Rouen (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun, Archbishop
Jean-Charles Marie Descubes, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 5th Century
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 4,228 (1,633 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Nord
Official Web Site: http://rouen.catholique.fr/
Mailing Address: Archeveche, B.P. 886, 2 rue des Bonnetiers, 76001 Rouen CEDEX 1, France
Telephone: 2.35.71.20.52

Historical Details

Diocese of Rouen
- Latin Name: Rothomagensis
- Erected: 2nd Century
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Mauger de Normandie † ( 1037 Appointed - 1055 Removed)
Guilielm Bonne-Ame † ( 1079 Appointed - 9 Feb 1110 Died)
Hugues de Boves, O.S.B. † (Feb 1130 Appointed - 11 Nov 1164 Died)
Rotron de Warwick (Beaumont le Roger) † ( 1165 Appointed - 25 Nov 1183 Died)
Walter of Coutances † ( 1184 Appointed - 16 Nov 1207 Died)
Robert Poulain † (23 Aug 1208 Appointed - 4 May 1221 Died)
Theobald d’Amiens † ( 1222 Appointed - 25 Sep 1229 Died)
Maurice † ( 1231 Appointed - 10 Jan 1235 Died)
Pierre de Colmieu † (9 Aug 1236 Ordained Bishop - 28 May 1244 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano)
Eudes Clément † (30 Mar 1245 Appointed - 5 May 1247 Died)
Eudes Rigaud, O.F.M. † ( 1248 Appointed - 2 Jul 1275 Died)
Guillaume de Flavacourt † (7 May 1278 Appointed - 6 Apr 1306 Died)
Bernard de Farges † (4 Jun 1306 Appointed - 5 May 1311 Appointed, Archbishop of Narbonne)
Egide (Gilles) Aycelini † (5 May 1311 Appointed - 24 Jun 1318 Died)
Guillaume de Durfort † (Jan 1319 Appointed - 24 Nov 1330 Died)
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. † (14 Dec 1330 Appointed - 18 Dec 1338 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo)
Aimery Guenaud † (15 Feb 1339 Appointed - 17 Jan 1343 Died)
Nicolas Roger, O.S.B. † (31 Jan 1343 Appointed - 3 Apr 1347 Died)
Jean de Marigny † (14 May 1347 Appointed - 27 Dec 1351 Died)
Pierre de la Forêt † (8 Feb 1352 Appointed - 23 Dec 1356 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli)
Guillaume de Flavacourt † (18 Jan 1357 Appointed - 1359 Died)
Philippe d’Alençon de Valois † (3 Jul 1359 Appointed - 27 Aug 1375 Appointed, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme})
Pierre de La Jugié, O.S.B. † (27 Aug 1375 Appointed - 20 Dec 1375 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente)
Guillaume L’Estrange † (22 Dec 1375 Appointed - Mar 1389 Died)
Guillaume de Vienne, O.S.B. † (29 Mar 1389 Appointed - 18 Feb 1407 Died)
Jean d’Armagnac † (26 Feb 1407 Appointed - 8 Oct 1408 Died)
Louis de Hartcourt † (29 Jul 1409 Appointed - 19 Nov 1422 Died)
Jean de La Rochetaillée (de Font) † (26 Jun 1423 Appointed - 1431 Resigned)
Hugues d’Orges † (26 Jan 1431 Appointed - 19 Aug 1436 Died)
Louis de Luxembourg † (24 Oct 1436 Confirmed - 18 Sep 1443 Died)
Raoul Roussel † (31 Jan 1444 Appointed - 31 Dec 1452 Died)
Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. † (20 Apr 1453 Appointed - 22 Jan 1483 Died)
Robert de Croixmare † (14 Mar 1483 Appointed - 18 Jul 1493 Died)
Georges d’Amboise (I) † (21 Apr 1494 Confirmed - 25 May 1510 Died)
