# Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodève

The Bishopric of Lodève is a former Roman Catholic diocese in southern France. Its episcopal see was located in Lodève, in the modern department of Hérault. Its territory is now part of the archdiocese of Montpellier.

## History

Since the 14th century local tradition has made St. Florus first bishop of Lodève, and relates that as a disciple of St. Peter, he afterwards evangelized Haute-Auvergne and died in the present village of Saint-Flour.
Bishops of Lodève have existed since 421; the first historically known bishop is Maternus, who was present at the Council of Agde in 506. Among the bishops of Lodève are: St. George [fr] (863–884), previously a Benedictine monk; St. Fulcran (949–1006), who in 975 dedicated the cathedral of St. Genès and founded the Abbey of St. Sauveur; the Dominican inquisitor Bernard Gui (1324–1331); Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (1450–1453), who played an important part as papal legate, also in the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc; the brothers Guillaume Briçonnet (1489–1516) and Denis Briçonnet (1516–1520).
A Brief of 16 June 1877, authorized the bishops of Montpellier to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève, and Saint-Pons (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), in memory of the different former suffragan dioceses at that date united in the present metropolitan archbishopric of Montpellier.

## Bishops of Lodève
### To 1000

* Saint Florus ?
* Ranulphus ? 492
* Maternus 506
* Deutere 535
* Edibius ? 557
* Agrippin 589
* Leonce 610
* Anatole 633
* Firmin 652
* Ansemond 683
* Eugenius ? 694
* Bernechaire ? 711
* Michel ? 769
* Nebridius ?
* Sisemond 817
* Sylvain 824
* Radulphus 840
* Tatila 844
* St. George 863–884 (Benedictine monk, who is known to have contributed in 861 for the foundation of l'abbaye de Vabres, by Raymond I, comte de Toulouse et de Rouergue
* Macaire 884
* Antgiaire 906
* Rodulphus ?
* Thierry 911–949
* Saint Fulcran 949–1006

### 1000–1300

* Mainfroi 1006–1015
* Olombel 1015–1040
* Bernard I. 1042–1049
* Bernard II. 1050
* Rostaing 1054–ca. 1075
* Bernard III. de Prévenchères 1077–1099
* Dieudonné I. de Caylus 1100–1102
* Pierre I. de Raymond 1102–1154
* Pierre II. de Posquières 1155–1161
* Gaucelin de Raymond de Montpeyroux 1162–1182
* Raymond I. Guilhem Madières 1162–1201
* Pierre III. de Frottier 1200–1207
* Pierre IV. de Lodève 1208–1238
* Bertrand de Mornas 1237–1241
* Guillaume I. de Cazouls 1241–1259
* Raymond II. de Bellin 1259–1262
* Raymond III. d'Astolphe de Rocozels 1263–1280
* Bérenger I. de Boussages 1280–1284
* Bérenger II. de Guitard 1285–1290
* Bernard IV. Poitevin 1290–1292
* Gaucelin de la Garde 1292–1296
* Ithier of Bordeaux, O.Min. 1296–1302

### 1300–1500

* Dieudonné II. de Boussages 1302–1312
* Bernard V. de Guitard 1313–1313
* Guillaume II. du Puy 1314–1315
* Guillaume III. de Mandagot 1316–1317
* Gui de Perpignan 1317–1318
* Jacques I. de Cabrerets de Coucots 1318–1322
* Jean I. de Tixerandrerie 1322–1324
* Bernard VI. de la Guionie (i.e. Bernard Gui) 1324–1331
* Bernard VII. Dumas 1332–1348
* Robert de la Vie 1348–1356
* Gilbert de Montdragon 1357–1361
* Aymeric d'Hugues 1361–1370
* Gui de Malsec 1370–1371
* Jean II. Gastel 1371–1374
* Ferry Cassinel 1374–1382
* Pierre V. Girard 1382–1385
* Clément de Grammont 1385–1392
* Guillaume IV. de Grimoard 1392–1398
* Jean III. de la Vergne 1399–1413
* Micuel Le Boeuf 1413–1430
* Pierre VI. de la Treille 1430–1441
* Jacques de Gaujac 1441–1450
* Guillaume d'Estouteville 1450–1453
* Jean de Corguilleray 1462–1488
* Guillaume de Briçonnet 1489–1516

### 1500–suppression

* Denis Briçonnet 1516–1520
* René I. du Puy 1520–1524
* Jean Mattei Giberti 1526–1528
* Laurent Toscan 1528–1529
* Lélio des Ursins de Céri 1537–1546
* Gui Ascanio Sforza, Cardinal 1546–1547
* Dominique du Gabre 1547–1557
* Bernard VIII. del Bene 1558–1560
* Michel II. Briçonnet 1560–1561
* Claude Briçonnet 1561–1566
* Pierre VII. de Barrault 1566–1569
* Alphonse Vercelli 1570–1573
* René II. de Biragne 1573–1580
* Christophe de Lestang 1580–1602
* Gérard de Rolin 1607–1611
** François de Lévis Ventadour (Administrator ?)
** Charles de Lévis-Vantadour (Administrator ?)
** Anne de Lévis-Ventadour (Administrator ?)
* Jean VI. Plantavit de la Pause 1625–1651
* François de Bosquet 1648–1655
* Roger de Harlay de Cési 1657–1669
* Jean-Armand de Rotundis de Biscarras 1669–1671
* Jean-Antoine de La Garde de Chambonas 1671–1690
* Jacques-Antoine de Phelypeaux 1690–1732
* Jean-Georges de Souillac 1732–1750
* Jean-Félix-Henri de Fumel 1750–1790
* Jean-Georges Gabriel de Levezou 1790–