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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%"><div class="fn org" style="display:inline;font-size: 125%">Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches)</div><br /><i><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-family: serif; font-size: 130%;"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)</i></span></div></i><br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size: 115%">Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)</div><div style="display:inline;font-size: 125%"></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg/259px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg" decoding="async" width="259" height="389" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg/389px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg/518px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Coutances.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Coutances_Cathedral" title="Coutances Cathedral">Coutances Cathedral</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Location</th></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name">France</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Rouen" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen">Rouen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Metropolitan</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Rouen" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen">Archdiocese of Rouen</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">5,991 km<sup>2</sup> (2,313 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<br />- Total<br />- Catholics</th><td class="infobox-data">(as of 2021)<br />491,532<br />408,740 (83.2%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">58</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">Sui iuris</a></i> church</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">5th Century <small>(As Diocese of Coutances)</small><br />12 July 1854 <small>(As Diocese of Coutances-Avranches)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coutances_Cathedral" title="Coutances Cathedral">Coutances Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Blessed Virgin Mary</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Laud_of_Coutances" title="Laud of Coutances">St. Laud of Coutances</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Secular_clergy" title="Secular clergy">Secular priests</a></th><td class="infobox-data">112 (Diocesan)<br />4 (Religious Orders)<br />50 Permanent Deacons</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pope</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Grégoire Cador</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Metropolitan Archbishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Lebrun" title="Dominique Lebrun">Dominique Lebrun</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bistum_Coutances.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Bistum_Coutances.svg/220px-Bistum_Coutances.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Bistum_Coutances.svg/330px-Bistum_Coutances.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Bistum_Coutances.svg/440px-Bistum_Coutances.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="558" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.coutances.catholique.fr/">coutances.catholique.fr</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches)</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <i>Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)</i>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i>Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> in France. Its <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">mother church</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Coutances_Cathedral" title="Coutances Cathedral">Cathedral of Coutance</a> in the commune of <a href="/wiki/Coutances" title="Coutances">Coutances</a> in France. The diocese is suffragan of the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Rouen" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Rouen">Archbishop of Rouen</a> and comprises the entire department of <a href="/wiki/Manche" title="Manche">Manche</a>. It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of <a href="/wiki/Avranches" title="Avranches">Avranches</a> and of two archdeaconries from the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bayeux" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Bayeux">Diocese of Bayeux</a>. Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of Bishop of Coutances (–Avranches). </p><p>The Bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, mostly in <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a> where the Bishop also held partial authority over the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_Alderney" title="Leader of Alderney">Leader of Alderney</a>, until the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a>, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569 when <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth I">Queen Elizabeth I</a> demanded that the Bishops hand the island over to the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Bishop of Winchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, in the Diocese of Coutances there was one priest for every 3,523 Catholics. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_Diocese_of_Coutances">History of the Diocese of Coutances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of the Diocese of Coutances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1757 the city of Coutances had a population of about 12,000 Catholics. The Cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its Chapter was composed of eight dignities (the Cantor, four Archdeacons, the Scholasticus, the Treasurer, and the Penitentiary) and twenty-five Canons. There were also six Choral Vicars, forty-two chaplains, fourteen choristers and six boy singers, and a body of musicians. The Cantor has existed from the 11th century. The four archdeacons were: Coutances, Baptois, Val-de-Vire and Cotentin.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the city were two parishes (Saint-Pierre and Saint-Nicolas), two houses of male religious, and two monasteries of monks. The entire diocese had some 500 parishes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The diocese contained seven houses of Benedictine monks: Saint-Sever, Lessay, Saint-Sauveur le Vicomte, Montebourg, Hambie, Notre-Dame de Protection (Valognes, 1626, women), and Notre-Dame des Anges (Coutances, 1633, women). There was a house of Premonstratensians at Blanchelande; and two houses of Augustinians, at Saint-Lô and Notre-Dame de Voeu at Cherbourg.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All were abolished by will of the Constituent Assembly in 1790, and their properties confiscated and sold. Monastic vows were dissolved and forbidden. On 12 April 1791 the priests of the seminary were expelled for refusing to take the Oath to the Constitution. On 15 January 1793 the turn came of the houses of women to be closed and confiscated, and their inhabitants forcibly ejected.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_Diocese_of_Avranches">History of the Diocese of Avranches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of the Diocese of Avranches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cathedral of Avranches, situated in a town of some 2500 inhabitants in 1764, was dedicated to Saint Andrew on 17 September 1211. The Chapter of the Cathedral had six dignities (the Dean, the Cantor, the Treasurer, the Scholasticus and the two Archdeacons) and eighteen Canons. The archdeacons were named Archidiaconus Abricensis and Archidiaconus Vallis Moretonii.