Diocese of Nîmes

DIOCESE OF NÎMES (Dioecesis Nemausensis)

Country : France
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 5th century
Abolished 1801
Re-established 1822

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Arms of Bishops

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  Guillaume Court (1337)

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  Jean de Blauzac (1348-1361)

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  Bernard de Bonneval (1383-1390)

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  Guillaume d’Estouteville (Administrator, 1441-1450)

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  Geoffroy Soreau (1450-1453)

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  Alain de Coëtivy (Administrator, 1453-1458)

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  Robert de Villequier (1460-1481)

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  Etienne de Blosset (1481-1482)

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  Jacques II. de Caulers (1482-1496)

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  Guillaume Briçonnet (1496-1514, Administrator)

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  Michel Briçonnet (1515-1554)

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  Claude Briçonnet (1554-1561)

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  Bernard d’Elbène (1561-1568)

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  Raymond Cavalésy (1573-1594)

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  Pierre de Valernod (1598-1625)

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  Claude de Saint-Bonnet de Thoiras (1625-1633)

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  Anthime Denis Cohon (1633-1644)

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  Hector d’Ouvrier (1644-1655)

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  Anthime Denis Cohon (1655-1670)

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  Jean-Jacques Séguier de la Verrière (1671-1689)

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  Esprit-Valentin Fléchier (1689-1710)

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  Jean-César Rousseau de la Parisière (1710-1736)

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  Charles-Prudent de Becdelièvre (1737-1784)

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  Pierre-Marie-Magdeleine Cortois de Balore (1784-1801)

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  Charles-François-Marie Petit-Benoit de Chaffoy (1821-1837)

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  Jean-François-Marie Cart (1838-1855)

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  Claude-Henri Plantier (1855-1875)

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  François-Nicolas Besson (1875-1888)

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  Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly (1889-1896)

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  Félix-Auguste Béguinot (1896-1921)

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  Marcelin-Charles Marty (1921-1924)

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  Jean Justin Girbeau (1924-1963)

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  Pierre-Marie Rougé (1963-1977)

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  Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac (1978-1999)

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  Robert Wattebled (2001-present)

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