Georges d’Amboise (II) † (6 Aug 1511 Appointed - 25 Aug 1550 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (3 Oct 1550 Appointed - 9 May 1590 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (9 May 1590 Succeeded - 30 Jul 1594 Died)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (26 Mar 1597 Appointed - 1 Dec 1604 Resigned)
François de Joyeuse † (1 Dec 1604 Confirmed - 23 Aug 1615 Died)
François de Harlay de Champvallon † (23 Aug 1615 Succeeded - May 1651 Resigned)
François de Harlay de Champvallon † (28 Oct 1651 Confirmed - 23 Feb 1671 Confirmed, Archbishop of Paris)
François de Rouxel de Médavy † (24 Aug 1671 Confirmed - 29 Jan 1691 Died)
Jacques-Nicolas de Colbert † (29 Jan 1691 Succeeded - 10 Dec 1707 Died)
Claude-Maur d’Aubigné † (27 Feb 1708 Confirmed - 22 Apr 1719 Died)
Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons † (18 Sep 1719 Confirmed - 8 Oct 1721 Died)
Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † (14 Feb 1724 Confirmed - 18 Apr 1733 Died)
Nicolas-Charles de Saulx-Tavannes † (18 Dec 1733 Confirmed - 10 Mar 1759 Died)
Dominique de La Rochefoucauld † (2 Jun 1759 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1800 Died)
Etienne-Hubert de Cambacérès † (10 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1818 Died)
François de Pierre de Bernis † (27 Sep 1819 Confirmed - 4 Feb 1823 Died)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (17 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 1 Jan 1844 Died)
Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul † (17 Jun 1844 Confirmed - 12 Mar 1858 Resigned)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † (18 Mar 1858 Confirmed - 28 Oct 1883 Died)
Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas † (24 Mar 1884 Confirmed - 9 Mar 1894 Died)
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu † (21 May 1894 Confirmed - 16 Jun 1899 Died)
Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † (14 Dec 1899 Confirmed - 20 Dec 1915 Died)
Louis-Ernest Dubois † (13 Mar 1916 Appointed - 13 Sep 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Paris)
Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel † (16 Dec 1920 Appointed - 6 Jul 1936 Resigned)
Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville † (7 Aug 1936 Appointed - 10 Dec 1947 Died)
Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † (11 Oct 1948 Appointed - 6 May 1968 Retired)
André Louis Marie Pailler † (6 May 1968 Succeeded - 6 May 1981 Resigned)
Joseph Marie Louis Duval † (6 May 1981 Succeeded - 16 Oct 2003 Retired)
Jean-Charles Marie Descubes (25 Mar 2004 Appointed - 10 Jul 2015 Retired)
Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun (10 Jul 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Rouen
2nd Century	Erected		Diocese of Rouen (erected)
Archdiocese of Rouen
5th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Rouen	Archdiocese of Rouen (or 6th Century)
11 April 1658	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Rouen	Vicariate Apostolic of New France (Nouvelle-France) (erected)
6 July 1974	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Rouen (Le Havre except Ourville en Caux, Ancourteville sur Héricourt, Anvéville, Beuzeville la Guérard, Carville Pot de Fer, Cleuville, Le Hanouard, Hautot Pauvray, Héricourt en Caux, Oherville, Robertot, Routes, Sommesnil, Saint Vaast Dieppedalle, Thiouville...)	Diocese of Le Havre (erected)