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town contained three parishes, one community of male religious and one monastery of monks. The entire diocese contained 170 parishes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Diocese of Avranches was abolished during the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_(France)" title="Legislative Assembly (France)">Legislative Assembly</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Constitution_of_the_Clergy" title="Civil Constitution of the Clergy">Civil Constitution of the Clergy</a> (1790).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its territory was subsumed into the new diocese, called 'Manche', with its seat at Coutances, which was part of the Metropolitanate called the 'Côtes de la Manche' (which included eight new 'départements'), with its seat at Rouen (Seine-Inférieure). When the <a href="/wiki/Concordat_of_1801" title="Concordat of 1801">Concordat of 1801</a> was struck between <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VII" title="Pope Pius VII">Pope Pius VII</a> and First Consul Bonaparte, the Diocese of Avranches was not revived. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_bishops">List of bishops</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_of_Coutances">Bishops of Coutances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bishops of Coutances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="to_1050">to 1050</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: to 1050"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Ereptiolus,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 430–473</li> <li>Exuperus (or Exuperatus), c. 473–500<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Leontianus, c.500–512<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Possessor, c. 512–523<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laud_of_Coutances" title="Laud of Coutances">Lauto</a> (Saint-Lô), c. 525–565<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Romacharius (Rumpharius), c. 566–600 ?<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Saint Ursinus<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ulfobertus, c. 600–610</li> <li>Lupicinus, c. 610–640</li> <li>Nepus</li> <li>Chairibonus, attested 650<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Waldomar (or Baldomer), c. 650–660</li> <li>Hulderic, c. 660–674</li> <li>Frodemundus, 677–690<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Wilbert<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (or Aldebert)</li> <li>Agathius</li> <li>Livin</li> <li>Wilfrid</li> <li>Joshua</li> <li>Leon</li> <li>Angulon</li> <li>Hubert</li> <li>Willard, c. 820– c. 840<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Herluin, c. 840–862<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sigenand (or Seginand), c. 862–880<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lista (or Listus), c. 880–888/90<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Raguenard, c. 898–???</li> <li>Herlebaud (or Erleboldus)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Agebert</li></ul> <dl><dt>Bishops in exile at Rouen</dt></dl> <ul><li>Theodoric (<i>Thierry</i>), c. 911<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Herbert I</li> <li>Algerund (<i>Algeronde</i>)</li> <li>Gilbert (<i>Gillebert</i>)</li> <li>Hugues I (<i>Hugh</i>), c. 989–1025<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Bishops in Saint–Lô</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herbert_II_(bishop_of_Coutances)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbert II (bishop of Coutances) (page does not exist)">Herbert II</a>, c. 1025–1026, left Rouen and installed himself at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint%E2%80%93L%C3%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint–Lô (page does not exist)">Saint–Lô</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_I_(bishop_of_Coutances)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert I (bishop of Coutances) (page does not exist)">Robert I</a>, c. 1026–1048, also <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lisieux" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Lisieux">bishop of Lisieux</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="from_1050_to_1400">from 1050 to 1400</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: from 1050 to 1400"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Montbray" title="Geoffrey de Montbray">Geoffrey de Montbray</a>, 1049–1093<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raoul_(bishop_of_Coutances)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raoul (bishop of Coutances) (page does not exist)">Raoul</a>, 1093–1110</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_(bishop_of_Coutances)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roger (bishop of Coutances) (page does not exist)">Roger</a>, c. 1114–1123</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_de_Brix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard de Brix (page does not exist)">Richard de Brix</a> (<i>alias</i> de Bruce), 1124–1131</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Algare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Algare (page does not exist)">Algare</a> (<i>Algarus</i>, <i>Algardus</i> or <i>Algarius</i>), 1132–1151, previously prior of <a href="/wiki/Bodmin" title="Bodmin">Bodmin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_de_Bohon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard de Bohon (page does not exist)">Richard de Bohon</a>, 1151–1179</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guillaume_de_Tournebu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guillaume de Tournebu (page does not exist)">Guillaume de Tournebu</a>, 1184–1202</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vivien_de_L%27%C3%89tang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vivien de L'Étang (page does not exist)">Vivien de L'Étang</a> (de L'Estang), 1202–1208</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugues_de_Morville_(bishop)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugues de Morville (bishop) (page does not exist)">Hugues de Morville</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1208–1238, principal restorer of the cathedral</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilles_de_Caen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilles de Caen (page does not exist)">Gilles de Caen</a> (or Gilon), 1246–1248</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean_d%27Essay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean d'Essay (page does not exist)">Jean d'Essay</a>, 1251–1274<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eustache_Le_Cordelier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eustache Le Cordelier (page does not exist)">Eustache, O.Min.