Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes

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The Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes (Latin: Dioecesis Tarbiensis et Lourdensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in France.^[1] It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Its name was changed from the Diocese of Tarbes to the Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes (Lat: Dioecesis Tarbiensis et Lourdensis) on 20 April 1912.^[2]

1 Diocesan Statistics
2 Current Bishop
3 Previous Bishops
4 References

[edit] Diocesan Statistics

As of 2004, the official statistics for the diocese were as follows:^[3]

Catholic population: 150,000
Parishes: 117
Secular (diocesan) priests: 126
Religious priests: 53
Permanent deacons: 10
Male religious: 75
Female religious: 645

[edit] Current Bishop

The current Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes is Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (b. 4 Dec 1936, ordained 7 Mar 1964), who took up this post on 16th Jan 1998.^[4]

[edit] Previous Bishops

Previous Bishops of Tarbes-et-Lourdes include:^[5]

François de Poudenx (appointed 1692; d.1716)
Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay (appointed 1719; d.1729)
Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon (appointed 1729-1740)
Pierre de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (appointed 1741; d.1751)
Pierre de La Romagère (appointed 1751; d.1769)
Michel-François de Couët du Vivier de Lorry (appointed 1769-1782)
Diocese "suppressed" in 1801
Diocese "restored" in 1822
Antoine-Xavier de Neirac (appointed 1817; d.1833)
Pierre-Michel-Marie Double (appointed 1833; d.1844)
Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou Laurence (appointed 1844; d.1870) (Bishop at the time of the Lourdes apparitions)^[6].
Pierre-Anastase Pichenot (appointed 1870-1873)
Benoit-Marie Langénieux (appointed 1873-1874)
César-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (appointed 1874-1882)
Prosper-Marie Billère (appointed 1882-1899)
François-Xavier Schoepfer (appointed 1899; d.1927) ^[7]
Alexandre-Philibert Poirier (succeeded 1927; d.1928)
Pierre-Marie Gerlier (appointed 1929-1937)
Georges Choquet (appointed 1938; d.1946)^[8]
Pierre-Marie Théas (appointed 1947; retired 1970)^[9]
Henri Clément Victor Donze (appointed 1970; retired 1988)
Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet (succeeded 1998; retired 1998)

[edit] References

^ Tarbes - Catholic Encyclopedia article
^ Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes. Catholic Hierarchy.
^ Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes. Catholic Hierarchy.
^ Bishop Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier. Catholic Hierarchy.
^ Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes. Catholic Hierarchy.
^ Ruth Harris, Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age, Penguin Books, 1999, p. 429.
^ Ruth Harris, Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age, Penguin Books, 1999, p. 365.
^ Ruth Harris, Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age, Penguin Books, 1999, p. 366.
^ Ruth Harris, Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age, Penguin Books, 1999, p. 366.