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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges

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The Archdiocese of Bourges (Latin: Archidioecesis Bituricensis; French: Archidiocèse de Bourges) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese comprises the departements of Cher and Indre in the Region of Val de Loire. Bourges Cathedral stands in the city of Bourges in the department of Cher. Although this is still titled as an Archdiocese, it ceased as a metropolitan see in 2002 and is now a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of Tours.

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Archdiocese of Bourges

Archidioecesis Bituricensis

Archidiocèse de Bourges
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Bourges Cathedral
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceTours
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Tours
Statistics
Area14,210 km2 (5,490 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2022)
533,000
500,000 (93.8%)
Parishes58
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DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century
CathedralCathedral of St. Stephen in Bourges
Patron saintSt. Ursinus of Bourges
Secular priests66 (Diocesan)
19 (Religious Orders)
18 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishopvacant
Metropolitan ArchbishopVincent Jordy
Bishops emeritusHubert Barbier
Armand Maillard
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The diocese was founded in the 3rd century. Its first bishop was St. Ursinus of Bourges. In the Middle Ages there was a dispute between the bishop of Bourges and the bishop of Bordeaux about the primacy of Aquitaine. Bourges was the place of many synods. The synods 1225 and 1226 are the most important and dealt with the Albigenses.

The province was substantially modified from the late Roman province of Aquitania Prima with which it initially corresponded. The Archdiocese of Albi was erected in the medieval context of heresiological conflict; Orléans, Chartres, and Blois—historically dependent on Sens—were attached to Paris, from which they passed to Bourges in the 1960s. The Archdiocese, along with the three above-mentioned sees, is now suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tours. Historical ecclesiastical geography has here changed to correspond with France's new regions, much as diocesan and provincial boundaries from Napoleon's Concordat of 1801 onwards changed mainly in accordance with those of the Revolution's départements.

In 2002 it lost its metropolitan function.

Bishops of Bourges

To 600

  • St. Ursinus of Bourges (3rd century)
  • Sevitianus
  • Aetherius
  • Thecretus
  • Marcellus (all prior to 337)
  • Saint Viateur (Viator) 337–354 [1]
  •  : Leothère 354–363
  •  : Pauper 363–377
  • Palladius (377–384)
  •  : Villice 384–412
  •  : Avit 412–431
  •  : Saint Pallais II 448–462
  • Leo (453)
  • Euloge 462–469
  • Simplicius (472–480)
  • Saint Tétrade 494–506
  • Rorice 512–?
  •  ?–? : Siagre
  •  ?–? : Saint Humat : ?–?[1]
  • Honoratus of Bourges (pres. Council of Clermont (535)) 533–535
  • Saint Honoré II[1] 535–537
  • Saint Arcade 537–549 [2][3]
  • Saint Désiré (549–552)
  • Saint Probien 552–559
  • Saint Félix 560–573
  • Remedius (all in the second half of the sixth century)
  • Sulpitius I of Bourges (584–591)
  • Saint Eustase 591–591
  • Saint Apollinaire[4] 591 – † 5 octobre 611

From 600 to 1000

  • Austregisilus (612–624)
  • Sulpicius II. of Bourges (624–644)
  • Saint Florent (647–660)
  • Adon (662–680)
  • Agosène (682–683)
  • Roch (696–736)
  • Sigin (736–761)
  • Landoaire (761–764)
  • Dédoat (764–780)
  • Ségolène (780–785)
  • Saint David (793–802)
  • Bertholan (815–827)
  • Agilulfus (c. 829–840)
  • Raoul of Turenne (840–866)
  • Wulfad (866–876)[5]
  • Frotharius (876–c. 893)
  • Adace (890–900)
  • Madalbert (900–910)
  • Saint Géronce de Déols (910–948)
  • Laune de Déols (948–955)
  • Richard de Blois (955–969)
  • Hugh of Blois (969–985)[6]
  • Dagbert (987–1013)[6]

From 1000 to 1300

  • Gauzlin Capet (1013–1030)[6]
  • Aimo de Bourbon (1031–1071)[7]
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1300 to 1600

  • Renault de la Porte 1316–1320
  • Guillaume de Brosse 1321–1331
  • Foucaud de Rochechouard 1331–1343
  • Blessed Roger le Fort 1343–1367
  • Pierre d'Estaing 1367–1370
  • Pierre de Cros 1370–1374, became Archbishop of Arles, and cardinal
  • Bertrand de Chenac 1374–1386
  • Jean de Rochechouart 1382–1390[8]
  • Pierre Aimery 1391–1409
  • Guillaume de Boisratier 1409–1421
  • Henry d'Avangour 1421–1446
  • Jean Coeur 1446–1483
  • Pierre Cadoüet 1483–1492
  • Guillaume de Cambray 1492–1505
  • Michel de Bucy 1505–1511
  • Andrew Forman 1513
  • Antoine Bohier 1514–1519 (elevated to Cardinal in 1517)
  • François de Tournon 1526-1537 (elevated to Cardinal in 1530)
  • Renaud de Beaune 1581

1600 to present

Bishop Armand Maillard

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