</a>, 1282–1291<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_d%27Harcourt_(bishop_of_Coutances)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert d'Harcourt (bishop of Coutances) (page does not exist)">Robert de Harcourt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1291–1315</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guillaume_de_Thieuville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guillaume de Thieuville (page does not exist)">Guillaume de Thieuville</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1315–1345</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Herpin_d%27Erquery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis Herpin d'Erquery (page does not exist)">Louis Herpin d'Erquery</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1346–1370</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sylvestre_de_La_Cervelle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sylvestre de La Cervelle (page does not exist)">Sylvestre de La Cervelle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1371–1386</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_de_Tholon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolas de Tholon (page does not exist)">Nicolas de Tholon</a> (Toulon), 1386–1387<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Avignon Obedience)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guillaume_de_Cr%C3%A8vecoeur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guillaume de Crèvecoeur (page does not exist)">Guillaume de Crèvecoeur</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1387–1408</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="from_1400_to_1600">from 1400 to 1600</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: from 1400 to 1600"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_(26).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_%2826%29.jpg/260px-Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_%2826%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_%2826%29.jpg/390px-Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_%2826%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_%2826%29.jpg/520px-Le_mont_st_michel_-_panoramio_-_chisloup_%2826%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Bishop <a href="/wiki/Aubert_of_Avranches" title="Aubert of Avranches">Aubert</a> of Avranches (ca. 709) began construction of what became <a href="/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" class="mw-redirect" title="Mont Saint-Michel">Mont Saint-Michel</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Aegidius (<a href="/wiki/Gilles_des_Champs" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilles des Champs">Gilles des Champs</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1408–1413 (Appointed by Alexander V)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean_de_Marle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean de Marle (page does not exist)">Jean de Marle</a>, 1414–1418<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pandolfo_Malatesta_(cardinal)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pandolfo Malatesta (cardinal) (page does not exist)">Pandolfo Malatesta</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1418–1424, present at the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Constance" title="Council of Constance">Council of Constance</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philibert_de_Montjeu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philibert de Montjeu (page does not exist)">Philibert de Montjeu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1424–1439, present at the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Basel" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Basel">Council of Basel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilles_de_Duremort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilles de Duremort (page does not exist)">Gilles de Duremort</a>, O.Cist.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1439–1444, judge in the <a href="/wiki/Trial_of_Joan_of_Arc" title="Trial of Joan of Arc">trial of Joan of Arc</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Castiglione_(1420%E2%80%931460)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giovanni Castiglione (1420–1460) (page does not exist)">Giovanni Castiglione</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1444–1453</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Olivier_de_Longueil" title="Richard Olivier de Longueil">Richard Olivier de Longueil</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1453–1470, made a cardinal in 1456.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beno%C3%AEt_de_Montferrand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benoît de Montferrand (page does not exist)">Benoît de Montferrand</a>, 1470–1476<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Pope_Julius_II" title="Pope Julius II">Giuliano della Rovere</a>, 1476–1477,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> non-resident, became Pope in 1503.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galeazzo_della_Rovere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galeazzo della Rovere (page does not exist)">Galeazzo della Rovere</a>, 1477–1478, non-resident, became <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Agen" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Agen">bishop of Agen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffroy_Herbert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffroy Herbert (page does not exist)">Geoffroy Herbert</a>, 1478–1510<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrien_Gouffier_de_Boissy" title="Adrien Gouffier de Boissy">Adrien Gouffier de Boissy</a>, 1510–1519, cardinal<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Dovizi" title="Bernardo Dovizi">Bernard Dovizi da Bibbiena</a>, 1519–1520, Administrator<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_de_Bresche_de_La_Tr%C3%A9mo%C3%AFlle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="René de Bresche de La Trémoïlle (page does not exist)">René de Bresche de La Trémoïlle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1519–1529, abbot of <a href="/wiki/Flavigny_Abbey" title="Flavigny Abbey">Flavigny</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_de_Coss%C3%A9%E2%80%93Brissac&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philippe de Cossé–Brissac (page does not exist)">Philippe de Cossé–Brissac</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1530–1548, non-resident</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Payen_Le_Sueur_d%27Esquetot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Payen Le Sueur d'Esquetot (page does not exist)">Payen Le Sueur d'Esquetot</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1549–1551</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%89tienne_Martel_de_Bacqueville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Étienne Martel de Bacqueville (page does not exist)">Étienne Martel de Bacqueville</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1552–1560</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_de_Coss%C3%A9%E2%80%93Brissac&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur de Cossé–Brissac (page does not exist)">Arthur de Cossé–Brissac</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1560–1587 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lancelot_Goyon_de_Matignon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lancelot Goyon de Matignon (page does not exist)">Lancelot Goyon de Matignon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1587–1588, died just ten days after his nomination.