801)[68] and https://colbertdecastlehill.com/)
...
Claude Debertier (1791–1801) (Constitutional Bishop of Averyon)[69]
  • Charles-André-Toussaint-Bruno de Ramond-Lalande: (8 Aug 1817 Appointed – 9 Jan 1830 Appointed, Archbishop of Sens)
  • Pierre Giraud (9 Jan 1830 Appointed – 2 Dec 1841) (Appointed Archbishop of Cambrai)
  • Jean-François Crozier (22 Feb 1842 Appointed – 2 Apr 1855 Died)
  • Louis-Auguste Delalle (30 Aug 1855 Appointed – 6 Jun 1871 Died)
  • Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret,[70] C.O.: (19 Jul 1871 Appointed – 10 Jul 1896 Died)
  • Jean-Augustin Germain (14 Apr 1897 Appointed – 7 Dec 1899 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse)
  • Louis-Eugène Francqueville (7 Dec 1899 Appointed – 9 Dec 1905 Died)
  • Charles du Pont de Ligonnès (21 Feb 1906 Appointed – 5 Feb 1925 Died)
  • Charles Challiol (15 May 1925 Appointed – 11 Mar 1948 Died)
  • Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois (8 Jul 1948 Appointed – 10 Jun 1954 Appointed, Archbishop of Besançon)
  • Jean-Ernest Ménard (23 Jan 1955 Appointed – 28 Jun 1973 Died)
  • Roger Joseph Bourrat (30 May 1974 Appointed – 1 Jun 1991 Resigned)
  • Bellino Giusto Ghirard (1 Jun 1991 Appointed – 2 April 2011 Retired)
  • François Fonlupt[71] (2 April 2011 Appointed – 11 June 2021 Appointed, Archbishop of Avignon)
  • Luc Meyer (7 July 2022 Appointed – Present)

Saints

Among Saints specially honoured in the Diocese of Rodez and Vabres are:

  • Tarsicia, daughter of Ansbert of Moselle and Blithides of France, granddaughter of Chlothar I and of Radegunda, who retired to the Rouergue to lead an ascetic life (sixth century);[72]
  • Africanus,[73] wrongly styled Bishop of Comminges, who died in the Rouergue (sixth century);
  • Hilarian, martyred by the Moors in the time of Charlemagne (eighth and ninth century);
  • Guasbert, founder and first abbot of the monastery of Montsalvy in the modern Diocese of St. Flour (eleventh century).

The chief shrines of the diocese are: Notre Dame de Ceignac, an ancient shrine rebuilt and enlarged in 1455, which over 15,000 pilgrims visited annually before World War I; Notre Dame du Saint Voile at Coupiac, another ancient shrine; Notre Dame des Treize Pierres at Villefranche, a pilgrimage site dating from 1509.

Natives

Among natives of the diocese are:

  • Dieudonné de Gozon (d. 1353) and Jean Parisot de Valette (1494–1568), Grand Masters of the order of St. John of Jerusalem; famous for their defence of Malta.
  • Frassinous (1765–1841), preacher and minister of worship under the Restoration.
  • Pierre Laromiguière (1736–1837), philosopher.
  • Denis Auguste Affre (1793–1848), born at Saint-Rome-de-Tarn and, while Archbishop of Paris, accidentally shot at the Barricades in 1848, despite clear warnings of the danger.

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez et Vabres is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[74]

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Diocese of Rodez — (RUTHENAE)