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 Rouen

1950 870,000 915,000 95.1% 740 70 810 1,074 75 1,250 717 ap1951

1969 1,000,000 1,113,977 89.8% 575 80 655 1,526 105 1,310 297 ap1971

1980 700,000 784,199 89.3% 304 102 406 1,724 138 738 637 ap1981

1990 696,000 808,000 86.1% 231 80 311 2,237 2 115 557 637 ap1991

1999 680,000 827,360 82.2% 174 72 246 2,764 14 97 288 637 ap2000

2000 680,000 839,949 81.0% 167 63 230 2,956 15 87 326 439 ap2001

2001 680,000 841,287 80.8% 168 66 234 2,905 16 87 313 116 ap2002

2002 680,000 841,287 80.8% 166 64 230 2,956 21 84 296 89 ap2003

2003 680,000 841,287 80.8% 163 59 222 3,063 20 74 279 63 ap2004

2004 680,000 841,287 80.8% 155 56 211 3,222 20 72 269 63 ap2005

2010 688,000 851,000 80.8% 125 48 173 3,976 21 69 198 56 ap2011

2014 652,000 868,500 75.1% 107 28 135 4,829 19 58 160 53 ap2015

2017 650,715 866,376 75.1% 91 13 104 6,256 20 39 124 53 ap2018

2020 653,860 870,500 75.1% 87 16 103 6,348 23 35 134 52 ap2021

2022 655,000 872,000 75.1% 83 22 105 6,238 24 35 136 52 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 Rouen
1950	870,000	915,000	95.1%	740	70	810	1,074		75	1,250	717	ap1951
1969	1,000,000	1,113,977	89.8%	575	80	655	1,526		105	1,310	297	ap1971
1980	700,000	784,199	89.3%	304	102	406	1,724		138	738	637	ap1981
1990	696,000	808,000	86.1%	231	80	311	2,237	2	115	557	637	ap1991
1999	680,000	827,360	82.2%	174	72	246	2,764	14	97	288	637	ap2000
2000	680,000	839,949	81.0%	167	63	230	2,956	15	87	326	439	ap2001
2001	680,000	841,287	80.8%	168	66	234	2,905	16	87	313	116	ap2002
2002	680,000	841,287	80.8%	166	64	230	2,956	21	84	296	89	ap2003
2003	680,000	841,287	80.8%	163	59	222	3,063	20	74	279	63	ap2004
2004	680,000	841,287	80.8%	155	56	211	3,222	20	72	269	63	ap2005
2010	688,000	851,000	80.8%	125	48	173	3,976	21	69	198	56	ap2011
2014	652,000	868,500	75.1%	107	28	135	4,829	19	58	160	53	ap2015
2017	650,715	866,376	75.1%	91	13	104	6,256	20	39	124	53	ap2018
2020	653,860	870,500	75.1%	87	16	103	6,348	23	35	134	52	ap2021
2022	655,000	872,000	75.1%	83	22	105	6,238	24	35	136	52	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Philippe d’Alençon de Valois † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1359 to 27 Aug 1375)
Theobald d’Amiens † (Archbishop: 1222 to 25 Sep 1229)
Egide (Gilles) Aycelini † (Archbishop: 5 May 1311 to 24 Jun 1318)
Lucien-Emile Bardonne † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1969 to 15 Sep 1972)
Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre †
Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1719 to 8 Oct 1721)
Robert Berger, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Apr 1463)
Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † (Priest: 17 Dec 1853 to 13 May 1881)
Émile-Arsène Blanchet † (Priest: 29 Jun 1911 to 6 Oct 1940)
Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul † (Archbishop: 17 Jun 1844 to 12 Mar 1858)
François Blouet de Camilly †
Henri Boivin de Péricard †
Guilielm Bonne-Ame † (Archbishop: 1079 to 9 Feb 1110)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1858 to 28 Oct 1883)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 1 Aug 1582; Archbishop: 9 May 1590 to 30 Jul 1594)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (Archbishop: 26 Mar 1597 to 1 Dec 1604)
Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1550 to 9 May 1590)
Hugues de Boves, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: Feb 1130 to 11 Nov 1164)
Louis de Bretel †
Philippe Jean Louis Breton †
Etienne-Hubert de Cambacérès † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1802 to 25 Oct 1818)
Eudes Clément † (Archbishop: 30 Mar 1245 to 5 May 1247)
Robert Clément, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 May 1469 to 1478)
Jacques-Nicolas de Colbert † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 29 Apr 1680; Archbishop: 29 Jan 1691 to 10 Dec 1707)
Pierre de Colmieu † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1236 to 28 May 1244)
Nicolaus de Coquinovillari, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Feb 1518 to 1519)
Walter of Coutances † (Archbishop: 1184 to 16 Nov 1207)
Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin †
Robert de Croixmare † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1483 to 18 Jul 1493)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1823 to 1 Jan 1844)
Georges d’Amboise (II) † (Archbishop: 6 Aug 1511 to 25 Aug 1550)
Georges d’Amboise (I) † (Archbishop: 21 Apr 1494 to 25 May 1510)
Jean d’Armagnac † (Archbishop: 26 Feb 1407 to 8 Oct 1408)
Claude-Maur d’Aubigné † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1708 to 22 Apr 1719)
Gilles Deschamps †
Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 20 Apr 1453 to 22 Jan 1483)
Hugues d’Orges † (Archbishop: 26 Jan 1431 to 19 Aug 1436)
Louis-Ernest Dubois † (Archbishop: 13 Mar 1916 to 13 Sep 1920)
Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1920 to 6 Jul 1936)
Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. †
Alfred Duquesnay †
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Durand de Missy †
Guillaume de Durfort † (Archbishop: Jan 1319 to 24 Nov 1330)
Joseph Marie Louis Duval † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 Jun 1978; Archbishop: 6 May 1981 to 16 Oct 2003)
Bernard de Farges † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1306 to 5 May 1311)
Guillaume de Flavacourt † (Archbishop: 7 May 1278 to 6 Apr 1306)
Guillaume de Flavacourt † (Archbishop: 18 Jan 1357 to 1359)
Nicolas de Fréauville, O.P. †
Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1899 to 20 Dec 1915)
Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbœuf †
Aimery Guenaud † (Archbishop: 15 Feb 1339 to 17 Jan 1343)
Paul-Alexandre de Guénet †
Jean-Jacques Guérard, M.E.P. † (Priest: 25 Feb 1786 to 11 Dec 1789)
François de Harlay de Champvallon † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 9 Sep 1613; Archbishop: 23 Aug 1615 to May 1651)
François de Harlay de Champvallon † (Archbishop: 28 Oct 1651 to 23 Feb 1671)
Louis de Hartcourt † (Archbishop: 29 Jul 1409 to 19 Nov 1422)
Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. † (Auxiliary Bishop: Feb 1892 to 1908)
François de Joyeuse † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1604 to 23 Aug 1615)
Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien † (Priest: 17 Jul 1881 to 22 Mar 1917)
Pierre-Marie Gustave Lacointe †
Emmeric-Marc de La Ferté †
Pierre de la Forêt † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1352 to 23 Dec 1356)
Pierre de La Jugié, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 27 Aug 1375 to 20 Dec 1375)
Dominique de La Rochefoucauld † (Archbishop: 2 Jun 1759 to 23 Sep 1800)
Jean de La Rochetaillée (de Font) † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1423; Administrator: 24 May 1426 to 1431)
Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1724 to 18 Apr 1733)
Paul-Augustin Le Coeur † (Priest: 21 Jul 1872 to 13 Jul 1906)
Daniel-Auguste Lemonnier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Aug 1947 to 29 Dec 1959)
Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier † (Priest: 1877 to 13 Jul 1906)
Guillaume L’Estrange † (Archbishop: 22 Dec 1375 to Mar 1389)
Louis de Luxembourg † (Archbishop: 24 Oct 1436 to 18 Sep 1443)
Jean de Marigny † (Archbishop: 14 May 1347 to 27 Dec 1351)
Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1948 to 6 May 1968)
Jean-François Martin de Boisville †
Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †
Louis-François Néel de Christot †
Mauger de Normandie † (Archbishop: 1037 to 1055)
André Louis Marie Pailler † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 1960; Coadjutor Archbishop: 19 May 1964; Archbishop: 6 May 1968 to 6 May 1981)
Etienne Paris, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1551)
Guillaume Petit, O.P. †
Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville † (Archbishop: 7 Aug 1936 to 10 Dec 1947)
François de Pierre de Bernis † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1819 to 4 Feb 1823)
Robert Poulain † (Archbishop: 23 Aug 1208 to 4 May 1221)
Eudes Rigaud, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 1248 to 2 Jul 1275)
Nicolas Roger, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 31 Jan 1343 to 3 Apr 1347)
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1330 to 18 Dec 1338)
Raoul Roussel † (Archbishop: 31 Jan 1444 to 31 Dec 1452)
François de Rouxel de Médavy † (Archbishop: 24 Aug 1671 to 29 Jan 1691)
Nicolas-Charles de Saulx-Tavannes † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1733 to 10 Mar 1759)
Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. †
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu † (Archbishop: 21 May 1894 to 16 Jun 1899)
Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1884 to 9 Mar 1894)
Toussaint Varin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Mar 1506 to 1517)
Guillaume de Vienne, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1389 to 18 Feb 1407)
Rotron de Warwick (Beaumont le Roger) † (Archbishop: 1165 to 25 Nov 1183)
Maurice † (Archbishop: 1231 to 10 Jan 1235)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Rouen
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 425, and Page 426
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 225
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 287
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 298
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 336
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 359
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 613, to Page 615

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