Amiens (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Gérard Francis Le Stang, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 3rd Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reims
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 6,277 (2,424 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Nord
Official Web Site: http://www.amiens.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Eveche, 384 rue Saint-Fuscien, B.P. 43008, 80030 Amiens CEDEX 1, France
Telephone: 3.22.71.46.12
Fax: 3.22.72.05.17

Past and Present Ordinaries

Gervins † ( 1091 Appointed - 1102 Resigned)
Thierry † ( 1144 Appointed - 1164 Died)
Thibault d’Heilly † ( 1169 Appointed - 30 Apr 1204 Died)
Richard de Gerberoy † (2 May 1205 Appointed - 14 May 1210 Died)
Evrard de Fouilloy † ( 1212 Appointed - 1222 Died)
Geoffroy d’Eu † ( 1223 Appointed - 25 Nov 1236 Died)
Arnoul † ( 1236 Appointed - 1247 Died)
Gérard de Conchy † ( 1247 Appointed - 1257 Died)
Aleaume de Neuilly † ( 1258 Appointed - 1259 Died)
Bernard d’Abbeville † ( 1259 Appointed - 22 Mar 1278 Died)
Guillaume de Mâcon † ( 1278 Appointed - 4 May 1308 Died)
Robert de Fouilloy † ( 1308 Appointed - 20 Mar 1321 Died)
Simon de Goucans † (18 May 1321 Appointed - 3 Dec 1325 Died)
Jean de Cherchemont † (18 Feb 1326 Appointed - 26 Jan 1373 Died)
Jean de La Grange, O.S.B. † (7 Feb 1373 Appointed - 20 Dec 1375 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello)
Jean Rolland † (3 Jan 1376 Appointed - 17 Dec 1388 Died)
Jean de Boissy † (29 Mar 1389 Appointed - 4 Sep 1410 Died)
Bernard de Chevenon † (20 Mar 1411 Appointed - 29 Mar 1413 Appointed, Bishop of Beauvais)
Philibert de Saulx † (14 Aug 1413 Appointed - 1418 Died)
Jean d’Harcourt † ( 1418 Appointed - 22 Apr 1433 Appointed, Bishop of Tournai {Doornik})
Philibert de Montjeu † (7 Nov 1418 Appointed - 10 May 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Coutances)
Jean d’Harcourt † (Dec 1418 Installed - 22 Apr 1433 Appointed, Bishop of Tournai {Doornik})
Jean Le Jeune † (26 Apr 1433 Appointed - 24 Oct 1436 Appointed, Bishop of Thérouanne)
Francesco Condulmer † (5 Nov 1436 Appointed - 27 Mar 1437 Appointed, Archbishop of Besançon)
Jean Lavantage † (27 Mar 1437 Appointed - 26 Nov 1456 Died)
Ferry de Beauvoir † (14 Jan 1457 Appointed - 28 Feb 1473 Died)
Jean de Gaucourt † (5 Jul 1473 Appointed - 3 May 1476 Died)
Louis de Gaucourt † (9 Sep 1476 Appointed - 1482 Died)
Pierre Versé † (7 Oct 1482 Appointed - 10 Feb 1501 Died)
Philippe de Clèves † (14 Jun 1501 Appointed - 9 Aug 1503 Appointed, Bishop of Autun)
François de Halluin (Halvyn) † (9 Aug 1503 Appointed - 18 Jun 1538 Died)
Charles de Hémard de Denonville † (9 Dec 1538 Appointed - 23 Aug 1540 Died)
Claude de Longwy de Givry † (24 Sep 1540 Appointed - 1546 Resigned)
François de Pisseleu † (12 Feb 1546 Appointed - 1552 Resigned)
Nicolas de Pellevé † (24 Aug 1552 Appointed - 18 May 1564 Resigned)
Antoine de Créqui Canaples † (14 Jul 1564 Appointed - 20 Jun 1574 Died)
Geoffrey de La Marthonie † (26 Oct 1576 Appointed - 17 Dec 1617 Died)
François Lefèvre de Caumartin † (17 Dec 1617 Succeeded - 27 Nov 1652 Died)
François Faure † (23 Mar 1654 Confirmed - 11 May 1687 Died)
Henri Feydeau de Brou † (24 Mar 1692 Confirmed - 14 Jun 1706 Died)
Pierre de Sabatier † (11 Apr 1707 Confirmed - 20 Jan 1733 Died)
Louis-François-Gabriel d’Orléans de La Motte † (24 Mar 1734 Confirmed - 10 Jul 1774 Died)
Louis-Charles de Machault † (10 Jul 1774 Succeeded - 6 Nov 1801 Resigned)
Jean-Chrysostome de Villaret † (15 May 1802 Confirmed - 1 Feb 1805 Confirmed, Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia))
Jean-François de Mandolx † (1 Feb 1805 Confirmed - 14 Aug 1817 Died)
Marc-Marie de Bombelles † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 5 Mar 1822 Died)
Jean-Pierre de Gallien de Chabons † (27 Sep 1822 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1837 Retired)
Jean-Marie Mioland † (12 Feb 1838 Confirmed - 2 Apr 1849 Confirmed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne))
Louis-Antoine de Salinis † (2 Apr 1849 Confirmed - 16 Jun 1856 Confirmed, Archbishop of Auch)
Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet † (16 Jun 1856 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1873 Died)
Louis-Désiré-César Bataille † (25 Jul 1873 Confirmed - 9 Jun 1879 Died)
Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert † (22 Sep 1879 Confirmed - 9 Aug 1883 Confirmed, Archbishop of Bordeaux)
Pierre Henri Lamazou † (3 Jul 1883 Appointed - 11 Jul 1883 Died)
Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet † (27 Mar 1884 Confirmed - 1 Mar 1892 Died)
René-François Renou † (19 Jan 1893 Confirmed - 25 Jun 1896 Confirmed, Archbishop of Tours)
Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien † (25 Jun 1896 Confirmed - 27 Mar 1915 Died)
Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel † (1 Jun 1915 Appointed - 16 Dec 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Rouen)
Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (10 Mar 1921 Appointed - 17 Aug 1934 Died)
Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin † (29 May 1935 Appointed - 26 Dec 1945 Died)
Albert-Paul Droulers † (17 Feb 1947 Appointed - 3 Jun 1950 Died)
René-Louis-Marie Stourm † (19 Jan 1951 Appointed - 27 Oct 1962 Appointed, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre))
Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet † (14 Feb 1963 Appointed - 15 Jan 1985 Retired)
François Jacques Bussini † (28 Dec 1985 Appointed - 6 Mar 1987 Resigned)
Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer † (31 Oct 1987 Appointed - 10 Mar 2003 Retired)
Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret (10 Mar 2003 Appointed - 10 Oct 2013 Appointed, Archbishop of Besançon)
Olivier Claude Philippe Marie Leborgne (20 Feb 2014 Appointed - 4 Sep 2020 Appointed, Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer))
Gérard Francis Le Stang (20 Mar 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Amiens (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Beauvais (suppressed)	Diocese of Amiens
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amiens	Diocese of Beauvais
18 February 1972	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amiens (Ytres (in Somme and Pas-de-Calais))	Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)