The Diocese of Rodez was united to the Diocese of Cahors by the Concordat of 1802, and again became an episcopal see by the Concordat of 1817 and Bull of 1822, having jurisdiction over: (1) the ancient Diocese of Rodez with the exception of the deanery of Saint Antonin, incorporated with the Diocese of Montauban; (2) the ancient Diocese of Vabres; (3) a few scattered communes of the Diocese of Cahors. The Diocese of Rodez corresponds exactly to the Department of Aveyron (formerly Rouergue). It was suffragan of Bourges until 1676, then of Albi, and has again been suffragan of Aibi since 1822. Modern tradition attributes to St. Martial the foundation of the church of Rodez and the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ceignac, for according to Cardinal Bourret, the church of Rodez honoured St. Martial as early as the sixth century (see Limoges). There were bishops of Rodez before 675, as Sidonius Apollinaris mentions that the Goths left it at that date without bishops. Amantius, who ruled about the end of the fifth century, is the first bishop mentioned. Among others are: S. Quintianua who assisted at the Councils of Agde (508) and Orléans (511), afterwards Bishop of Clermont; 8. Dalmatius (524-80); S. Gausbert (tenth century), probably a Bishop of Cahors; Jean de Cardaillac (1371-9); Patriarch of Alexandria, who fought against English rule; Blessed Francis d'Estaing (1501-29), ambassador of Louis XII to Juluis II; Louis Avelly (1664-6) who wrote the life of St. Vincent of Paul; Joseph Bourret (1871-96), made Cardinal in 1893. The Benedictine Abbey of Vabres, founded in 862 by Raymond I, Count of Toulouse, was raised to episcopal rank in 1317, and its diocesan territory was taken from the southeastern portion of the Diocese of Rodez. Some scholars hold that within the limits of the modern Diocese of Rodez there existed in Merovingian times the See of Arisitum which, according to Mgr Duchesne, was in the neighbourhood of Alais.

During the Middle Ages the Bishop of Rodez held temporal dominion over that portion of the town known as the Cité while in the eleventh century the Bourg became the County of Rodez. The cathedral of Rodez (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) is a beautiful Gothic building, famous for its belfry (1510-26) and unique rood-beam. It was spared during the Revolution for dedication to Marat. The town of Milhau adopted Calvinism in 1534, and in 1573 and 1620 was the scene of two large assemblies of Protestant deputies. In 1629 Milhau and Saint-Afrique, another Protestant stronghold, were taken and dismantled by Louis XIII. In 1628 a pest at Villefranche carried off 8000 inhabitants within six months; Father Ambroise, a Franciscan, and the chief of police Jean de Pomayrol saved the lives of many little children by causing them to bo suckled by goats. The Cistercian Abbeys of Silbanès, Beaulieu, Loc-Dieu, Bonneval, and Bonnecombe were model-farms during the Middle Ages. Attacked by brigands in the Rouergue country on his way to Santiago di Compostella, Adalard, Viscount of Flanders, erected in 1031 a monastery known as the Domerie d'Aubrac, a special order of priests, knights, lay brothers, ladies, and lay sisters for the care and protection of travellers. At Milhau, Rodez, Nazac, and Bozouls, hospitals, styled "Commanderies", of this order of Aubrac adopted the rule of St. Augustine in 1162.

The Diocese of Rodez is famous also through the Abbey of Conques and the cult of Sainte Foy. Some Christians, flying from the Saracens about 730, sought a refuge in the "Val Rocheux" of the Dourdou and built an oratory there. In 790 the hermit Dadon made this his abode and aided by Louis the Pious, then King of Aquitaine, founded an abbey, which Louis named Conques. In 838 Pepin, King of Aquitaine, gave the monastery of Figeac to Conques. Between 877 and 883 the monks carried off the body of the youthful martyr Ste-Foy from the monastery of Sainte Foy to Conques, where it became the object of a great pilgrimage. Abbot Odolric built the abbey church between 1030 and 1060; on the stonework over the doorway is carved the most artistic representation in France of the Last Judgment. Abbot Begon (1099-1118) enriched Conques with a superb reliquary of beaten gold and cloisonne's enamels of a kind extremely rare in France. Pascal II gave him permission for the name of Ste-Foy to be inserted in the Canon of the Mass after the names of the Roman virgins. At this time Conques, with Agen and Schelestadt in Alsace, was the centre of the cult of Ste. Foy which soon spread to England, Spain, and America where many towns bear the name of Santa Fe^. The statute of Ste-Foy seated, which dated from the tenth century, was originally a small wooden one covered with gold leaf. In time, gems, enamels, and precious stones were added in such quantities that it is a living treatise on the history of the goldsmiths art in France between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. It was known during the Middle Ages as "Majesté de Sainte Foy". The shrine enclosing the relics of the Saint, which in 1590 was hidden in the masonry connecting the pillars of the choir, was found in 1875, repaired, transferred to the cathedral of Rodez for a novena, and brought back to Conques, a distance of 25 miles, on the shoulders of the clergy.

