Ancient Diocese of Lectoure

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The former Catholic Diocese of Lectoure was in south-west France. It existed from the fourth century until the time of the French Revolution, when it was suppressed under the Concordat of 1801.^{[1][self-published source?]} Its see was Lectoure Cathedral. Lectoure is now a commune of Gers.

Its territory was divided between the diocese of Agen and the archdiocese of Toulouse.

Bishops[edit]

To 1100[edit]

• Heuterus
• c. 506: Vigile
• c. 549: Aletius
• The diocese was then for some centuries united with the diocese of Auch
• c. 990: Bernard I.
• c. 1052: Arnaud I.
• c. 1060: Johannes I.
• Raimond I.
• 1061–1097: Ebbon
• 1097–1103: Pierre I.

1100–1400[edit]

• 1103–1118: Garcias I.
• 1118–1126: Guillaume I. d'Andozile
• 1126 to c. 1160: Vivien
• c. 1160–1162 or 1163: Bertrand I. de Montaut
• c. 1175 to c. 1195: Garcias II. Sanche
• 1196 to c. 1205: Bernard II.
• c. 1215 to c. 1221: Arnaud II.
• c. 1229: Hugues I.
• c. 1240: Gaillard de Lambesc
• c. 1256: Géraud I.
• c. 1257: Guillaume II.
• 1268 to c. 1295: Géraud de Montlezun (Geraud of Monlezun)
• c. 1296–1302: Pierre II. de Ferrières
• 1303–1307: Raimond II.
• c. 1308–1330: Guillaume III. des Bordes
• c. 1336: Roger d'Armagnac
• c. 1344–1349: Arnaud III. Guillaume de La Barthe
• 1350–1354: Pierre III. Anzelirii
• 1365–1368: Pierre IV.
• 1368–1369: Hugues II.
• 1370–1371: Bernard III.
• 1372 to c. 1375: Vignier
• c. 1377–1383: Bérenger
• 1383: Rénier de Malent
• 1383–1384: Eudes
• 1384–1405: Raimond III. de Cambanilla

From 1400[edit]

• c. 1407–1416: Arnaud IV. de Peyrac
• 1418–1425: Géraud III. Dupuy
• c. 1428–24 May 1449: Martin Gutteria de Pampelune
• 1449–1452: Bernard IV. André
• 1453–1479: Amaury
• c. 1480–1487: Hugues III. d'Espagne
• 1488–1494: Pierre V. d'Abzac de La Douze
• 21. December 1500 to 1505: Louis I. Pot
• 1505–1508: Pierre VI. du Faur
• 1509 to 17. April 1511: Bertrand II. de Lustrac
• 1511–1512: Paul
• 1512–1513: Guillaume IV. de Barton
• 1513–1544: Jean II. de Barton (Jean Barthon de Montbas, John Barton)
• 1544–1569: Guillaume V. de Barton (Guillaume Barthon de Montbas,
• 1590–1594: Charles de Bourbon [fr]
• 1599 to 24. March 1635: Léger de Plas
• 24 March 1635 to 12 April 1646: Jean III. d'Estresse
• 1646–1654: Louis II de La Rochefoucauld
• 21 September 1655 to 5. January 1671: Pierre-Louis Caset de Vautorte
• 1671 to 22 December 1691: Hugues de Bar
• 6. April 1692 to 13. October 1717: François-Louis de Polastron
• 1717–1720: Louis III. d'Illers d'Entragues
• 8. January 1721 to 1745: Paul-Robert Hertault de Beaufort
• 1745 to 14 May 1760: Claude-François de Narbonne-Pelet
• 1760 to 26 June 1772: Pierre VII. Chapelle de Jumilhac de Cubjac
• 7 September 1772 to 1790: Louis-Emmanuel de Cugnac

See also[edit]

• Catholic Church in France
• List of Catholic dioceses in France

References[edit]

Books[edit]

• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete)
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 301. (in Latin)
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 175.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 219.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 (in French). Paris: A. Picard. p. 520.
• Pisani, Paul (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802) (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils.

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