The Cathedrals of Southern France

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A Historical Table of the Dioceses of the South of France up to the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Province d’Aix
Name	Diocese founded	First bishop	Date of suppression
Aix	Nice, Avignon, Ajaccio, and Digne were allied therewith in 1802, and Marseilles and Alger in 1822.
(Archbishopric)	First century (?)	St. Maxim (?)
Antibes	Transferred to Grasse
Apt	First century (?)	St. Auspice	1790
Grasse	(Jurisdiction over Antibes.)
Gap	Fifth century	St. Démétrius
Riez	Fifth century	St. Prosper	1790
Fréjus	Fourth century	Acceptus
Sisteron	Fifth century	Chrysaphius
Province d’Albi
Albi	Fourth century	St. Clair
Bishopric (Archbishopric)	1317 (?)	Anthime
Castres	647 as a Benedictine Abbey. 1317 as a Bishopric	Robert, the first Abbot	1790
Mende	Third century at Civitas Gabalorum. Reëstablished here in the year 1000	St. Sévérein and Genialis
Cahors	Fourth century	St. Genulphe
Rodez	Fifth century	St. Amand
Arisitum	Sixth century detached from the diocese of Rodez	Déothaire	Rejoined to Rodez 670
Vabres	Benedictine Abbey, 862. Bishopric, 1317	1790
Province d’Arles
Arles (Archbishopric)	First century	St. Trophime	1790
Marseilles	First century	St. Lazare
St. Paul-Trois Châteaux, or Tricastin	Second century	St. Restuit	1790
Toulon	Fifth century	Honoré	1790
Orange	Fifth century	St. Luce	1790
Province d’Auch
Eauze (Archbishopric)	Third century	St. Paterne	720
Auch (Bishopric then Archbishopric)	Fourth century	Citerius
Dax	Third century	St. Vincent	1802
Lectoure	Sixth century	Heuterius	1790
Comminges	Sixth century	Suavis	1790
Conserans	Fifth century	St. Valère	1790
Aire	Fifth century	Marcel
Bazas	Sixth century	Sextilius	(?)
Tarbes	Sixth century	St. Justin
Oloron	Sixth century	Gratus	1790
Lescar	Fifth century	St. Julien	1790
Bayonne	Ninth century	Arsias Rocha
Province d’Avignon
Avignon (Bishopric, becoming Archbishopric in fifteenth century)	Fourth century	St. Ruf
Carpentras	Third century	St. Valentin	1790
Vaison	Fourth century	St. Aubin	1790
Cavaillon	Fifth century	St. Genialis	1790
Province de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
(Bishopric)	Third century
(Archibishopric)	Fourth century	Oriental
Agen	Fourth century	St. Phérade
Condom	Raimond de Galard
(Ancient abbey--foundation date unknown) Bishopric)	Fourteenth century
Angoulême	Third century	St. Ansome
Saintes	Third century	St. Eutrope	1793
Poitiers	Third century	St. Nectaire
Maillezais (afterward at La Rochelle)	Fourteenth century	Geoffrey I.
Luçon (Seventh-century abbey)	1317	Pierre de La Veyrie
Périgueux	Second century	St. Front
Sarlat (Eighth-century Benedictine abbey)	1317	Raimond de Roquecorne
Province de Bourges
Bourges (Archbishopric)	Third century	St. Ursin
Clermont-Ferrand	Third century	St. Austremoine
St. Flour (Ancient priory)	1318	Raimond de Vehens
Limoges	Third century	St. Martial
Tulle (Seventh-century Benedictine abbey)	1317	Arnaud de Saint-Astier
Le Puy	Third century	St. Georges
Province d’Embrun
Embrun (Archbishopric)	Fourth century	St. Marcellin	1793
Digne	Fourth century	St. Domnin
Antibes (afterward at Grasse)	Fourth century	St. Armentaire
Grasse		Raimond de Villeneuve (1245)	1790
Vence	Fourth century	Eusèbe	1790
Glandève	Fifth century	Fraterne	1790
Senez	Fifth century	Ursus	1790
Nice (formerly at Cemenelium)	Fourth century	Amantius
Province de Lyon
Lyon (Archbishopric)	The Archbishop of Lyon was Primate of Gaul. Second century	St. Pothin
Autun	Third century	St. Amateur
Mâcon	Sixth century	Placide	1790
Chalon-sur-Saône	Fifth century	Paul	1790
Langres	Third century	St. Just
Dijon (Fourth-century abbey)	Bishopric in 1731	Jean Bonhier
Saint Claude (Fifth-century abbey)	Bishopric in 1742	Joseph de Madet
Province de Narbonne
Narbonne (Archbishopric)	Third century	St. Paul	1802
Saint-Pons-de-Tomières (Tenth-century abbey)	1318	Pierre Roger	1790
Alet (Ninth-century abbey)	1318	Barthélmy	1790
Béziers	Fourth century	St. Aphrodise	1702
Nîmes	Fourth century	St. Felix
Alais	1694	Chevalier de Saulx	1790
Lodève	Fourth century (?)	St. Flour	1790
Uzès	Fifth century	Constance	1790
Agde	Fifth century	St. Vénuste	1790
Maguelonne (afterward at Montpellier)	Sixth century	Beotius
Carcassonne	Sixth century	St. Hilaire
Elne (afterward at Perpignan)	Sixth century	Domnus
Province de Tarentaise
Tarentaise (Archbishopric)	Fifth century	St. Jacques
Sion	Fourth century	St. Théodule
Aoste	Fourth century	St. Eustache
Chambéry	1780	Michel Conseil
Province de Toulouse
Toulouse (Bishopric) (Archbishopric)	Third century 1327	St. Saturnin
Pamiers (Eleventh-century abbey)	1297	Bernard Saisset
Rieux	1317	Guillaume de Brutia
Montauban (Ancient abbey)	1317	Bertrand du Puy
Mirepoix	1318	Raimond Athone	1790
Saint-Papoul	1317	Bernard de la Tour	1790
Lombès (Tenth-century abbey)	1328	Roger de Commminges	1790
Lavaur	1317	Roger d’Armagnac	1790
Province de Vienne
Vienne (Archbishopric)	Second century	St. Crescent	1790
Grenoble	Third century	Domninus
Genève (Switz.)	Fourth century	Diogène	1801
Annency	1822	Claude de Thiollaz
Valence	Fourth century	Emelien
Dié	Third century	Saint Mars
Viviers	Fifth century	Saint Janvier	1790
St. Jean de Maurienne	Fifth century	Lucien