Lyon (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin, Cardinal, Archbishop
Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut, Auxiliary Bishop
Patrick Le Gal, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 15 December 2006
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 5,087 (1,964 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Centre-Est
Official Web Site: http://catholique-lyon.cef.fr/
Mailing Address: 1 Place de Fourviere, 69321 Lyon CEDEX 05, France
Telephone: 4.72.38.80.90
Fax: 4.78.36.06.00

Historical Details

Diocese of Lyon
- Latin Name: Lugdunensis
- Erected: 2nd Century
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Lyon
- Latin Name: Lugdunensis
- Elevated: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)
- Latin Name: Lugdunensis (-Viennensis Allobrogum)
- Name Changed: 6 October 1822
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
- Conference Region: Centre-Est

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bl. Pierre de Tarentaise, O.P. † (6 Jun 1272 Appointed - 3 Jun 1273 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri))
Guy de Boulogne † (11 Oct 1340 Appointed - 20 Sep 1342 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia)
Jean de Talaru † (13 Jun 1375 Appointed - 8 Nov 1389 Resigned)
Charles I de Bourbon † (7 Nov 1446 Appointed - 17 Sep 1488 Died)
André d’Espinay † (1 Oct 1488 Appointed - 10 Nov 1500 Died)
François de Rohan † (16 Jun 1504 Ordained Bishop - 13 Oct 1536 Died)
Jean de Lorraine † (20 Jun 1537 Appointed - 29 Oct 1539 Resigned)
Ippolito d’Este (II) † (29 Oct 1539 Appointed - 11 May 1551 Resigned)
François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. † (11 May 1551 Appointed - 22 Apr 1562 Died)
Ippolito d’Este (II) † (24 Apr 1562 Appointed - 14 Jul 1564 Resigned)
Pierre d’Espinac † ( 1574 Ordained Bishop - 9 Jan 1599 Died)
Albert de Bellièvre † ( 1599 Appointed - 1604 Resigned)
Claude de Bellièvre † (12 Dec 1604 Ordained Bishop - 19 Apr 1612 Died)
Denis-Simon de Marquemont † (5 Nov 1612 Appointed - 16 Sep 1626 Died)
Charles Miron † (2 Dec 1626 Appointed - 6 Aug 1628 Died)
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. † (27 Nov 1628 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1653 Died)
Camille de Neufville de Villeroy † (28 May 1653 Appointed - 3 Jun 1693 Died)
Claude de Saint-Georges † (8 Sep 1693 Appointed - 9 Jun 1714 Died)
François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy † (1 Oct 1714 Confirmed - 6 Feb 1731 Died)
Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † (19 Nov 1731 Confirmed - 26 Feb 1740 Died)
Pierre-Guérin de Tencin † (11 Nov 1740 Appointed - 2 Mar 1758 Died)
Antoine de Malvin de Montazet † (2 Aug 1758 Confirmed - 2 May 1788 Died)
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf † (15 Sep 1788 Confirmed - 15 Apr 1799 Died)
Joseph Fesch † (4 Aug 1802 Confirmed - 13 May 1839 Died)
Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald † (27 Apr 1840 Confirmed - 25 Feb 1870 Died)
Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (27 Jun 1870 Confirmed - 17 Nov 1875 Died)
Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot † (26 Jul 1876 Confirmed - 23 Jan 1887 Died)
Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (26 May 1887 Confirmed - 23 Jan 1893 Died)
Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) † (15 Jun 1893 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1912 Died)
Hector-Irénée Sévin † (2 Dec 1912 Appointed - 4 May 1916 Died)
Louis-Joseph Maurin † (1 Dec 1916 Appointed - 16 Nov 1936 Died)
Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier † (30 Jul 1937 Appointed - 17 Jan 1965 Died)
Jean-Marie Villot † (17 Jan 1965 Succeeded - 7 Apr 1967 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council)
Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard † (28 May 1967 Appointed - 29 Oct 1981 Retired)
Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † (29 Oct 1981 Appointed - 16 Sep 1994 Died)
Jean Marie Julien Balland † (27 May 1995 Appointed - 1 Mar 1998 Died)
Louis-Marie Billé † (10 Jul 1998 Appointed - 12 Mar 2002 Died)
Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin (16 Jul 2002 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Lyon
2nd Century	Erected		Diocese of Lyon (erected)
Archdiocese of Lyon
3rd Century	Elevated	Diocese of Lyon	Archdiocese of Lyon
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Belley (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Lyon
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Mâcon (suppressed)	Diocese of Autun Archdiocese of Lyon
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Lyon	Diocese of Belley
Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)
6 October 1822	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Lyon	Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)
26 December 1970	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)	Diocese of Saint-Etienne (erected)
Archdiocese of Lyon
15 December 2006	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)	Archdiocese of Lyon

