Roman Catholic Diocese of Agen

Diocese of Agen Dioecesis Agennensis Diocèse d'Agen
Agen Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Bordeaux
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Bordeaux
Statistics
Area	5,384 km² (2,079 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 337,500 202,000 (59.9%)
Parishes	194
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Caprais of Agen
Deacon and Martyr	Saint Stephen
Secular priests	61
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Hubert Herbreteau
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Agen (Latin: Dioecesis Agennensis; French: Diocèse d'Agen) is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese in France.^[1]

The diocese comprises the Département of Lot and Garonne, in the Region of Aquitaine. It has been successively suffragan to the archdioceses of Bordeaux (under the old regime), Toulouse (1802–22), and Bordeaux again (since 1822).^[2]

Legends which do not antedate the ninth century concerning Saint Caprasius, martyred with St. Fides by Dacianus, Prefect of the Gauls, during the persecution of Diocletian, and the story of Vincentius, a Christian martyr (written about 520), furnish no foundation for later traditions which make these two saints early bishops of Agen.

Bishops

The first bishop of Agen known to history is St. Phoebadius or Phébade, friend of St. Hilary, who published (in 357) a treatise against the Arians and figured prominently at the Council of Rimini in 359.

c.303?: Saint Caprais (?)
c.313: Saint Vincent (?)
Auxibius (?)
c.348: Saint Phébade
c.400: Saint Dulcide
Lupus (?)
c.549: Bébien
c.573: Polémius
c.580: Sugillarius
c.585: Antidius
c.615: Flavardus
c.629: Sallustius
c.642: Sebastianus
c.670: Siboaldus
c.850: Concordius
c.977: Gombaud
c.982: Arnaud I.
c.1000: Hugo
Sanctius
Simon I.
Arénat (?)
Adebert (?)
Arnaud II. de Beauville
c.1049: Bernard I. de Beauville
Osius (?)
Regino (?)
c.1061: Wilhelm I.
Arnaud III.
c.1080: Donald
c.1083: Elie I. (?)
c.1083: Simon II.
c.1101?: Géraud I.
c.1105: Isarad
c.1105: Gausbert
c.1118: Aldebert
c.1128: Raymond-Bernard du Fossat
c.1149: Elie II. de Castillon
c.1180: Peter I.
c.1182: Bertrand I. de Béceyras
c.1209: Arnaud IV. de Rovinha
c.1228: Arnaud V.
c.1231: Géraud II.
1232–1235: Raoul de Peyrinis or de Peyrines or de Pinis (also Archbishop of Lyon)
c.1235: Arnaud VI. de Galard
c.1245: Pierre II. de Reims
c.1248: Wilhelm II, sent by Pope Urban IV (1261–64) to King St. Louis in 1262 to ask his aid in favor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
c.1263: Wilhelm III.
c.1264: Pierre III. Jerlandi
c.1271: Arnaud VII. de Got
c.1281: Jean I. Jerlandi
c.1291: Bertrand II. de Got, Bertrand de Goth, whose uncle of the same name was raised from the Archbishopric of Bordeaux to the Papal See under the name of Clement V (1305–14), and during his pontificate visited the city of Agen
c.1306: Bernard II. de Fargis
c.1313: Amanieu de Fargis
c.1357: Déodat de Rotbald
c.1364: Raymond de Salg
c.1367: Richard (?)
c.1375: Jean II. Belveti
c.1379: Jean III.
c.1382: Simon de Cramaut, Simon of Cramaud
c.1383: Jean IV.
c.1398: Bernard III.
c.1398: Imbert de Saint-Laurent
c.1438: Jean V. Borgia
c.1460: Pierre IV. de Bérard
c.1477: Jean VI. de Monchenu
c.1478: Galéas de La Rovère
c.1487: Cardinal Léonard de La Rovère
c.1519: Marc-Antoine de La Rovère
c.1538 to 18 May 1550: Cardinal Jean de Lorraine
c.1550: Mathieu Bandel
c.1555: Janus Frégose (or Fregoso)
c.1586: Pierre V. Donault
c.1587: Nicolas de Villars
c.1608: Claude I. de Gélas
c.1631: Gaspard de Daillon du Lude
c.1636: Barthélémi d'Elbène
c.1664: Claude II. Joly
c.1679: Jules Mascaron, Oratorian and celebrated preacher, transferred from the see of Tulle (fr)
c.1703: François Hébert, curé of Versailles, contributed to the withdrawal of Madame de Montespan from the royal court, and who when appointed Bishop of Agen had as vicar-general until 1709 the celebrated Belsunce (fr)
c.1729: Jean d'Yse de Saléon, d'Ise de Saléon (fr)
1735–1767: Jean-Gaspard-Gilbert de Chabannes (fr)
c.1767: Jean-Louis d'Usson de Bonnac, who in the parliamentary session of 3 January 1792, was the first to refuse to sign the constitutional oath. (fr)
c.1791: André Constant
1802–1840: Jean IX. Jacoupy (fr)
1841–1867: Jean-Aimé de Levezou de Vezins (fr)
1871–1874: Hector-Albert Chaulet d'Outremont (fr)
1874–1884: Jean-Emile Fonteneau (fr)
1884–1905: Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin (fr)
1906–1937: Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux (fr)
1938–1956: Jean-Marcel Rodié (fr)
1956–1976: Roger Johan
1976–1996: Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens (fr)
1996–2004: Jean-Charles Marie Descubes (fr)
2005–present: Hubert Marie Michel Marcel Herbreteau (fr)

Cathedral

Agen Cathedral was formerly the church of St. Caprasius, and is a splendid specimen of Romance architecture, dating from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It was made the cathedral in place of the church of St. Etienne, which was unfortunately destroyed during the French Revolution.

References

↑ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Diocese of Agen. Retrieved: 2016-07-07. L'Eglise catholique en Lot-et-Garonne: Site du Diocèse d'Agen, Official website, Retrieved: 2016-07-07 (in French)
↑ Georges, Goyau (1907). "Diocese of Agen". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Bibliography

Reference books

Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 76–77. (in Latin)
Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 82.
Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 98.
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 72.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 72.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. pp. 69–70.
Sainte-Marthe, Denis de (1720). Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa... Provinciae Burdigalensis, Bituricensis (in Latin). Tomus secundus. Paris: Typographia Regia. pp. 892–954.

Studies

Combes, P. (abbé) (1885). Les évêques d'Agen: essai historique (in French). Agen.
Ryckebusch, Fabrice (2001). Diocèse d'Agen (in French). Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN 978-2-503-51009-5.
Ryckebusch, Fabrice (ed.) (2001): Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae. Répertoire prosopographique des évêques, dignitaires et chanoines des diocèses de France de 1200 à 1500. V. Diocèse d’Agen. Turnhout, Brepols. (in French)

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1907). "Diocese of Agen". Catholic Encyclopedia. 1. New York: Robert Appleton.

Coordinates: 44°12′25″N 0°37′10″E / 44.20694°N 0.61944°E / 44.20694; 0.61944

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