Tours (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy, Archbishop
Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist., Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 5th Century
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 6,127 (2,366 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Centre
Official Web Site: http://diocesedetours.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Maison Diocesaine, 13 rue des Ursulines, B.P. 41117, 37011 Tours CEDEX 1, France
Telephone: 2.47.70.41.41

Historical Details

Diocese of Tours
- Latin Name: Turonensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

St. Martin † ( 371 Ordained Bishop - 8 Nov 397 Died)
St. Perpetuo † (Nov 461 Appointed - 1 Jan 491 Died)
Raoul d’Orleans † (16 Sep 1087 Appointed - 1118 Died)
Barthelemy de Vendôme † ( 1174 Appointed - 15 Oct 1206 Died)
Géoffroy de Le Lande † ( 1206 Appointed - 29 Apr 1208 Died)
Jean de La Faye † (4 Oct 1208 Appointed - 23 Apr 1228 Died)
Juhel de Mathefelon † ( 1229 Appointed - 20 Mar 1245 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
Géoffroy Marceau † (13 May 1245 Appointed - 10 Jul 1251 Died)
Brice de Lamballe † ( 1252 Appointed - 24 Oct 1256 Died)
Vincent de Pilmil † ( 1257 Appointed - 19 Sep 1270 Died)
Jean de Montsoreau † (16 Jan 1271 Appointed - 26 Jan 1285 Died)
Olivier de Chaon (Credonio) † (24 May 1285 Appointed - 24 Aug 1285 Died)
Bourchard Dayn (Dain) † (24 Apr 1286 Appointed - 19 Oct 1290 Died)
Philippe de Candé † (3 Jan 1291 Appointed - 15 Feb 1291 Died)
Renaud de Montbazon † (21 Nov 1291 Appointed - 23 Aug 1312 Died)
Geoffroy de La Haye † (20 Feb 1313 Appointed - 6 Apr 1323 Died)
Etienne de Bourgueil † (16 Aug 1323 Appointed - 7 Mar 1335 Died)
Pierre Frétault † (14 Jul 1335 Appointed - 21 May 1357 Died)
Philippe Blanche † (3 Jul 1357 Appointed - 1363 Died)
Simon de Renou, O.S.B. † (25 Oct 1363 Appointed - 2 Jan 1379 Died)
Seguin d’Auton † (14 Jan 1380 Appointed - 20 Jun 1380 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch})
Aléaume Boistel † (20 Jun 1380 Appointed - 1382 Died)
Guy de Roye † (17 Oct 1382 Appointed - 8 Oct 1383 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Castres)
Seguin d’Auton † (8 Oct 1383 Appointed - 25 Mar 1395 Died)
Amelias du Beuil † (5 Nov 1395 Appointed - 1 Sep 1414 Died)
Jacques Gélu † (7 Nov 1414 Appointed - 30 Jul 1427 Appointed, Archbishop of Embrun)
Philippe de Coëtquis † (30 Jul 1427 Appointed - 12 Jul 1441 Died)
Jean Bernard † (11 Dec 1441 Appointed - 28 Apr 1466 Died)
Gérard (Bastet) de Crussol † (9 Jun 1466 Appointed - 13 May 1468 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valence and Die)
Hélie de Bourdeilles, O.F.M. † (16 May 1468 Appointed - 5 Jul 1484 Died)
Robert de Lénoncourt † (29 Jul 1484 Appointed - 28 Mar 1509 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
Carlo Domenico del Carretto † (5 Apr 1509 Appointed - 3 Jul 1514 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cahors)
Christophe de Brillac † (4 Feb 1514 Appointed - 31 Jul 1520 Died)
Martin Fourier de Beaune † (24 Aug 1520 Appointed - 2 Jul 1527 Died)
Antoine de La Barre † (16 Mar 1528 Appointed - 12 Jan 1547 Died)
