List recent dioceses of France

This is the list of the recent dioceses of France and their successive bishops. For more information, consult the article French catholic Circonscriptions since 2002.

Bishops of Belfort-Montbeliard

Eugene Georges Joseph Lecrosnier 1979-2000, withdrawn in 2000
Claude Pierre Charles Schockert 2000 -

Bishops of Creteil

Robert Marie Joseph france of Provenchères 1966 - 1981, withdrawn in 1981, died in 1992
François-Victor-Marie Frétellière (P.S.S) 1981 - 1997
Daniel Camille Victor Marie Unstable 1998 -

Bishops of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes

Only nominated Corbeil until 1988.

Albert Georges Yves Malbois 1966 - 1977, withdrawn in 1977
Guy Alexis Herbulot 1978 - 2000, resigned in 2000
Michel Marie Jacques Dubost (C.I.M) 2000 -

Bishops of Laval

Bishops of the Harbor

Michel Marie Paul Saudreau 1974-2003, withdrawn in 2003
Michel Guyard 2003 -

Bishops of Lille

Alexis-Armand Charost 1913 - 1920, transf.p/Rennes (1920) as coadjutor of the archbishop
Hector-Raphael Quilliet 1920 - 1928, resigned, died in 1928
Achilles Liénart 1928 - 1968, withdrawn, died in 1973
Adrien-Edmund-Maurice Ghent 1968 - 1983, withdrawn, died in 1990
Jean-Felix-Albert-Marie Vilnet 1983 - 1998, withdrawn,
Gerard Denis Auguste Defois 1998 -

Bishops of Mills

Antoine of the Barn of Pons 1822 - 1849
Pierre-Simon-Louis-Marie de Dreux-Brézé 1849 - 1893
Auguste-Rene-Marie Dubourg 1893 - 1906, transf. P/Rennes (1906)
Emile-Louis Cornil Lobbedey 1906 - 1911, transf. P/Arras (1911)
Jean-Baptist-Etienne-Honore Dogvane 1911 - 1926, withdraws in 1926, died in 1929
Jean-Baptist-Auguste Gonon 1926 - 1942
Georges-Clement-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin 1942 - 1956
Francis-Albert Bougon 1956 - 1975, resigned in 1975, died in 1986
Andre-Bernard Michel Quélen 1975 - 1998, withdrawn in 1998, died in 7/20/2006
Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin 1998 - 2002, transf. P/Lyon (2002)
Pascal Roland 2003 -

Bishops of Nanterre

Jacques Marie Delarue 1966 - 1982
François-Marie Christian Favreau 1983 - 2002, withdrawn in 2002
Gerard Antoine Daucourt 2002 -

Bishops of Pontoise

Andre Rousset 1966-1988, resigned in 1988, died in 1994
Thierry Romain Camille Jordan 1988-1999, transf.p/Reims (1999)
Herve-Jean-Luc Renaudin 2000-2003
Jean-Yves Riocreux 2003 -

Bishops of Saint-Denis

Jacques the Rope-maker 1966 - 1978, withdrawn in 1978, died in 2003
Guy Gerard Deroubaix 1978 - 1996
Olivier-Jean-Marie-Michel de Berranger (Ist.del Prado) 1996 -

Bishops of Saint-Etienne

Paul Marie François Rousset (Ist.del Prado) 1971 - 1987, resigned in 1987, died in
Pierre Jacques Joatton (Ist.del Prado) 1988 - 2006, withdrawn in 2006
Dominique-Julien-Claude Marie Lebrun 2006 -

Bishops of Versailles

Constitutional diocese

Jean Julien Oats 1791 - 1793, constitutional bishop
Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément 1798 - 1801, constitutional bishop

Diocese of Versailles

Louis To cart Rock 1802-1827
Etienne-Jean-François Borderies 1827-1832
Louis-Marie-Edmont Blanquart de Bailleul 1832-1844, transf. P/Rouen (1844)
Jean-Nicaise Large 1844-1857
Jean-Pierre Mabile 1858-1877
Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux 1877-1904
Charles-Henri-Célestin Game 1906-1931
Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin 1931-1952, withdraws in 1952, dead in 1952
Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard 1953-1967, transf. P/Lyon (1967)
Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux 1967-1988, resigned in 1988
Jean-Charles Thomas 1988-2001, resigned in 2001
Eric-Marie-Pierre-Henri Chaplain 2001 -

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