Roman Catholic Diocese of BĂ©ziers
The Roman Catholic Diocese of BĂ©ziers was situated in France. It is no longer an independent diocese, and is part of the Diocese of Montpellier.
Traditionally, the first Bishop of BĂ©ziers is considered to be the Egyptian saint, Aphrodisius, said to have sheltered the Holy Family at Hermopolis and to have become a disciple of Christ, also to have accompanied Sergius Paulus to Gaul when the latter went thither to found the Church of Narbonne, and to have died a martyr at BĂ©ziers.
Local traditions made St. Aphrodisius arrive at BĂ©ziers mounted on a camel. Hence the custom of leading a camel in the procession at BĂ©ziers on the feast of the saint; this lasted until the French Revolution but was revived in the late 20th century.
The first historically known bishop is Paulinus mentioned in 418; St. Guiraud was Bishop of BĂ©ziers from 1121 to 1123; St. Dominic refused the See of BĂ©ziers to devote himself to the crusade against the Albigenses.
Among the fifteen synods held at BĂ©ziers was that of 356 held by Saturninus of Arles, an Arian archbishop, which condemned Hilary of Poitiers. Later synods of 1233, 1246 and 1255 condemned the Cathars.
A Papal Brief of 16 June 1877, authorized the bishops of Montpellier to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève and Saint-Pons, in memory of the different dioceses united in the present Diocese of Montpellier.
Bishops
To 1000
- Saint Aphrodisius (Aphrodise) 250 ?
- Paulin I 408
- Dyname 451
- Hermès 461
- Sedatus (Saint SĂ©dat) 589
- Pierre I 639
- Crescitaire 683
- Pacotase 688
- Ervige 693
- Wulfégaire 791
- Etienne I 833
- Alaric 875–878
- Agilbert 887–897
- Fructuarius 897–898
- Matfred I 898
- Reginald (Raynald) I de Béziers 906–933 or 930
- Rodoaldus (Raoul) 930 or 936–957
- Bernard I Géraud 957–978 or 980
- Matfred II 990–1010 or 1011
1000 to 1300
- Urbain 1016-1016
- Etienne II 1017–1036 or 1037
- Bernard II 1035 or 1037–1046
- Bèrenger I 1050–1053
- Bernard III Arnaud 1053-c.1060
- Bèrenger II 1061-c.1066
- Matfred III 1077–1096 or c.1070-c.1093
- Arnaud de Lévézon 1096–1121
- Saint Guiraud (Geraldus, Geraud) 1121–1123
- Guillaume I de Serviez (Servian, Cerviez) 1127-1127
- Bermond de Lévezon 1128–1152
- Guillaume II 1152–1154 or 1157
- Raymond I 1159-1159
- Guillaume III 1159–1167
- Bernard IV de Gaucelin 1167–1184
- Geofroy (Gausfred) de Marseille 1185–1199
- Guillaume de Rocozels (Rocozels) 1199–1205
- Ermengaud 1205–1208
- Reginald( Renaud) II de Montpeyroux 1208–1211
- Pierre II d'Aigrefeuille 1211–1212
- Bertrand de Saint Gervais 1212–1215
- Raymond II Lenoir January 1215- 20 April 1215
- Bernard V de Cuxac 1215–1242
- R. 1243
- P. 1244
- Raymond III de Salles (Salle) 1245–1247
- Raymond IV de Vaihauquez (Valhauquès) 1247–1261
- Pons de Saint Just 1261–1293
- Raymond V de Colombiers 1293–1294
- Berenger Fredoli (Bérenger III de Frédol, called the Elder), 1294–1305, cardinal
1300 to 1500
- Richard Neveu 1305–1309
- Berenguer Fredol the Younger, 1309–1312, cardinal
- Guilhaume V Frédol 1313–1349
- Guilhaume VI de Landorre (Laudun) 1349–1350 or 1349-1349
- Hugues I de la Jugie 1353 ou 1349–1371, later bishop of Carcassonne (1371)
- Sicard d'Ambres de Lautrec 1371–1383
- Gui de Malsec 1383
- Simon de Cramaud 1383–1385, later bishop of Poitiers (1385)
- Barthelemy de Montcalve 1384–1402
- Bertrand II de Maumont 1408–1422, later bishop of Tulle (1422)
- Hugues II de Combarel 1422–1424, later bishop of Poitiers (1424)
- Guilhaume VII de Montjoie 1424–1451
- Louis de Harcourt 13 October 1451-10 December 1451, later archbishop of Narbonne(1451)
- Pierre III Bureau 1451–1456 or 1457
- Jean I Bureau 1457–1490
- Pierre IV Javailhac 1490–1503
From 1500
- Antoine Dubois 1504–1537
- Jean II de Lettes 1537–1543, resigned (1543)
- Jean III de Narbonne 1543–1545
- François Gouffier 1546–1547 or 12 February 1547-5 December 1547
- Lorenzo Strozzi 1547–1561, later bishop of Albi (1561)
- Julien de Medicis 1561–1571 or 1574, later archbishop of Aix (1574)
- André Etienne 1572
- Thomas I de Bonsi 1573–1596, resigned 1596, died 1603
- Jean de Bonsi 1596–1611, cardinal in 1611, died 1621
- Dominique de Bonzi (Bonsi) 1615–1621
- Thomas II de Bonsi 1622 or 1621–1628
- Clément de Bonsi 1628–1659
- Pierre de Bonzi 1659–1669, later bishop of Toulouse (1669)
- Armand Jean de Rotondy de Biscaras 1671–1702
- Louis-Charles des Alris de Rousset 1702–1744
- Léon-Louis-Ange de Ghistelle de Saint-Floris 1744–1745
- Joseph-Bruno de Bausset de Roquefort 1745–1771
- Aymar Claude de Nicolaï 1771–1790, last bishop of Béziers. The diocese was suppressed in 1790.
- Dominique Pouderous, (constitutional bishop of l'Hérault, installed at Béziers) 1791–1799
- Alexandre Victor Rouanet, (constitutional bishop of l'Hérault, installed at Béziers) 1799–1801
From 1802, the constitutional bishops of l'HĂ©rault resided at Montpellier.
- Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins 1817
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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Coordinates: 43°20′30″N 3°12′39″E / 43.3416°N 3.2107°E