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)

1970 1,700,000 2,020,036 84.2% 1,363 500 1,863 912 2 980 4,600 743 ap1971

1980 1,298,000 1,679,000 77.3% 837 379 1,216 1,067 5 676 3,676 522 ap1981

1990 1,200,000 1,630,000 73.6% 652 400 1,052 1,140 22 679 2,859 516 ap1991

1999 1,224,000 1,750,000 69.9% 517 385 902 1,356 40 776 2,090 486 ap2000

2000 1,200,000 1,725,300 69.6% 500 385 885 1,355 44 409 2,090 514 ap2001

2001 1,200,000 1,725,300 69.6% 493 385 878 1,366 46 399 2,090 514 ap2002

2002 1,200,000 1,733,500 69.2% 450 95 545 2,201 48 108 2,090 189 ap2003

2003 1,200,000 1,733,500 69.2% 484 93 577 2,079 50 106 2,090 175 ap2004

2004 1,200,000 1,735,000 69.2% 470 100 570 2,105 51 114 2,090 160 ap2005

Archdiocese of Lyon

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)
1970	1,700,000	2,020,036	84.2%	1,363	500	1,863	912	2	980	4,600	743	ap1971
1980	1,298,000	1,679,000	77.3%	837	379	1,216	1,067	5	676	3,676	522	ap1981
1990	1,200,000	1,630,000	73.6%	652	400	1,052	1,140	22	679	2,859	516	ap1991
1999	1,224,000	1,750,000	69.9%	517	385	902	1,356	40	776	2,090	486	ap2000
2000	1,200,000	1,725,300	69.6%	500	385	885	1,355	44	409	2,090	514	ap2001
2001	1,200,000	1,725,300	69.6%	493	385	878	1,366	46	399	2,090	514	ap2002
2002	1,200,000	1,733,500	69.2%	450	95	545	2,201	48	108	2,090	189	ap2003
2003	1,200,000	1,733,500	69.2%	484	93	577	2,079	50	106	2,090	175	ap2004
2004	1,200,000	1,735,000	69.2%	470	100	570	2,105	51	114	2,090	160	ap2005
Archdiocese of Lyon