</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="from_1600_to_1854">from 1600 to 1854</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: from 1600 to 1854"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_de_Briroy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolas de Briroy (page does not exist)">Nicolas de Briroy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1589–1620, consecrated in 1597 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guillaume_Le_Blanc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guillaume Le Blanc (page does not exist)">Guillaume Le Blanc</a>, 1621, died before his consecration</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacques_de_Carbonnel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacques de Carbonnel (page does not exist)">Jacques de Carbonnel</a>, 1621, never consecrated</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_Bourgoin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolas Bourgoin (page does not exist)">Nicolas Bourgoin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1622–1625</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9onor_Goyon_de_Matignon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Léonor Goyon de Matignon (page does not exist)">Léonor I Goyon de Matignon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1627–1646, became <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lisieux" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Lisieux">bishop of Lisieux</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_Auvry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Claude Auvry (page does not exist)">Claude Auvry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1646–1658</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eustache_Le_Clerc_de_Lesseville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville (page does not exist)">Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1658–1665</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles%E2%80%93Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Lom%C3%A9nie_de_Brienne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles–François de Loménie de Brienne (page does not exist)">Charles–François de Loménie de Brienne</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1666–1720</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9onor_de_Goyon_de_Matignon_(1677%E2%80%931757)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Léonor de Goyon de Matignon (1677–1757) (page does not exist)">Léonor II Goyon de Matignon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1721–1757</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacques_Le_Febvre_du_Quesnoy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacques Le Febvre du Quesnoy (page does not exist)">Jacques Le Febvre du Quesnoy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1757–1764</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ange%E2%80%93Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Talaru_de_Chalmazel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ange–François de Talaru de Chalmazel (page does not exist)">Ange–François de Talaru de Chalmazel</a>, 1764–1798<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>François Bécherel, 1791–1801 (Constitutional Bishop of Manche)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Claude-Louis Rousseau<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 14 Apr 1802 – 3 Aug 1807</li> <li>Pierre Dupont de Poursat<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 3 Aug 1807 – 17 Sep 1835.</li> <li>Louis-Jean-Julien Robiou de la Tréhonnais<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 Feb 1836 – 7 Dec 1852</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_of_Avranches">Bishops of Avranches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bishops of Avranches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Nepos,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (attested 511)</li> <li>Severus<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 520</li> <li>Perpetuus<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 533–541</li> <li>Egidius<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 549–550</li> <li>Paternus,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (died 565)</li> <li>Senator (Saint Sénier),<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 563</li> <li>Saint Leudeuald, Leodovaldus<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 580</li> <li>Hildoaldus<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 614– after 627</li> <li>Saint Rahentrannus, Ragertran, Ragertrannus<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (after 681 or 683)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubert_of_Avranches" title="Aubert of Avranches">Aubertus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 708</li> <li>Jean I c. 840<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ansegardus<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 847–c. 853</li> <li>Remedius<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 855</li> <li>Walbert<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 859–c. 862</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgod" title="Norgod">Norgod</a> (Norgaud) c. 990–c. 1017 or 1018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maugis_of_Avranches" title="Maugis of Avranches">Maugis</a> (Maingise) 1022–c. 1026</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh,_Bishop_of_Avranches" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh, Bishop of Avranches">Hugo</a> 1028–c. 1060</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_d%27Ivry" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean d'Ivry">Jean d'Ivry</a> (or de Bayeux) 1060–1067, in 1068 <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Rouen" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Rouen">Archbishop of Rouen</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Rodulf_of_Ivry" title="Rodulf of Ivry">Rodulf of Ivry</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_of_Avranches" title="Michael of Avranches">Michael I</a> 1068–1094</li> <li>Turgis (Turgise) 1094–1134</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_de_Beaufou" title="Richard de Beaufou">Richard de Beaufou</a> 1134–1142</li> <li>Richard de Subligny 1142–1153</li> <li>Herbert II 1154–1161<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achard_of_St._Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="Achard of St. Victor">Achard of St. Victor</a> 1162–1171</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_l%27Ev%C3%AAque" title="Richard l'Evêque">Richard III</a> 1171–1182</li> <li>Guillaume I Bureau 1182–c. 1195</li> <li>Guillaume II de Chemillé 1196–1198</li> <li>Guillaume III Tollerment 1199–1210</li> <li>Guillaume IV Bureau 1210–1236</li> <li>Guillaume V de Saint-Mère-Eglise 1236–1253</li> <li>Richard IV L`Ainé 1253–1257</li> <li>Guillaume VI 1257–1258</li> <li>Richard V L`Anglois 1259–1269</li> <li>Raoul de Thiéville 1269–1292</li> <li>Geoffroi Boucher 1293–1306</li> <li>Nicolas de Luzarches 1307–1311</li> <li>Michel II de Pontorson 1311–1312</li> <li>Jean III de La Mouche 1312–1327</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_de_Vienne_(archbishop,_died_1351)" title="Jean de Vienne (archbishop, died 1351)">Jean IV de Vienne</a> 1328–1331</li> <li>Jean V Hautfune 1331–1358</li> <li>Foulque Bardoul 1358–1359</li> <li>Robert I de La Porte 1359–1379</li> <li>Laurent de Faye<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1379–1391 (Avignon Obedience)</li> <li>Jean VI de Saint-Avit<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1391–1442 (Avignon Obedience)</li> <li>Martin Pinard 1442–1458</li> <li>Jean VII Bouchard 1458–1484</li> <li>Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme 1484–1510</li> <li>Louis Herbert 1511–1526</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agostino_Trivulzio" title="Agostino Trivulzio">Agostino Trivulzio</a> 1526 (administrator)</li> <li>Jean VIII de Langeac 1526–1532</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ceneau" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Ceneau">Robert Ceneau</a> (Robert Cénalis) 1532–1560 (also <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Vence" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Vence">Bishop of Vence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Riez" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Riez">Bishop of Riez</a>)</li> <li>Antoine Le Cirier 1561–1575</li> <li>Augustin Le Cirier 1575–1580</li> <li>Georges de Péricard 1583–1587</li> <li>François de Péricard<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1588–1639</li> <li>Charles Vialart de Saint-Paul<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1640–1644</li> <li>Roger D'Aumont<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1645–1651</li> <li>Gabriel Boislève<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1652–1657</li> <li>Gabriel-Philippe de Froulay de Tessé<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1668–1689 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fabio_Brulart_de_Sillery" title="Fabio Brulart de Sillery">Fabio Brulart de Sillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1689</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Daniel_Huet" title="Pierre Daniel Huet">Pierre Daniel Huet</a><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1689–1699</li> <li>Roland-François de Kerhoen de Coettenfau<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1709–1719</li> <li>César Le Blanc, O.C.S.A.