Diocese of Valence

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in southern France.^[1]. The contemporary diocese is co-extensive with the department of Drôme.

[edit] Ordinaries

• Jean de Catelan † ( 1705 Appointed - Jan 1725 Died)
• François Bécherel † (5 Jul 1802 Appointed - 25 Jun 1815 Died)
• Marie-Joseph-Antoine-Laurent de la Rivoire de La Tourette † (8 Aug 1817 Appointed - 3 Apr 1840 Died)
• Pierre Chatrousse † (26 May 1840 Appointed - 17 May 1857 Died)
• Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet † (24 Jun 1857 Appointed - 4 Dec 1864 Appointed, Archbishop of Albi)
• Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette † (9 Dec 1864 Appointed - 7 Jan 1875 Resigned)
• Charles-Pierre-François Cotton † (16 Jan 1875 Appointed - 25 Sep 1905 Died)
• Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed - 12 Jan 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre))
• Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues † (7 Feb 1912 Appointed - 28 Dec 1919 Died)
• Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget † (22 Apr 1920 Appointed - 11 Jan 1932 Died)
• Camille Pic † (16 Aug 1932 Appointed - 25 Nov 1951 Died)
• Joseph-Martin Urtasun † (10 Aug 1952 Appointed - 17 Sep 1955 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison))
• Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † (18 Dec 1957 Appointed - 6 Mar 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges)
• Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † (6 Mar 1966 Appointed - 1 Dec 1977 Resigned)
• Didier-Léon Marchand (8 Sep 1978 Appointed - 11 Dec 2001 Retired)
• Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize (11 Dec 2001 Appointed - )

[edit] References

1. ^ Diocese of Valence. Catholic Encyclopedia.