Among Saints specially honoured in the Diocese of Rodez and Vabres are: S. Antoninus of Pamiers, Apostle of the Rouergue (date uncertain); S. Gratus and S. Ansutus, martyrs (fourth century); S. Naamatius, deacon and confessor (end of fifth century); Ste. Tarsicia, grand-daughter of Clothaire I and of Ste-Radegunda, who retired to the Rouergue to lead an ascetic life (sixth century); S. Africanus, wrongly styled Bishop of Comminges, who died in the Rouergue (sixth century); S. Hilarianus, martyred by the Saracens in the time of Charlemagne (eighth and ninth century); S. George, a monk in the Diocese of Vabres, afterwards Bishop of Lodève (877); 8. Guasbert, founder and first abbot of the monastery of Montsalvy in the modern Diocese of St. Flour (eleventh century). Among natives of the diocese are: Cardinal Bernard of Milhau, Abbot of St. Victor's at Marseilles in 1063, and legate of Gregory VII; Theodatus de Gozon (d. 1353) and John of La Valetta (1494-1568), grand masters of the order of St. John of Jerusalem; the former is famous for his victory over the dragon of Rhodes, the latter for his heroic defence of Malta; Frassinous (1765-1841), preacher and minister of worship under the Restoration; Bonald (1754-1840) and Laromiguière (1736-1837), philosophers; Affre (1793-1848), born at St. Rome de Tarn and slain at the Barricades as Archbishop of Paris. The chief shrines of the diocese are: Notre Dame de Ceignac, an ancient shrine rebuilt and enlarged in 1455, which over 15,000 pilgrims visit annually; Notre Dame du Saint Voile at Coupiac, another ancient shrine; Notre Dame des Treize Pierres at Villefranche, a pilgrimage dating from 1509.

Before the application of the Associations' Law in 1901, there were in the Diocese of Rodez, Capuchins, Jesuits, Trappists, Pères Blancs, Premonstratensians, Fathers of Picpus, Sulpicians, Clerics of St. Victor, and many congregations of teaching brothers. This diocese furnishes more missionaries than any other in France. Of the numerous congregations for women which had their origin there, the principal are: affiliations of the Sisters of St. Francis of Sales, known as the Union, teaching orders founded in 1672, 1698, 1739, 1790, with mother-houses at St-Geniez, d'Olt, Bozouls, Lavernhe, Auzits; the Sisters of St. Joseph, founded in 1682 for teaching and district nursing, with mother-house at Marcillac, and other sisters of the same name, united in 1822, 1824, 1856, with mother-houses at Milhau, Villecomtal, Salles-la-Source; the Sisters of the Holy Family, a teaching and nursing order, founded in 1816 by Emilie de Rodat, with mother-house at Villefranche and many convents throughout the diocese; the Minim Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary founded in 1844 by Mile. Chauchard, with mother-house at Créjouls, for the care of the sick and children of the working classes; wo branches of Dominican Sisters, teaching orders, founded in 1843 and 1849 with mother-houses at Gramond and Bor-et-Bar; the Sisters of the Union of Ste-Foy, teaching and nursing nuns, founded in 1682 with mother-house at Rodez. At the close of the nineteenth century the religious congregations of the diocese had charge of 75 nurseries; 1 institute for the deaf and dumb; 3 orphanages for boys; 13 orphanages for girls; 2 houses of rescue; 2 houses of mercy; 1 economic bakery; 83 houses of religious women devoted to the care of the sick in their own homes; 3 hospitals. At the end of 1909 the diocese had a population of 377,299, 51 parishes, 617 auxiliary parishes, 287 curacies, and 1200 priests.