Georges d’Armagnac † (13 Jan 1548 Appointed - 6 Apr 1551 Resigned)
Étienne Poncher † (6 Apr 1551 Appointed - 15 Mar 1553 Died)
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (28 Apr 1553 Appointed - 12 Nov 1554 Appointed, Bishop of Cahors)
Simon de Maillé de Brézé † (25 Jun 1554 Appointed - 11 Jan 1597 Died)
François de La Guesle † (7 Feb 1597 Appointed - 30 Oct 1614 Died)
Bertrand d’Eschaux (de Chaux) † (26 Jun 1617 Appointed - 21 May 1641 Died)
Victor Le Bouthilier † (21 May 1641 Succeeded - 12 Sep 1670 Died)
Charles de Rosmadec † (8 Feb 1672 Confirmed - 23 Jul 1672 Died)
Michel Amelot de Gournay † (11 Sep 1673 Confirmed - 17 Feb 1687 Died)
Mathieu Ysoré d’Hervault † (22 Dec 1693 Confirmed - 9 Jul 1716 Died)
Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries † (18 Sep 1719 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1722 Confirmed, Archbishop of Albi)
François Blouet de Camilly † (20 Jan 1723 Confirmed - 17 Oct 1723 Died)
Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (27 Sep 1724 Confirmed - 2 Aug 1750 Died)
Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Ceilhes de Fleury † (17 May 1751 Confirmed - 2 Mar 1775 Resigned)
Joachim-François-Mamert de Conzié † (29 May 1775 Confirmed - 8 May 1795 Died)
Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † (16 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 22 Aug 1804 Died)
Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral † (1 Feb 1805 Confirmed - 1 Sep 1815 Resigned)
Jean-Baptiste du Chilleau † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1824 Died)
Augustin-Louis de Montblanc † (24 Nov 1824 Succeeded - 28 Dec 1841 Died)
François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (27 Jan 1843 Confirmed - 19 Mar 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Paris)
Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (19 Mar 1857 Confirmed - 27 Oct 1871 Confirmed, Archbishop of Paris)
Félix-Pierre Fruchaud † (27 Oct 1871 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1874 Died)
Charles-Théodore Colet † (21 Dec 1874 Confirmed - 30 Nov 1883 Died)
Guillaume-René Meignan † (24 Mar 1884 Confirmed - 20 Jan 1896 Died)
René-François Renou † (25 Jun 1896 Confirmed - 2 Aug 1913 Resigned)
Albert Nègre † (5 Aug 1913 Appointed - 5 Feb 1931 Died)
Louis-Joseph Gaillard † (25 Sep 1931 Appointed - 28 Oct 1956 Died)
Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † (28 Oct 1956 Succeeded - 9 Sep 1980 Retired)
Jean Marcel Honoré † (13 Aug 1981 Appointed - 22 Jul 1997 Retired)
Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. † (22 Jul 1997 Appointed - 11 May 1998 Died)
André Armand Vingt-Trois (21 Apr 1999 Appointed - 11 Feb 2005 Appointed, Archbishop of Paris)
Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. (23 Jun 2005 Appointed - 26 Oct 2019 Retired)
Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy (4 Nov 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Tours
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Tours (erected)
Archdiocese of Tours
5th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Tours	Archdiocese of Tours

