Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Historical Details

• Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 7 August 1825
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Chambéry
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 2,090 (807 Square Miles)

• Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
  • Latin Name: Maurianensis
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Country: France

Past Ordinaries

• Ogerio Moriset † (11 Feb 1433 Appointed - 11 Jan 1441 Died)
• Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. † (26 Jan 1453 Appointed - 22 Jan 1483 Died)
• Etienne de Morel † (31 Jan 1483 Appointed - 24 Jul 1499 Died)
• Louis de Gorrevod de Challand † (9 Aug 1499 Appointed - 10 Apr 1532 Resigned)
• Jean-Philibert de Loriol de Châles † ( 1541 Appointed - 1544 Died)
• Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro † (30 Jul 1544 Appointed - 1 Dec 1559 Died)
• Brandelisio Trotti † (27 Mar 1560 Appointed - 1563 Died)
• Pierre de Lambert † (21 Nov 1567 Appointed - 1591 Died)
• Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges † ( 1591 Appointed - 17 Dec 1618 Appointed, Archbishop of Torino {Turin})
• Charles Bobba de Montferrat † (13 May 1619 Appointed - 10 Feb 1636 Died)
• Paul Milliet de Challes † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - 1656 Died)
• Hercule Berzet † (6 May 1658 Appointed - 4 Mar 1686 Died)
• Francesco Giacinto Valperga di Masino † (12 May 1687 Appointed - 7 Sep 1736 Died)
• Ignace-Dominique Grisella de Rosignan † ( 1741 Appointed - 1756 Died)
• Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana † (25 May 1757 Appointed - 12 Jul 1779 Appointed, Bishop of Vercelli)
• Charles-Joseph Compans de Brichanteau † (26 Jan 1780 Appointed - Sep 1792 Resigned)
• Alexis Billiet † (19 Dec 1825 Confirmed - 27 Apr 1840 Confirmed, Archbishop of Chambéry)
• François-Marie Vibert † (1 Mar 1841 Confirmed - 31 Oct 1876 Died)
• Michel Rosset † (18 Dec 1876 Confirmed - 8 Jun 1902 Died)
• Adrien-Alexis Fodéré † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed - 27 Aug 1923 Died)
• Auguste Grumel † (3 Feb 1924 Appointed - 14 Mar 1946 Died)
• Frédéric Duc † (14 Mar 1946 Succeeded - 11 Jan 1954 Resigned)
• Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † (11 Jan 1954 Appointed - 17 Apr 1956 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tours)
• Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec † (2 May 1956 Appointed - 15 Jun 1960 Appointed, Bishop of Perpignan-Elne)
• André-Georges Bontems † (13 Sep 1960 Appointed - 26 Apr 1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise))

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
1948	42,000	43,115	97.4%	127		127	330			215	89	ap1951

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec † (Bishop: 2 May 1956 to 15 Jun 1960)
• Hercule Berzet † (Bishop: 6 May 1658 to 4 Mar 1686)
• Alexis Billiet † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1825 to 27 Apr 1840)
• Charles Bobba de Montferrat † (Bishop: 13 May 1619 to 10 Feb 1636)
• André-Georges Bontems † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1960 to 26 Apr 1966)
• Charles-Joseph Compans de Brichanteau † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1780 to Sep 1792)
• Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1453 to 22 Jan 1483)
• Henri Clément Victor Donze † (Priest: 19 Sep 1936 to 15 Nov 1962)
• Frédéric Duc † (Priest: 11 Jul 1909; Coadjutor Bishop: 30 May 1944; Bishop: 14 Mar 1946 to 11 Jan 1954)
• Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1954 to 17 Apr 1956)
• Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana † (Bishop: 25 May 1757 to 12 Jul 1779)
• Adrien-Alexis Fodéré † (Bishop: 21 Feb 1906 to 27 Aug 1923)
• Louis de Gorrevod de Challand † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1499 to 10 Apr 1532)
• Ignace-Dominique Grisella de Rosignan † (Bishop: 1741 to 1756)
• Auguste Grumel † (Bishop: 3 Feb 1924 to 14 Mar 1946)
• Pierre de Lambert † (Bishop: 21 Nov 1567 to 1591)
• Jean-Philibert de Loriol de Châles † (Bishop: 1541 to 1544)
• Paul Milliet de Challes † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1641 to 1656)
• Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges † (Bishop: 1591 to 17 Dec 1618)
• Etienne de Morel † (Bishop: 31 Jan 1483 to 24 Jul 1499)
• Ogerio Moriset † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1433 to 11 Jan 1441)
• Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1544 to 1 Dec 1559)
• Michel Rosset † (Apostolic Administrator: 26 Jun 1876; Bishop: 18 Dec 1876 to 8 Jun 1902)
• Brandelisio Trotti † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1560 to 1563)
• Francesco Giacinto Valperga di Masino † (Bishop: 12 May 1687 to 7 Sep 1736)
• François-Marie Vibert † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1841 to 31 Oct 1876)