Gallia Christiana, Nova (1715), I, 195-234; Instrumenta, 49-55, 203; DUCHESNE, Pastes Episcopaux, II, 39-41; SICARD, Ruthena Christiana, ed. MAISONABE in Mémoires de la société des lettres, sciences et arts de V Avyron, XIV (Rodez, 1893), 331-447; BOURRET, Documents sur les origines chrétiennes de Rouergue. Saint Martial (Rodez, 1902); SERVIÈRES, Les Saints du Rouergue (Rodez, 1872); IDEM, Histoire de l'Eglise du Rouergue (Rodez, 1875); BOUILLET AND SERVIÈRES, Sainte Foy merge et martyre (Rodez, 1900); GRIMALDI, Les Benefices du. Diocese de Rodez avant la Revolution de 1789 (Rodez, 1906); DE MARLAVAGNE, Histoire de la cathedrals de Rodez (Rodez, 1876); BOCSQUET, Tableau chronologique et biograph. des cardinaux, archevéques et évêques originaires du Rouergue (Rodez, 1850); CALMET, L'abbaye de Vabres et son erection en évêché in Ann. de St. Louis des Français (1898).

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  14. Back to citation Lempereur, p. 434.
  15. Back to citation Lempereur, p. xv-xvi.
  16. Back to citation Perez Zagorin (1982). Rebels and Rulers, 1500-1660: Volume 2, Provincial Rebellion. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-521-28712-8. Léonce Anquez (1859). Histoire des assemblées politiques des réformés de France: 1573-1622 (in French). Durand. pp. 7–16.
  17. Back to citation A.D. Lublinskaya; Brian Pearce (2008). French Absolutism: The Crucial Phase, 1620-1629. Cambridge University Press. pp. 204 and 210. ISBN 978-0-521-08843-5.
  18. Back to citation A survey (pouillé) of the entire diocese was taken by order of Bishop de Cice, beginning on 15 October 1771. Lempereur, pp. i-ii; viii-ix.
  19. Back to citation Maisonabe (ed.), "Sicard, 'Ruthena christiana'", pp. 331–333; Touzery, pp. 17–35, rejecting all critical scholarship in favor of local tradition, local amateur historians and dilettantes, and dubious scholarly procedures (such as arguments e silentio); he affirms that Martial was a disciple of St. Peter, and that he was accompanied by Amadour (also known as Zachaeus) and his wife Veronica (who owned the veil with the image of Christ imprinted on it).
  20. Back to citation Amantius is known from a 9th century life. Duchesne, p. 40, no. 2.
  21. Back to citation Eustachius is not recognized by Duchesne, p. 40.
  22. Back to citation Quintianus assisted at the Councils of Agde (508) and Orléans (511). Jacques Sirmond (1789). Conciliorum Galliae tam editorum quam ineditorum collectio (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Paris: P. Didot. pp. 796 and 843. He fled from the Goths to Auvergne, and was later Bishop of Clermont (Civitas Arvernorum). Gams, p. 612. Duchesne, p. 40, no. 2.
  23. Back to citation Dalmatius participated in the Councils of Auvergne (535) and Orleans (541). He died ca. 580, according to Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum V. 46. Gams, p. 612. Duchesne, p. 40, no. 3.
  24. Back to citation Theodosius: Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum V. 46 and VI 38. Gallia christiana I, pp. 199–200. Gams, p. 612. Duchesne, p. 40, no. 4.
  25. Back to citation Innocentius was Count of Gévaudan, and appointed following the death of Theodosius. Gallia christiana I, p. 200. Gams, p. 612. Duchesne, p. 40, no. 5.
  26. Back to citation Deusdedit: Gallia christiana I, p. 200. Gams, p. 612. He is not recognized by Duchesne, p. 40.
  27. Back to citation Verus attended the Council of Paris in 614, and the Council of Clichy in 627. Gallia christiana I, p. 201. Gams, p. 612. Duchesne, p. 40-41, no. 7.
  28. Back to citation Aredius: Gallia christiana I, p. 201. Gams, p. 612.