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 Tours

1950 274,620 350,000 78.5% 321 20 341 805 40 1,004 295 ap1951

1970 436,124 .0% 273 48 321 0 71 1,054 296 ap1971

1980 423,030 486,884 86.9% 218 46 264 1,602 1 67 805 300 ap1981

1990 453,000 520,000 87.1% 171 46 217 2,087 9 62 720 300 ap1991

1999 436,400 545,500 80.0% 144 37 181 2,411 15 45 523 82 ap2000

2000 426,023 568,031 75.0% 144 36 180 2,366 15 43 501 81 ap2001

2001 414,662 568,031 73.0% 141 30 171 2,424 15 38 485 77 ap2002

2002 420,042 554,345 75.8% 133 32 165 2,545 14 41 489 77 ap2003

2003 385,030 554,003 69.5% 126 26 152 2,533 16 35 449 77 ap2004

2004 347,456 560,413 62.0% 122 21 143 2,429 16 29 429 76 ap2005

2010 503,000 597,724 84.2% 102 15 117 4,299 21 20 387 44 ap2011

2014 501,600 607,000 82.6% 88 30 118 4,250 27 33 331 41 ap2015

2017 498,800 604,000 82.6% 79 22 101 4,938 24 26 223 39 ap2018

2020 500,900 606,511 82.6% 80 19 99 5,059 27 25 173 39 ap2021

2022 502,000 608,390 82.5% 72 23 95 5,284 30 28 146 39 ap2023

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 Tours
1950	274,620	350,000	78.5%	321	20	341	805		40	1,004	295	ap1951
1970		436,124	.0%	273	48	321	0		71	1,054	296	ap1971
1980	423,030	486,884	86.9%	218	46	264	1,602	1	67	805	300	ap1981
1990	453,000	520,000	87.1%	171	46	217	2,087	9	62	720	300	ap1991
1999	436,400	545,500	80.0%	144	37	181	2,411	15	45	523	82	ap2000
2000	426,023	568,031	75.0%	144	36	180	2,366	15	43	501	81	ap2001
2001	414,662	568,031	73.0%	141	30	171	2,424	15	38	485	77	ap2002
2002	420,042	554,345	75.8%	133	32	165	2,545	14	41	489	77	ap2003
2003	385,030	554,003	69.5%	126	26	152	2,533	16	35	449	77	ap2004
2004	347,456	560,413	62.0%	122	21	143	2,429	16	29	429	76	ap2005
2010	503,000	597,724	84.2%	102	15	117	4,299	21	20	387	44	ap2011
2014	501,600	607,000	82.6%	88	30	118	4,250	27	33	331	41	ap2015
2017	498,800	604,000	82.6%	79	22	101	4,938	24	26	223	39	ap2018
2020	500,900	606,511	82.6%	80	19	99	5,059	27	25	173	39	ap2021
2022	502,000	608,390	82.5%	72	23	95	5,284	30	28	146	39	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Michel Amelot de Gournay † (Archbishop: 11 Sep 1673 to 17 Feb 1687)
Seguin d’Auton † (Archbishop: 14 Jan 1380 to 20 Jun 1380; Administrator: 8 Oct 1383 to 25 Mar 1395)
Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral † (Archbishop: 1 Feb 1805 to 1 Sep 1815)
Renaud de Beaune †
Gabriel de Beauvau de Rivarennes †
Pierre-François Beauvau de Rivau †
Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau du Rivau †
Pierre de Bedacier, O.S.B. †
Jean Bernard † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1441 to 28 Apr 1466)
Amelias du Beuil † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1395 to 1 Sep 1414)
Philippe Blanche † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1357 to 1363)
François Blouet de Camilly † (Archbishop: 20 Jan 1723 to 17 Oct 1723)
Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † (Archbishop: 16 Apr 1802 to 22 Aug 1804)
Aléaume Boistel † (Archbishop: 20 Jun 1380 to 1382)
Hélie de Bourdeilles, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 16 May 1468 to 5 Jul 1484)
Etienne de Bourgueil † (Archbishop: 16 Aug 1323 to 7 Mar 1335)
Gilles Boutault †
Guillaume Briçonnet †
Christophe de Brillac † (Archbishop: 4 Feb 1514 to 31 Jul 1520)
Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes † (Priest: 1892 to 16 Dec 1920)
Philippe de Candé † (Archbishop: 3 Jan 1291 to 15 Feb 1291)
Fortunat-Henri Caumont, O.F.M. Cap. †
Olivier de Chaon (Credonio) † (Archbishop: 24 May 1285 to 24 Aug 1285)
Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1724 to 2 Aug 1750)
Hector-Albert Chaulet d’Outremont †
Jean-Baptiste du Chilleau † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 24 Nov 1824)
Philippe de Coëtquis † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1427 to 12 Jul 1441)
Charles-Théodore Colet † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1874 to 30 Nov 1883)
Joachim-François-Mamert de Conzié † (Archbishop: 29 May 1775 to 8 May 1795)
Gérard (Bastet) de Crussol † (Archbishop: 9 Jun 1466 to 13 May 1468)
Georges d’Armagnac † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1548 to 6 Apr 1551)
Bourchard Dayn (Dain) † (Archbishop: 24 Apr 1286 to 19 Oct 1290)
Carlo Domenico del Carretto † (Archbishop: 5 Apr 1509 to 3 Jul 1514)
Bertrand d’Eschaux (de Chaux) † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1617 to 21 May 1641)
Achille d’Estampes de Valançay †
Ildephonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. †
Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 1920 to 21 Nov 1921)
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (Administrator: 28 Apr 1553 to 12 Nov 1554)
Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † (Priest: 1 Sep 1929 to 11 Jan 1954; Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Apr 1956; Archbishop: 28 Oct 1956 to 9 Sep 1980)
Martin Fourier de Beaune † (Archbishop: 24 Aug 1520 to 2 Jul 1527)
Pierre Frétault † (Archbishop: 14 Jul 1335 to 21 May 1357)
Félix-Pierre Fruchaud † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 9 Nov 1874)
Louis-Joseph Gaillard † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1931 to 28 Oct 1956)
Jean-Baptiste Gault, C.O. †
Jacques Gélu † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1414 to 30 Jul 1427)
Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (Archbishop: 19 Mar 1857 to 27 Oct 1871)
François Hébert †
Jean Marcel Honoré † (Archbishop: 13 Aug 1981 to 22 Jul 1997)
André-Hubert Juteau † (Priest: 30 May 1863 to 14 Feb 1889)
Antoine de La Barre † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1528 to 12 Jan 1547)
Gilles de La Baume le Blanc de la Valière †
Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1719 to 23 Sep 1722)
Jean de La Faye † (Archbishop: 4 Oct 1208 to 23 Apr 1228)
Andrea Lagogne, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Aug 1515)
François de La Guesle † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1597 to 30 Oct 1614)
Geoffroy de La Haye † (Archbishop: 20 Feb 1313 to 6 Apr 1323)
Brice de Lamballe † (Archbishop: 1252 to 24 Oct 1256)
Victor Le Bouthilier † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 1 Sep 1631; Archbishop: 21 May 1641 to 12 Sep 1670)
Géoffroy de Le Lande † (Archbishop: 1206 to 29 Apr 1208)
Robert de Lénoncourt † (Archbishop: 29 Jul 1484 to 28 Mar 1509)
Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. †
Simon de Maillé de Brézé † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1554 to 11 Jan 1597)
Géoffroy Marceau † (Archbishop: 13 May 1245 to 10 Jul 1251)
Juhel de Mathefelon † (Archbishop: 1229 to 20 Mar 1245)
Guillaume-René Meignan † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1884 to 20 Jan 1896)
Joseph-Marie-François-Xavier Métreau † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jan 1912 to 6 Aug 1913)
Louis Milon †
Renaud de Montbazon † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1291 to 23 Aug 1312)
Augustin-Louis de Montblanc † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Jun 1821; Archbishop: 24 Nov 1824 to 28 Dec 1841)
Jean de Montsoreau † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1271 to 26 Jan 1285)
François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1843 to 19 Mar 1857)
Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. † (Archbishop: 22 Jul 1997 to 11 May 1998)
Albert Nègre † (Archbishop: 5 Aug 1913 to 5 Feb 1931)
Nicolas de Netz †
Raoul d’Orleans † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1087 to 1118)
François Pallu, M.E.P. †
Vincent de Pilmil † (Archbishop: 1257 to 19 Sep 1270)
François Poncher †
Étienne Poncher †
Étienne Poncher † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1551 to 15 Mar 1553)
Frédéric Ragueneau †
René-François Renou † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1896 to 2 Aug 1913)
Simon de Renou, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 25 Oct 1363 to 2 Jan 1379)
Charles de Rosmadec † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1672 to 23 Jul 1672)
Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Ceilhes de Fleury † (Archbishop: 17 May 1751 to 2 Mar 1775)
Guy de Roye † (Archbishop: 17 Oct 1382 to 8 Oct 1383)
[Pierre Suzor] †
Jean Valere (Vallier) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Mar 1542 to 10 Jun 1551)
Jean de Vaux (Vaulx), O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Apr 1540)
Barthelemy de Vendôme † (Archbishop: 1174 to 15 Oct 1206)
Guy Vigier, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1468)
Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson †
Mathieu Ysoré d’Hervault † (Archbishop: 22 Dec 1693 to 9 Jul 1716)
St. Martin † (Bishop: 371 to 8 Nov 397)
St. Perpetuo † (Archbishop: Nov 461 to 1 Jan 491)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Tours
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 503
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 258
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 321
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 350
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 395
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 422
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 381
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 572
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 380
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 639, to Page 641

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