page_title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon
section_title: Archbishops
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon / Archbishops
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Nosseigneurs Dominique Rey (droite) et Jean-Pierre Cattenoz (gauche) lors d'une conférence de presse.
context_page_description: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese exercises jurisdiction over the territory embraced by the department of Vaucluse, in the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The current archbishop is Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz, who was appointed in 2002.
  Established in the 4th century as the Diocese of Avignon, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1475, with the suffragan sees of the Diocese of Carpentras, the Diocese of Vaison, and the Diocese of Cavaillon. By the Concordat of 1801 these three dioceses were united to Avignon, together with the Diocese of Apt, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Aix. At the same time, however, Avignon was reduced to the rank of a bishopric and was made a suffragan see of Aix.
  The Archdiocese of Avignon was re-established in 1822, and received as suffragan sees the Diocese of Viviers; Diocese of Valence; Diocese of Nîmes; and Diocese of Montpellier.
  On 16 December 2002, the see – officially Archdiocese of Avignon – lost its Metropolitan status and became instead a suffragan see of Marseille.
context_section_description: 1474–1503: Giuliano della Rovere (Archbishop from 1475)
  1503–1512: Antoine Florès
  1512–1517: Orlando Carretto della Rovere (Orland de Roure)
  1517–1535: Hippolyte de' Medici
  1535–1551: Alessandro Farnese the Younger
  1551–1562: Annibale Bozzuti (Annibal Buzzutto)
  1566–1576: Félicien Capitone
  1577–1585: Georges d'Armagnac
  1585–1592: Domenico Grimaldi
  1592–1598: François-Marie Thaurusi (Francesco Maria Tarugi)
  1598–1609: Jean-François Bordini
  1609–1624: Etienne II Dulci
  1624–1644: Marius Philonardi
  1644–1647: Bernard III Pinelli
  1647–1649: César Argelli
  1649–1669: Domenico de' Marini
  1669–1672: Azzo Ariosto
  1673–1686: Hyacinthe Libelli
  1686–1689: Alexandre II Montecatini
  1690–1705: Lorenzo Fieschi
  1705–1717: François Maurice Gonteri 
  1742–1757: Joseph Guyon de Crochans
  1757–1775: François Maria Manzi
  1775–1790: Carlo Vincenzo Giovio
  1793–1794: François-Régis Rovère
  1798: François Etienne
  1802–1817: Jean-François Périer
  1821–1830: Etienne-Parfait-Martin Maurel de Mons
  1831–1834: Louis-Joseph d'Humières
  1834–1842: Célestin Dupont (Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont) (also Archbishop of Bourges)
  1842–1848: Paul Naudo
  1848–1863: Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay
  1863–1880: Louis-Anne Dubreuil
  1880–1884: François-Edouard Hasley (also Archbishop of Cambrai)
  1885–1895: Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne
  1896–1907: Louis-François Sueur
  1907–1928: Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty
  1928–1957: Gabriel-Roch de Llobet
  1957–1970: Joseph-Martin Urtasun
  1970–1978: Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge
  1978–2002: Raymond Bouchex
  2002–present: Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz
caption: Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cattenoz (left) and Dominique Rey
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