Bishop of Coutances and Avranches Totally Explained

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The Bishop of Coutances is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen. The Diocese of Coutances (Constantiensis) comprises the entire department of Manche. It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and of two archdeaconries from the Diocese of Bayeux. Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of Bishop of Coutances and Avranches.
The bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands until the Reformation, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569.

History

Bishops of Coutances

St. Ereptiolus (fourth century)
St. Exuperatus (fourth century)
Leontianus, first bishop historically known, attended the First Council of Orléans (511).
St. Lô (Laud, Lautro) (sixth century)
St. Rumpharius (d. about 586)
St. Frémond (Frodemundus) (fl. 679)
Herbert, c. 1025-1026
Robert, c. 1026-1048, previously bishop of Lisieux
Geoffrey de Montbray (from 1049-1093)
Hugues de Morville (from 1202-1238)
Gilles Deschamps
Philibert de Montjeu (from 1424-1439)
Giuliano della Rovere (from 1476-1478), afterwards Pope Julius II
John Lesley

Bishops of Avranches

Nepos, the first bishop known to history, assisted at the First Council of Orléans in 511.

Saint Severe ca. 520

Perpetue 533–541

Egidius 549–550

St. Pair, or Paternus (d. 565)

Saint Sénier 563

Saint Leudeuald, Leodovaldus ca. 580

Hildoald ca. 614–626

Saint Rahentrannus, Ragertran, Ragertrannus (about 682)

St. Severus (about 690)

St. Aubert, Aubertus ca. 708

Jean I. ca. 840

Ansegaud ca. 847–ca. 853

Remedius 855

Walbert ca. 859–ca. 862

Norgod (Norgaud) ca. 990–ca. 1017 or 1018

Maugis (Maingise) 1022–ca. 1026

Hugo 1028–ca. 1060

Jean d'Ivry (or de Bayeux) 1060–1067, in 1068 Archbishop of Rouen, son of Rodulf of Ivry

Michael I. 1068–1094

Turgis (Turgise) 1094–1134

Richard de Beaufou 1134–1142

Richard de Subligny 1142–1153

Herbert II. 1154–1161

Achard of St. Victor 1162–1171

Richard III 1171–1182

Guillaume I. Bureau 1182–ca. 1195

Guillaume II. de Chemillé 1196–1198

Guillaume III. Tollerment 1199–1210

Guillaume IV. Bureau 1210–1236

Guillaume V. de Saint-Mère-Eglise 1236–1253

Richard IV. L`Ainé 1253–1257

Guillaume VI. 1257–1258

Richard V. L`Anglois 1259–1269

Raoul de Thiéville 1269–1292

Geoffroi Boucher 1293–1306

Nicolas de Luzarches 1307–1311

Michel II. de Pontorson 1311–1312

Jean III. de La Mouche 1312–1327

Jean IV. de Vienne 1328–1331

Jean V. Hautfune 1331–1358

Foulque Bardoul 1358–1359

Robert I. de La Porte 1359–1379

Laurent de Faye 1379–1391

Jean VI. de Saint-Avit 1391–1442

Martin Pinard 1442–1458

Jean VII. Bouchard 1458–1484

Louis von Bourbon-Vendôme 1484–1510

Louis Herbert 1511–1526

Agostino Trivulzio 1526 (administrator)

Jean VIII. de Langeac 1526–1532

Robert Ceneau (Robert Cénalis) 1532–1560 (also Bishop of Vence and Bishop of Riez)

Antoine Le Cirier 1561–1575

Augustin Le Cirier 1575–1580

Georges de Péricard 1583–1587

François de Péricard 1588–1639

Charles Vialart de Saint-Paul 1640–1644

Roger D'Aumont 1645–1651

Gabriel Boislève 1652–1657

Gabriel-Philippe de Froulay de Tessé 1668–1689

Pierre Daniel Huet 1689–1699

Roland-François de Kerhoen de Coettenfau 1709–1719

César Le Blanc 1719–1746

P.-Joseph-Baptiste-Durand de Missy 1746–1764

Raimond de Durfort 1764–1766

Joseph-François de Malide 1766–1774

Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbeuf 1774–1790

Bishops of Bishop of Coutances and Avranches

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