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List of bishops in France

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This list of bishops in France includes the names of the living Catholic bishops of the dioceses of France whether they are active or retired, French or not, as of 2023. The names of the French Cardinals, including possibly those who are not bishops, appear in bold in the list. The mention emeritus indicates that the pope officially accepted the resignation of a bishop, usually after he has exceeded the age limit of seventy-five years imposed by canon law, sometimes for other reasons such as reasons health. He is no longer in office and his position as bishop of this diocese becomes honorary.[1] Active Catholic bishops on this list are also members of the Bishops' Conference of France.[2]

Metropolitan France

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N Diocese Bishop[3] Auxiliary Bishop Bishop Emeritus
1 Agen Alexandre de Bucy
Pierre-Marie Carré (Apostolic administrator)
Hubert Herbreteau
2 Aire et Dax Nicolas Souchu Hervé Gaschignard
3 Aix-en-Provence et Arles Christian Delarbre (Archbishop) Christophe Dufour (Archbishop emeritus)
4 Ajaccio François-Xavier Bustillo (cardinal)
5 Albi, Castres et Lavaur Jean-Louis Balsa (Archbishop) Jean Legrez (Archbishop emeritus)
6 Amiens Gérard Le Stang
7 Angers Emmanuel Delmas Jean-Louis Bruguès (Archbishop ad personam)
8 Angoulême Hervé Gosselin Claude Dagens
9 Annecy Yves Le Saux Yves Boivineau
10 Arras, Boulogne sur Mer et Saint Omer Olivier Leborgne Jean-Paul Jaeger
11 Auch, Condom Lectoure et Lombez Bertrand Lacombe (Archbishop) Maurice Gardès (Archbishop emeritus)
12 Autun, Chalon et Mâcon Benoît Rivière
13 Avignon François Fonlupt (Archbishop) Jean-Pierre Cattenoz (Archbishop emeritus)
14 Bayeux et Lisieux Jacques Habert Jean-Claude Boulanger
15 Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron Marc Aillet Pierre Molères
16 Beauvais Noyon et Senlis Jacques Benoit-Gonnin
17 Belfort-Montbéliard Denis Jachiet Claude Schockert
18 Belley-Ars Pascal Roland Guy Bagnard
19 Besançon Jean-Luc Bouilleret (Archbishop)
20 Blois Sede vacante Maurice de Germiny
21 Bordeaux et Bazas Jean-Paul James (Archbishop) Jean-Marie Le Vert Jean-Pierre Ricard (cardinal)
22 Bourges Jérôme Beau (Archbishop) Armand Maillard (Archbishop emeritus)
Hubert Barbier (Archbishop emeritus)
23 Cahors Laurent Camiade
24 Cambrai Vincent Dollmann (Archbishop)
25 Carcassonne et Narbonne Bruno Valentin Jacques Despierre
Alain Planet
26 Châlons-en-Champagne Sede vacante Gilbert Louis
27 Chambéry, Maurienne et Tarentaise Thibault Verny (Archbishop)
28 Chartres Philippe Christory
29 Clermont François Kalist (Archbishop)
30 Coutances et Avranches Grégoire Cador
31 Créteil Dominique Blanchet Michel Santier
32 Digne-les-Bains, Riez et Sisteron Emmanuel Gobilliard François-Xavier Loizeau
33 Dijon Antoine Hérouard (Archbishop) Roland Minnerath (Archbishop emeritus)
34 Évreux Olivier de Cagny Christian Nourrichard
35 Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes Michel Pansard Michel Dubost
36 Fréjus et Toulon Dominique Rey François Touvet (Coadjutor bishop)
37 Gap et Embrun Xavier Malle Jean-Michel di Falco
38 Grenoble et Vienne Jean-Marc Eychenne
39 Langres Joseph de Metz-Noblat Philippe Gueneley
40 La Rochelle et Saintes Georges Colomb
François Jacolin (Apostolic administrator)
Bernard Housset
41 Laval Matthieu Dupont
42 Le Havre Jean-Luc Brunin
43 Le Mans Jean-Pierre Vuillemin
44 Le Puy-en-Velay Yves Baumgarten
45 Lille Laurent Le Boulc'h (Archbishop) Gérard Defois (Archbishop emeritus)
Gérard Coliche (Auxiliary bishop emeritus)
46 Limoges Pierre-Antoine Bozo
47 Luçon François Jacolin Alain Castet
48 Lyon Olivier de Germay (Archbishop) Patrick Le Gal
Loïc Lagadec
Thierry Brac de La Perrière
Philippe Barbarin (cardinal)
49 Marseille Jean-Marc Aveline (cardinal) Georges Pontier (Archbishop emeritus)
50 Meaux Jean-Yves Nahmias Guillaume Leschallier de Lisle
51 Mende Benoît Bertrand
52 Metz Philippe Ballot (Archbishop ad personam) Pierre Raffin
Jean-Christophe Lagleize
53 Montauban Alain Guellec Jacques de Saint-Blanquat
Bernard Ginoux
54 Montpellier, Lodève Béziers Agde et Saint Pons de Thomières Norbert Turini (Archbishop) Guy Thomazeau (Archbishop emeritus)
Pierre-Marie Carré (Archbishop emeritus)
55 Moulins Marc Beaumont
56 Nancy -Toul Pierre-Yves Michel Jean-Louis Papin
57 Nanterre Matthieu Rougé Gérard Daucourt
58 Nantes Laurent Percerou Georges Soubrier
59 Nevers Grégoire Drouot
60 Nice Jean-Philippe Nault Louis Sankalé
Jean Bonfils
André Marceau
61 Nîmes, Uzès et Alès Nicolas Brouwet Robert Wattebled
62 Orléans Jacques Blaquart André Fort
63 Pamiers, Couserans et Mirepoix Benoît Gschwind
64 Paris Laurent Ulrich (Archbishop) Philippe Marsset
Emmanuel Tois
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois
Michel Aupetit (Archbishop emeritus)
65 Périgueux et Sarlat Philippe Mousset Michel Mouïsse
66 Perpignan-Elne Thierry Scherrer
67 Poitiers Pascal Wintzer (Archbishop) Albert Rouet (Archbishop emeritus)
68 Pontoise Stanislas Lalanne
69 Quimper, Cornouailles et Léon Laurent Dognin
70 Reims Eric de Moulins-Beaufort (Archbishop) Étienne Vető Thierry Jordan (Archbishop emeritus)
Joseph Boishu (Auxiliary bishop emeritus)
71 Rennes, Dol et Saint Malo Pierre d'Ornellas (Archbishop) Jean Bondu
72 Rodez et Vabres Luc Meyer
73 Rouen Dominique Lebrun (Archbishop) Jean-Charles Descubes (Archbishop emeritus)
74 Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier Denis Moutel Lucien Fruchaud
75 Saint-Claude Jean-Luc Garin
76 Saint-Denis Sede vacante
77 Saint-Dié Sede vacante Jean-Paul Mathieu
Paul-Marie Guillaume
78 Saint-Étienne Sylvain Bataille
79 Saint-Flour Didier Noblot Bruno Grua
80 Séez Bruno Feillet
81 Sens et Auxerre Sede vacante Yves Patenôtre (Archbishop emeritus)
Georges Gilson (Archbishop emeritus)
82 Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin Renauld de Dinechin
83 Strasbourg Pascal Delannoy (Archbishop) Christian Kratz Joseph Doré (Archbishop emeritus)
Jean-Pierre Grallet (Archbishop emeritus)
Luc Ravel (Archbishop emeritus)
Gilles Reithinger (Auxiliary bishop emeritus)
84 Tarbes et Lourdes Jean-Marc Micas Jacques Perrier
85 Toulouse, Saint Bertrand de Comminges et Rieux Guy de Kerimel (Archbishop) Jean-Pierre Batut Émile Marcus (Archbishop emeritus)
Robert Le Gall (Archbishop emeritus)
86 Tours Vincent Jordy (Archbishop) Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin (Archbishop emeritus)
87 Troyes Alexandre Joly Marc Stenger
88 Tulle Francis Bestion Bernard Charrier
89 Valence, Die et Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux François Durand
90 Vannes Raymond Centène
91 Verdun Jean-Paul Gusching François Maupu
92 Versailles Luc Crépy Éric Aumonier
93 Viviers Hervé Giraud (Archbishop ad personam) François Blondel
94 Diocèse aux armées françaises (Ordinariate) Antoine de Romanet
95 Mission de France (territorial prelature) Hervé Giraud (Prelate) Yves Patenôtre (Prelate emeritus)
Georges Gilson (Prelate emeritus)