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

1955 415,000 464,150 89.4% 432 61 493 841 49 900 669 ap1960

1970 470,000 512,113 91.8% 324 63 387 1,214 72 524 835 ap1971

1980 501,000 553,101 90.6% 253 32 285 1,757 1 56 442 836 ap1981

1990 492,000 548,000 89.8% 178 31 209 2,354 2 53 351 98 ap1991

1999 482,000 547,825 88.0% 130 16 146 3,301 6 57 260 54 ap2000

2000 489,000 556,100 87.9% 129 13 142 3,443 7 50 253 51 ap2001

2001 489,000 556,100 87.9% 18 12 30 16,300 7 48 232 52 ap2002

2002 489,000 556,100 87.9% 115 13 128 3,820 6 43 238 54 ap2003

2003 489,000 556,100 87.9% 107 11 118 4,144 8 41 232 49 ap2004

2004 489,000 556,100 87.9% 106 11 117 4,179 9 40 211 49 ap2005

2006 491,000 558,000 88.0% 100 7 107 4,588 11 36 201 49 ap2007

2012 503,200 586,200 85.8% 80 8 88 5,718 16 26 171 49 ap2013

2015 498,000 571,154 87.2% 67 8 75 6,640 16 26 149 49 ap2016

2018 509,500 583,641 87.3% 62 7 69 7,384 17 21 115 49 ap2019

2020 497,600 569,662 87.4% 66 9 75 6,634 18 21 120 49 ap2021

2022 498,000 569,662 87.4% 63 9 72 6,916 16 16 109 49 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1955	415,000	464,150	89.4%	432	61	493	841		49	900	669	ap1960
1970	470,000	512,113	91.8%	324	63	387	1,214		72	524	835	ap1971
1980	501,000	553,101	90.6%	253	32	285	1,757	1	56	442	836	ap1981
1990	492,000	548,000	89.8%	178	31	209	2,354	2	53	351	98	ap1991
1999	482,000	547,825	88.0%	130	16	146	3,301	6	57	260	54	ap2000
2000	489,000	556,100	87.9%	129	13	142	3,443	7	50	253	51	ap2001
2001	489,000	556,100	87.9%	18	12	30	16,300	7	48	232	52	ap2002
2002	489,000	556,100	87.9%	115	13	128	3,820	6	43	238	54	ap2003
2003	489,000	556,100	87.9%	107	11	118	4,144	8	41	232	49	ap2004
2004	489,000	556,100	87.9%	106	11	117	4,179	9	40	211	49	ap2005
2006	491,000	558,000	88.0%	100	7	107	4,588	11	36	201	49	ap2007
2012	503,200	586,200	85.8%	80	8	88	5,718	16	26	171	49	ap2013
2015	498,000	571,154	87.2%	67	8	75	6,640	16	26	149	49	ap2016
2018	509,500	583,641	87.3%	62	7	69	7,384	17	21	115	49	ap2019
2020	497,600	569,662	87.4%	66	9	75	6,634	18	21	120	49	ap2021
2022	498,000	569,662	87.4%	63	9	72	6,916	16	16	109	49	ap2023