  29. Back to citation Faraldus: Gallia christiana I, p. 201. Desjardins (1863), p. 146. Duchesne, p. 41, no. 8.
  30. Back to citation Elizachar: Gallia christiana I, pp. 201–202. Desjardins (1863), p. 146. Duchesne, p. 41, no. 9.
  31. Back to citation Aymar was present at the council of Ponthyon in 876. Jacques Sirmond, Concilia antiqua Galliae tres in tomos ordine digesta Tomus III (Paris 1629), p. 444. He received a letter from Pope John VIII in 879: Desjardins (1863), p. 147.
  32. Back to citation Frotard: Bosc, p. 266.
  33. Back to citation Gausbert: Bosc, p. 266.
  34. Back to citation Deusdedit: Desjardins (1863), p. 149.
  35. Back to citation Manfroi: Desjardins (1863), pp. 154–155.
  36. Back to citation Étienne: Bosc, p. 267.
  37. Back to citation Deodatus: Desjardins (1863), pp. 149–150.
  38. Back to citation Bosc, p. 268.
  39. Back to citation Arnaud: Bosc, pp. 268–269.
  40. Back to citation Geraud: Bosc, p. 269-270.
  41. Back to citation Pierre Berengarii: Bosc, p. 270.
  42. Back to citation Ponce d'Étienne: Bosc, p. 270-271.
  43. Back to citation Adhemar: Bosc, pp. 271–272.
  44. Back to citation Pierre: Bosc, p. 272.
  45. Back to citation Hugues de Rodez: Gallia christiana I, pp. 208–209. Gams, p. 612. Bosc, pp. 272–273.
  46. Back to citation Pierre de Treille: Gams, p. 612. Eubel, I, p. 427.
  47. Back to citation Gallia christiana I, pp. 210–211.
  48. Back to citation Gallia christiana I, p. 211.
  49. Back to citation Vivianus was papal notary of Pope Innocent IV. Gallia christiana I, pp. 211–213. Eubel, I, p. 427, note 2.
  50. Back to citation Raymond was a canon of the Cathedral of Rodez. Gallia christiana I, pp. 213–215. Eubel, I, p. 427.
  51. Back to citation P. Calmet, "Pierre de Castelnau, évêque de Rodez (1318–1334)," Annales de Saint-Louis-des-Français (in French). Rome: St. Louis-des-Français. 1897. pp. 103–139.
  52. Back to citation Faydite d'Aigrefeuille held the Licenciate in Canon Law. He had been Chancellor of the Church of Bourges. He was transferred to the diocese of Avignon on 18 July 1371. Eubel, I, pp. 124; 427 with n. 9.
  53. Back to citation Marie-Henriette, Jullien de Pommerol (1986). "Guillaume d'Ortolan, Évêque de Rodez (1397-1417), et la bibliothèque de l'Éveché". Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes. 144 (2): 259–298. doi:10.3406/bec.1986.450418. JSTOR 42959223.
  54. Back to citation Guillaume resigned, and was appointed titular Bishop of Diospolis in Egypt. Eubel, I, p. 427; II, p. 226, note 1.
  55. Back to citation Eubel, II, p. 226.
  56. Back to citation Eubel, III, p. 288, with note 2.
  57. Back to citation A. Bion de Marlavagne (1839). Histoire du bienheureux François d'Estaing: evêque de Rodez (in French). Rodez: Ratery. Eubel, III, p. 288, with note 3.
  58. Back to citation Georges d'Armagnac was a Canon of Rodez and held the Licenciate in Canon Law. He was appointed Bishop of Vabres on 3 July 1536. Eubel, III, p. 325.
  59. Back to citation Jacques had been Bishop of Vabres before being appointed to Rodez. He retired due to senility. Eubel, I, p. 288.
  60. Back to citation Gauchat, IV, p. 299.
  61. Back to citation Abelly (Abely) was born in Paris, and obtained a doctorate in theology from the University of Bordeaux. He resigned the office in order to become a follower of St. Vincent of Paul, whose biography he subsequently wrote. Gauchat, IV, p. 299.
  62. Back to citation Voyer de Paulmy: Ritzler, V, p. 338, with note 2.
  63. Back to citation De Lézay was born in Paris and held a Licenciate in theology. He was nominated bishop of Rodez by King Louis XIV on 31 May 1684, but, due to the conflict between the King and Pope Innocent XI he did not receive papal approval until 12 October 1693. He therefore enjoyed the income of Rodez as its Administrator, but he had no spiritual powers in the diocese until 1684. Ritzler, V, p. 338, with note 3.