Overseas France

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N Diocese Bishop[3] Auxiliary Bishop Bishop Emeritus
1 Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre Philippe Guiougou Jean-Yves Riocreux
2 Cayenne Alain Ransay Emmanuel Lafont
3 Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France David Macaire (Archbishop) Michel Méranville (Archbishop emeritus)
4 Taiohae (or Tefenuaenata) ( Marquesas Islands ) Pascal Chang-Soi Guy Chevalier
5 Wallis and Futuna Islands Susitino Sionepoe Ghislain de Rasilly
6 Nouméa Michel-Marie Calvet (Archbishop)
7 Papeete Jean-Pierre Cottanceau (Archbishop)
8 Saint-Denis of Reunion Pascal Chane-Teng Gilbert Aubry

Oriental Churches in France

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N Diocese Bishop[3] Auxiliary Bishop Bishop Emeritus
1 Eparchy of the Holy Cross of Paris of the Armenian Catholics of France Elie Yéghiayan Jean Teyrouz
2 Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Maronites Sede vacante
Peter Karam (Apostolic administrator)
Nasser Gemayel
3 Eparchy Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris of the Ukrainians Sede vacante
Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic administrator)

References

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  1. ^ Croire.com (2017-03-14). "Qu'est-ce qu'un Bishop émérite ?". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. ^ "Conférence des évêques". Église catholique en France (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. ^ a b c "Liste des évêques de France". Église catholique en France (Bishops' Conference of France) (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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