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin (Archbishop: 16 Jul 2002 - )
Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Nov 2008)
Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jun 1975 to 14 Sep 1989)
Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière (Priest: 19 Jun 1988; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 2003 to 27 Aug 2011)
Maurice Marcel Gardès (Priest: 22 Jun 1975 to 21 Dec 2004)
Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 2003 to 13 Nov 2007)
Patrick Le Gal (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Oct 2009)
Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1966 to 23 Feb 1971)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Feb 1947 to 20 Oct 1973)
Jean Marie Julien Balland † (Archbishop: 27 May 1995 to 1 Mar 1998)
Robertus Bartholot, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Nov 1601)
Albert de Bellièvre † (Archbishop: 1599 to 1604)
Claude de Bellièvre † (Archbishop: 12 Dec 1604 to 19 Apr 1612)
Pierre-Marie Belmont † (Priest: 23 Dec 1865 to 19 Jan 1893)
Louis-Marie Billé † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1998 to 12 Mar 2002)
Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jun 1970 to 21 Jun 1975)
Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald † (Archbishop: 27 Apr 1840 to 25 Feb 1870)
Etienne Bornet † (Priest: 23 Dec 1905; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1937 to 4 Jun 1958)
Guy de Boulogne † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1340 to 20 Sep 1342)
Charles I de Bourbon † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1446 to 17 Sep 1488)
Jean-Marie Bourchany † (Priest: 15 Jun 1878; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jan 1914 to Oct 1924)
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bron † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jan 1754 to 1775)
Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot † (Archbishop: 26 Jul 1876 to 23 Jan 1887)
Pierre Bertrand Chagué † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jul 1969 to 18 Jan 1975)
Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon † (Priest: 15 Jun 1889; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1917 to 19 Jun 1922)
Étienne Chassaigné †
Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † (Archbishop: 19 Nov 1731 to 26 Feb 1740)
Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1893 to 12 Sep 1912)
Louis-Jean Dechelette † (Priest: 1873; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Feb 1906 to 7 Feb 1913)
Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † (Archbishop: 29 Oct 1981 to 16 Sep 1994)
Jean Delay † (Priest: 5 Oct 1902; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Aug 1928 to 14 Aug 1937)
Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado † (Priest: 11 Oct 1942; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Oct 1975 to 3 Dec 1994)
Pierre d’Espinac † (Archbishop: 1574 to 9 Jan 1599)
André d’Espinay † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1488 to 10 Nov 1500)
Ippolito d’Este (II) † (Administrator: 29 Oct 1539 to 11 May 1551)
Joachim-Jean-Xavier d’Isoard †
Claude Marie Dubuis † (Priest: 1 Jun 1844 to 21 Oct 1862)
Jean Duperray † (Priest: 20 Dec 1913 to 20 Dec 1947)
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1628 to 23 Mar 1653)
Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Mar 1955 to 4 Dec 1961)
Jacques Maurice Faivre † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1992 to 29 Jul 1997)
Etienne Irénée Faugier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1922 to 4 Jun 1928)
Rambert-Irénée Faure † (Priest: 30 May 1896 to 12 Mar 1926)
Joseph Fesch † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1802 to 13 May 1839)
Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (Archbishop: 26 May 1887 to 23 Jan 1893)
Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1937 to 17 Jan 1965)
Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 17 Nov 1875)
Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Nov 1885 to 1889)
Jean de Lorraine † (Administrator: 20 Jun 1537 to 29 Oct 1539)
Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1574 to 1616)
Antoine de Malvin de Montazet † (Archbishop: 2 Aug 1758 to 2 May 1788)
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1788 to 15 Apr 1799)
Denis-Simon de Marquemont † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1612 to 16 Sep 1626)
Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Nov 1964 to 19 Sep 1969)
Louis-Joseph Maurin † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1916 to 16 Nov 1936)
Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1959 to 24 Jan 1966)
Jean-Marie Mioland † (Priest: 14 Jun 1812 to 12 Feb 1838)
Charles Miron † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1626 to 6 Aug 1628)
Nicolas Navarre † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 May 1735 to 1754)
Camille de Neufville de Villeroy † (Archbishop: 28 May 1653 to 3 Jun 1693)
François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1714 to 6 Feb 1731)
Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins † (Apostolic Administrator: 27 Dec 1823 to 2 Jul 1840)
Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard † (Archbishop: 28 May 1967 to 29 Oct 1981)
François de Rohan † (Archbishop: 16 Jun 1504 to 13 Oct 1536)
Claude de Saint-Georges † (Archbishop: 8 Sep 1693 to 9 Jun 1714)
Hector-Irénée Sévin † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1912 to 4 May 1916)
Antonius Sicault † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Oct 1711 to 8 Sep 1733)
Jean-Louis Taberd, M.E.P. † (Priest: 27 Jul 1817 to Aug 1820)
Jean de Talaru † (Archbishop: 13 Jun 1375 to 8 Nov 1389)
Bl. Pierre de Tarentaise, O.P. † (Archbishop: 6 Jun 1272 to 3 Jun 1273)
Pierre-Guérin de Tencin † (Archbishop: 11 Nov 1740 to 2 Mar 1758)
Odon Thibaudier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Mar 1875 to 26 Jun 1876)
François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. † (Archbishop: 11 May 1551 to 22 Apr 1562)
Michel-Louis Vial † (Priest: 15 Jun 1935 to 8 Feb 1961)
Jean-Denis de Vienne † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1775 to 1800)
Clément Villecourt † (Priest: 21 Dec 1811 to 1832)
Jean-Marie Villot † (Priest: 19 Apr 1930 to 2 Sep 1954; Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Dec 1959; Archbishop: 17 Jan 1965 to 7 Apr 1967)

Archdiocese of Lyon

Archidioecesis Lugdunensis