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1719–1746</li> <li>Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Durand de Missy<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1746–1764</li> <li>Raimond de Durfort<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1764–1766</li> <li>Joseph-François de Malide<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1766–1774</li> <li>Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbeuf<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1774–1790</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_of_Coutances_and_Avranches">Bishops of Coutances and Avranches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bishops of Coutances and Avranches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jacques-Louis Daniel,<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1854–1862</li> <li>Jean-Pierre Bravard,<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1862–1875</li> <li>Abel-Anastase Germain,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1876–1897</li> <li>Joseph Guérard,<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1899–1924</li> <li>Théophile-Marie Louvard,<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1924–1950</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Guyot" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot">Jean Guyot</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1950–1966.</li> <li>Joseph Wicquart, 1966–1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Fihey" title="Jacques Fihey">Jacques Fihey</a>, 1989–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanislas_Lalanne" title="Stanislas Lalanne">Stanislas Lalanne</a>, 2007–2012<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurent_Le_Boulc%27h" title="Laurent Le Boulc'h">Laurent Le Boulc'h</a> (2013<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gr%C3%A9goire_Cador&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grégoire Cador (page does not exist)">Grégoire Cador</a> (2023<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_France" title="Catholic Church in France">Catholic Church in France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_France" title="List of Catholic dioceses in France">List of Catholic dioceses in France</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFArthur_John_Eagleston1949" class="citation book cs1">Arthur John Eagleston (1949). "Chapter VI The Channel Islands and the Diocese of Coutances". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7MmiAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Channel Islands Under Tudor Government, 1485-1642: A Study</i></a>. Published for the Guernsey Society at the University Press. pp. 49 ff.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+VI+The+Channel+Islands+and+the+Diocese+of+Coutances&rft.btitle=The+Channel+Islands+Under+Tudor+Government%2C+1485-1642%3A+A+Study&rft.pages=49+ff&rft.pub=Published+for+the+Guernsey+Society+at+the+University+Press&rft.date=1949&rft.au=Arthur+John+Eagleston&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7MmiAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pouillés (surveys of benefices) of the diocese of Coutances, in: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAuguste_Longnon1903" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Auguste Longnon (1903). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-sozAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR37"><i>Pouillés de la province de Rouen</i></a> (in French and Latin). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. pp. 269–384, at 269–270 and 382–384. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782877546041" title="Special:BookSources/9782877546041"><bdi>9782877546041</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pouill%C3%A9s+de+la+province+de+Rouen&rft.place=Paris&rft.pages=269-384%2C+at+269-270+and+382-384&rft.pub=Imprimerie+Nationale&rft.date=1903&rft.isbn=9782877546041&rft.au=Auguste+Longnon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-sozAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPR37&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 863, 908. Lecanu, II, pp. 95-114. Ritzler, VI, p. 179 note 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 912-913. Jean, p. 352.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lecanu, II, p. 106.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pouillés of the diocese of Avranches: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAuguste_Longnon1903" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Auguste Longnon (1903). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-sozAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR37"><i>Pouillés de la province de Rouen</i></a> (in French and Latin). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. pp. 141–178, at 160. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782877546041" title="Special:BookSources/9782877546041"><bdi>9782877546041</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pouill%C3%A9s+de+la+province+de+Rouen&rft.place=Paris&rft.pages=141-178%2C+at+160&rft.pub=Imprimerie+Nationale&rft.date=1903&rft.isbn=9782877546041&rft.au=Auguste+Longnon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-sozAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPR37&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 466-467. Ritzler, VI, p. 61 note 1. In the nineteenth century the diocese of Avranches had 177 parishes and was the smallest diocese in the Province of Rouen: Jean, p. 343.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLudovic_Sciout1872" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Ludovic Sciout (1872). "Chapitre IV: La Constitution Civile". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uwxdAAAAIAAJ"><i>Historie de la constitution civile du clergé (1790-1801)</i></a> (in French). Vol. Tome premier. Paris: Firmin Didot frères.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapitre+IV%3A+La+Constitution+Civile&rft.btitle=Historie+de+la+constitution+civile+du+clerg%C3%A9+%281790-1801%29&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Firmin+Didot+fr%C3%A8res&rft.date=1872&rft.au=Ludovic+Sciout&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuwxdAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Duchesne, pp. 237-238.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gams, p. 542.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Leontianus attended the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Orl%C3%A9ans_(511)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Orléans (511)">Council of Orléans</a> in 511. C. De Clercq, <i>Concilia Galliae, A. 511 – A. 695</i> (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), pp. 14, 15, 19 (<i>ex Briovere Leontianus</i>). Duchesne, p. 239 no. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Possessor: Duchesne, p. 239 no. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lauto was present at the councils of Orléans in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Council_of_Orl%C3%A9ans_(533)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Council of Orléans (533) (page does not exist)">533</a>, <a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Third Council of Orléans">538</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Council_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Fifth Council of Orléans">549</a>. De Clercq, pp. 103, 127, 159 (<i>Lauto episcopus ecclesiae Constantine vel Briouerensis</i>). Gams, p. 542. Duchesne, p. 239 no. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Romacharius took part in the dedication of the church of Nantes before 573. He is mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Venantius_Fortunatus" title="Venantius Fortunatus">Venantius Fortunatus</a>. Gregory of Tours, <i>Historia Francorum</i> VIII, 31, notes that he was present at the funeral of his Metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A6textatus_(bishop_of_Rouen)" title="Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen)">Praetextatus of Rouen</a> in 586. Gams, p. 542. Duchesne, p. 240 no. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ursinus possibly however <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Constance" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Constance">bishop of Constance</a>; the town of Saint-Ursin in <a href="/wiki/Saint-Jean-des-Champs" title="Saint-Jean-des-Champs">Saint-Jean-des-Champs</a> is perhaps named after him. Gams, p. 542.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chairibonus attended the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Council_of_Ch%C3%A2lon-sur-Sa%C3%B4ne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Council of Châlon-sur-Saône (page does not exist)">Council of Châlon-sur-Saône</a> in 650. Duchesne, p. 240 no. 4. De Clercq, p. 309.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frodemundus (Frémond) founded a monastery at <a href="/wiki/Le_Ham,_Manche" title="Le Ham, Manche">Le Ham</a> on 15 August 679; the dedicatory inscription survives. Lecanu, I, pp. 83-86. Duchesne, p. 240, no. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Willebertus is said to have been present at a Council of Rouen in 693. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 866. Absent from Mansi and De Clercq.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Widlardus is mentioned in documents of 829 and 835. Duchesne, p. 240 no. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Herluinus is mentioned in documents between 843 and 862. Duchesne, p. 240 no. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Siginandus was present at the Council of Soissons in 866, and at the Council of Ponthion in 876. Duchesne, p. 240 no. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bishop Lista was killed at St.-Lô during a siege by the Northmen, after they had sacked Paris and the valley of the Seine, according to the narrative of Abbot Regino of Prüm in his <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/reginonisabbatis50regi">Chronicon</a></i>, pp. 134-135. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 867-868</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Herlebaldus is mentioned in a charter of Charles the Simple on 22 February 906. Duchesne, p. 241 no. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bishop Theoderic was forced into exile at <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> in 911, according to the <i>Black Book of the Chapter</i> of Coutances. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 868; <i>Instrumenta</i> no. 1, pp. 217-224, at p. 217.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bishop Hugues was present at the dedication of the Abbey of Fécamp in 990. He subscribed a charter for Duke Richard II of Normandy in 1020. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 869.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Herbert was transferred to Lisieux in his second year as Bishop of Coutances. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 869.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bishop Geoffrey was consecrated at Rouen on 10 April 1048. He left Saint–Lô and returned the seat of the diocese to Coutances. The new cathedral was consecrated on 8 December 1056. He was justiciar for William the Conqueror. He died at Coutances on 3 February 1093. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristopher_Dennis2012" class="citation book cs1">Christopher Dennis (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GOJemwEACAAJ"><i>The Career of Geoffrey de Montbray, Bishop of Coutances (1048-1093) and Unus de Primatibus Anglorum ('one of the Chief Men of the English')</i></a>. Cardiff University.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Career+of+Geoffrey+de+Montbray%2C+Bishop+of+Coutances+%281048-1093%29+and+Unus+de+Primatibus+Anglorum+%28%27one+of+the+Chief+Men+of+the+English%27%29.&rft.pub=Cardiff+University&rft.date=2012&rft.au=Christopher+Dennis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGOJemwEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeslie_Stephen1890" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Leslie Stephen, ed. (1890). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rN01XoJVG7AC&pg=PA131"><i>Dictionary of National Biography</i></a>. Vol. XXI. Garnett-Gloucester. London: Smith Elder. pp. 130–132.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pages=130-132&rft.pub=Smith+Elder&rft.date=1890&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrN01XoJVG7AC%26pg%3DPA131&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hugues had been Archdeacon of Coutances before being elected Bishop. He was consecrated at Rouen by Archbishop Robert Poulain (Pullus). <a href="/wiki/Philip_III_of_France" title="Philip III of France">Philippe III</a> granted him the patronage of the churches of Cherbourg and Tourlaville in 1208. Toustain de Billy, I, pp. 310-386.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jean d'Essay died on 31 October 1274. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 1-53. Eubel, I, p. 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eustache was provided by the Pope in 1282. He died on 7 August 1291. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 54-75. Eubel, I, p. 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robert d'Harcourt was elected bishop in 1291. He founded the <a href="/wiki/Coll%C3%A8ge_d%27Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Collège d'Harcourt">Collège d'Harcourt</a> at Paris. He died on 7 March 1315. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 76-114. Eubel, I, p. 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Guillaume de Thieville was the last bishop of Coutances to be elected by the Cathedral Chapter. Thereafter bishops were chosen by agreement between the King of France and the Pope. Hayden, <i>The Catholicisms of Coutances</i> ch. 3. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 115-149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Louis Herpin was the first bishop known to have appointed a suffragan, one Bishop Jean. Hayden, <i>The Catholicisms of Coutances</i> ch. 3. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 150-162.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A rare reformer, Bishop Sylvestre held synods in 1372, 1375 and 1377 to reform the clergy. Hayden, <i>The Catholicisms of Coutances</i> ch. 3. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 163-172.