  64. Back to citation La Voue was born in the family chateau in the diocese of Chartres. He was a Doctor of theology (Paris). He became Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Rouen, then Archdeacon, and Vicar-General. On 18 May 1716 he was nominated bishop of Rodez by King Louis XV (in fact, by the Regent Philippe d'Orleans), and was preconized (approved) by Pope Clement XI on 8 June 1718. He died on 18 September 1733. Ritzler, V, p. 338, with note 4.
  65. Back to citation D'Yse was appointed Archbishop of Vienne on 19 December 1746. Ritzler, VI, p. 361, with note 2.
  66. Back to citation Grimaldi held a Licenciate in theology (Paris). He was Vicar-General of Rouen and a royal eleemosynary. He was nominated bishop of Rodez by King Louis XV on 11 September 1746. He was consecrated on 22 Jan 1747. Ritzler, VI, p. 361, with note 3. Grimaldi's nephew was Louis-André Grimaldi, Bishop of Le Mans, who sometimes substituted for his uncle at Rodez, as in the case of the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Cathedral in 1768. The Bishop of Le Mans was also Prior of St.-Côme and Prior of Brousse. Lempereur, p. 382; p. 435, with note 5; p. 543.
  67. Back to citation Champion was a doctor and fellow of the Sorbonne. He was nominated by King Louis XV on 24 June 1770, and preconized (approved) by Pope Clement XIV on 6 August 1770. He was nominated Archbishop of Bordeaux by King Louis XVI on 28 January 1781. He resigned the diocese of Rodez on 30 March 1781, and was appointed Archbishop of Bordeaux on 2 April 1781, and granted the pallium on the same day. Ritzler, VI, p. 134, with note 4; p. 361, with note 4.
  68. Back to citation Seignelay was born on August 13th, 1735, in Inverness (the diocese of Moray), Scotland; his family alleged to be related to the famous Colbert. He held a Licenciate in Civil and Canon Law. He was Vicar General of Toulouse for 16 years. He was nominated Bishop of Rodez by Louis XVI on 28 January 1781, and preconized (approved) by Pope Pius VI on 2 April 1781. He died in London on July 15th, 1811. See the anonymous review in The Quarterly Review. Vol. 48. London: John Murray. 1832. pp. 468–469. Ritzler, VI, p. 361, with note 5.
  69. Back to citation Amans Claude Sabatié, Debertier, évêque constitutionnel, et le clergé de Rodez. (G. Beauchesne, 1912). (in French)
  70. Back to citation Bourret was born at Lubro in the Ardèche. He was Professor of Canon Law at the Sorbonne for 10 years. He became secretary of the Archbishop of Tours, and was Vicar-General of Périgueux. He was consecrated in Paris on 30 November 1871 by Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert. Martin Bräuer (27 February 2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.
  71. Back to citation Église catholique en Aveyron: Diocèse de Rodez, Biographie de l'Évêque, retrieved: 2016-12-11. (in French)
  72. Back to citation Brian Daniel Starr (2013). Dictionary of Saints. Xlibris Corporation. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-4836-3600-9.
  73. Back to citation Louis de Fiancette d'Agos (1854). Vie et miracles de Saint Bertrand. Avec une notice historique sur la Ville et les Evêques de Comminges: La Légende des Saints du pays et la description de l'Eglise Cathédrale (in French). Imprimerie et librairie d'Abadie. pp. 131–132.
  74. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez et Vabres, official website

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