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicolas de Tholon, probably a Burgundian from Toulon-sur-l'Allier and not from Toulon in the Dauphiné, was a Doctor of law. He was a chaplain of the Cathedral of Autun (1362), then Canon (1365) and Praecentor of Autun. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Burgundy for <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Bold" title="Philip the Bold">Philippe le Hardi</a>, who was then a regent of Charles V. He was appointed to the diocese of Coutances by <a href="/wiki/Antipope_Clement_VII" title="Antipope Clement VII">Pope Clement VII</a> on 5 October 1386. He was transferred to the diocese of Autun on 26 August 1387. He died on 20 December 1400. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 173-174. Eubel, I, pp. 73, 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Guillaume de Crevecoeur was non-resident, almoner of Duke <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Bold" title="Philip the Bold">Philip the Bold</a> of Burgundy. He was appointed by Clement VII on 27 August 1387. He died on 10 April 1408. Toustain de Billy. II, pp. 175-188. Eubel, I, 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aegidius was a native of Rouen, the son of Robert de Champs, Seigneur de Tourville, First-Captain of Rouen. Gilles was Master of theology and a Canon of Rouen (1380), as well as Theologian and Confessor of King Charles VI (1404), who later appointed him one of his Aumoniers. He was ambassador of Charles VI to the Council of Pisa, which opened in March 1409. He was appointed Bishop of Coutances on 2 October 1409 by the Pisan pope Alexander V. He was made a cardinal by John XXIII on 6 June 1411, though he never appeared in the Papal Court to be invested and to receive a <a href="/wiki/Titular_church" title="Titular church">titular church</a>. He continued as Administrator of Coutances until his death. He died on 5 (or 15) March 1413. Toustain de Billy, pp. 189-201. Eubel, I, pp. 33, no. 11; 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jean de Marle was the son of Henri de Marle, First President of the Parlement of Paris. Jean was a Master of arts, Licenciate in Canon Law, Protonotary Apostolic, and Canon of Bayeux. He was appointed Bishop of Coutances by John XXIII on 2 April 1414, and had the misfortune to be Bishop during the English invasion of Normandy, leading to the Battle of Agincourt. He died on 12 June 1418. Toustain de Billy, pp. 202-206. Eubel, I, p. 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pandolfo Malatesta of Rimini, the son of Carlo Malatesta, the plenipotentiary of Gregory XII (Roman Obedience), was Canon and Archdeacon of Bologna, as well as a Protonotary Apostolic. He participated in the Council of Constance, and was one of the delegates chosen by the Italian nation to participate in the election of a new pope to replace the three excommunicated pretenders. He was appointed Bishop of Coutances by Pope Martin V on 7 October 1418, and consecrated by him personally. He was transferred to Patras (Greece) on 10 May 1424. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 890-891. Lecanu, pp. 237-238. Toustain de Billy, pp. 207-212. Eubel, I, pp. 205 and 394.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Montjeu: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 891-892. Lecanu, I, pp. 241-248.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gilles was a native of Rouen, and a Doctor of theology of the Sorbonne. He held the abbeys of Beaupré, Beaubec, and then Fécamp. His bulls for the diocese of Coutances were issued on 9 October 1439, and he was consecrated a bishop on 28 July 1440, on which day he took his oath to the Archbishop of Rouen, Louis de Luxembourg, as his Metropolitan. He was one of the three judges who condemned <a href="/wiki/Trial_of_Joan_of_Arc" title="Trial of Joan of Arc">Jeanne d'Arc</a> to death by fire. He preferred to reside in the Priory of Saint-Lout in Rouen, where he died on 29 July 1444; he was buried in Rouen. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 892. Lecanu, pp. 249-250. Eubel, II, p.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castiglione was born of a noble family of Milan, a nephew of Cardinal Branda Castiglione (who had held the diocese of Lisieux, 1420-1424) and a member of the same family as Pope Celestine IV. He became a Protonotary Apostolic, and was preferred to the Diocese of Coutances on 2 September 1444 by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Eugenius_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eugenius IV">Pope Eugenius IV</a>, who had the right of reversion. He was sent as an envoy to the Pope by King Henry VI of England in 1447 to complain about grants <i>in commendam</i> and benefices. He was captured by the French at Coutances, and swore allegiance to Charles VII on 3 November 1449, in whose solemn entry into Rouen he participated. Castiglione was transferred to the diocese of <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Pavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Pavia">Pavia</a> on 3 October 1453; he was created a cardinal on 17 December 1456. He died at Macerata on 14 April 1460. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 892-893. Lecanu, pp. 250-252. Eubel, II, pp. 12 no. 6; 134; 212.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Longueil was created a cardinal by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Calixtus_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Calixtus III">Pope Calixtus III</a> on 17 December 1456. He finally made his formal entry into Rome on 13 March 1462 wearing his red hat. On 16 March he was received by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_II" title="Pope Pius II">Pope Pius II</a> and named Cardinal Priest of S. Eusebius. On 1 October 1464 Pope Paul II appointed Longueil his Apostolic Legate in Perugia. He was back in Rome from 9 April to 18 May 1465, before returning to Perugia. He returned to Rome from his Legation in Perugia on 10 February 1466. He died at Sutri, where he had gone <i>propter aeris intemperiem</i> (because of the heat), on 15 August 1470. Lecanu, I, pp. 252-258. Eubel, II, pp. 12; 34-37, nos. 253, 259, 265, 298.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A Savoyard, Montferrand was abbot of Saint–Antoine de Vienne, by gift of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_II" title="Pope Pius II">Pope Pius II</a>. He was preferred as Bishop of Coutances by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_II" title="Pope Paul II">Pope Paul II</a> on 8 August 1470, but he did not have the approval of the King of France or the Chapter of Coutances. The Chapter recorded repeatedly in its records in 1471 and 1472 that the See was vacant. The King, in fact, assigned the temporalia of the diocese to the Bishop of Laon in 1472, thereby depriving Benedictus of any income or civil jurisdiction. Benoît was absent from Coutances from August 1474 until 1476, when, as Bishop-elect, he exchanged the diocese of Coutances for that of <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a> with his successor, Giuliano della Rovere, on 15 July 1476. He died as Bishop of Lausanne on 8 May 1491. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 894-895. Lecanu, I, pp. 263-265. Eubel II, pp. 134-135 with note 4, 173.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Della Rovere, a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, was appointed on 15 July 1476. He never visited the diocese, taking possession on 18 October 1476 by proxy; his procurator, Georges du Mesnilpény, Doctor of Civil and Canon Law, and Dean of the Collegial Church of Saint-Marie-la-Neuve (Villeneuve), governed the diocese for the Cardinal. His successor was appointed on 3 December 1477. Lecanu, I, pp. 265-266. Eubel, II, pp. 16, 135.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Geoffroy Herbert's bulls were issued on 3 July 1478. He became the First President of the <a href="/wiki/Parlement_of_Rouen" title="Parlement of Rouen">Parlement of Rouen</a> in 1499. He died on 1 February 1510. Bishop Geoffrey Herbert's brother Louis became Bishop of Avranches in 1511; he was the executor of Geoffrey's Testament. Toustain, II, pp. 390-391. Eubel, II, p. 135; III, pp. 91, 176 note 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gouffier was appointed Bishop of Coutances on 15 April 1510. On the accession of Francis I on 1 January 1515, Gouffier was named First Aumonier, and therefore he remained at Court; the diocese was governed by his brother Aimeri and by his auxiliary bishop Guillaume Chevron. He was named a cardinal by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_X" title="Pope Leo X">Pope Leo X</a> on 14 December 1515, and assigned the <a href="/wiki/Titular_church" title="Titular church">titular church</a> of <a href="/wiki/Santi_Marcellino_e_Pietro_al_Laterano" title="Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano">Ss. Marcellino e Pietro</a>. He resigned the diocese on 20 November 1519, and was appointed Archbishop of Albi on 6 June (or 9 September) 1519. Lecanu, I, pp. 421-423. Toustain de Billy, III, pp. 1-32. Eubel, III, p. 101, with notes 8 and 9; p. 176.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cardinal da Bibbiena was appointed Administrator of the diocese on 9 September 1519. He died in Rome on 1 or 9 November 1520. Lecanu, I, p. 423. Toustain de Billy, III, pp. 33-43. Eubel, III, p. 14, 176.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">De la Trémoïlle: Lecanu, I, pp. 283-284.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cossé–Brissac: Lecanu, I, pp. 284-287.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Esquetot: Lecanu, I, pp. 301-302.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Martel: Lecanu, I, pp. 302-305.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cossé–Brissac: Lecanu, I, pp. 307-317.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">King Henri III gave Jacques de Matignon the provision of the Bishopric of Coutances for life, as a compensation for his services. Jacques named his son Lancelot, the Abbot Commendatory of Cherbourg, on 21 December 1587. Lancelot Goyon proposed to make a pilgrimage to Rome and to be consecrated by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_V" title="Pope Sixtus V">Pope Sixtus V</a> personally. He died, however, on 1 January 1588. Lecanu, I, p. 319.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicolas de Briroy: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 903-905.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bourgoin: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 905.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Léonor Goyon: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 905-906.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Auvry: treasurer of <a href="/wiki/Sainte-Chapelle" title="Sainte-Chapelle">Sainte-Chapelle</a>. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 906-907.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Le Clerc: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 907-908.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Loménie: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 908-909. Jean, pp. 350-351. Ritzler, V, p. 169, with note 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goyon: <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 909. Jean, p. 351. Ritzler, V, p. 169, with note 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Du Quesnoy was born at Valognes (Coutances) and was a Doctor of theology (Paris). He was Archdeacon and a Vicar-General of Coutances for twenty-five years. He was nominated bishop by King Louis XV on 17 April 1757, and preconized (approved) by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Pope Benedict XIV</a> on 18 July 1757. He was consecrated on 21 August 1757 by Bishop Louis-François Néel de Christot of Séez. He died on 9 September 1764. Jean, p. 351. Ritzler, VI, p. 179, with note 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Talaru was born in the diocese of Clermont. He held the Bacculaureate in theology and Licenciate in Civil and Canon Law from the University of Paris. He was a Vicar-General of Sens for eleven years. On 21 October 1764 he was nominated Bishop of Coutances by <a href="/wiki/King_Louis_XV" class="mw-redirect" title="King Louis XV">King Louis XV</a>, and was preconized (approved) by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_XIII" title="Pope Clement XIII">Pope Clement XIII</a> on 4 February 1765. He was consecrated on 10 March 1765 by Paul Cardinal d'Albert de Luynes, Archbishop of Sens. He refused to take the oath to the Constitution in 1791, emigrated in 1792, died at London on 21 March 1798. Jean, p. 351. Ritzler, VI, p. 179, with note 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPaul_Pisani1907" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Paul Pisani (1907). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aAQ9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA434"><i>Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802)</i></a> (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. pp. 177–182.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=R%C3%A9pertoire+biographique+de+l%27%C3%A9piscopat+constitutionnel+%281791-1802%29.&rft.place=Paris&rft.pages=177-182&rft.pub=A.+Picard+et+fils&rft.date=1907&rft.au=Paul+Pisani&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaAQ9AAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA434&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Born in Paris, Rousseau became Court Preacher in 1774 and was named a Canon of Chartres. He emigrated in 1791, returning in 1799. He was named bishop by First Consul Bonaparte, and was confirmed on 14 April 1802. He was consecrated in Paris at St.-Roch on 25 April 1802 by the Archbishop of Rouen, Etienne-Hubert de Cambacérès. He was transferred to the diocese of Orleans on 3 August 1807. He died on 7 October 1810 at the age of 75. Gautan Guillot, in: Société bibliographique (France) (1907), <i>L'épiscopat français...</i> pp. 205-206 and 428.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dupont: Gautan Guillot, in: Société bibliographique (France) (1907), <i>L'épiscopat français...</i>, pp. 206-207.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robiou was born at Combiou (Ille-et-Vilaine) in 1794. He was professor at the seminary in Rennes, and then parish priest of Saint-Étienne in Rennes. He was named bishop of Coutances on 17 October 1835 and preconized (approved) by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XVI" title="Pope Gregory XVI">Pope Gregory XVI</a> on 1 February 1836. He was consecrated in Paris on 6 March 1836 by Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen, and took possession of the diocese on 27 March. He resigned on 7 December 1852 at the age of seventy, and retired to Rennes; he was named Canon of Saint-Denis. Gautan Guillot, in: Société bibliographique (France) (1907), <i>L'épiscopat français...</i>, pp. 207-208.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nepos is the first bishop of Avranches known to history. He was present at the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="First Council of Orléans">First Council of Orléans</a> on 10 July 511. De Clercq, p. 13 (<i>Nepus episcopus de Abrincates</i>), 14 (<i>de Aprincis</i>), 15 (<i>ecclesiae Abrincatinae</i>), 19 (<i>ex civitate Abrincatas Naepus episcopus subscripsi</i>). Duchesne, II, p. 224, no. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Severus' episcopacy is attested only from the 11th century on. Duchesne, II, p. 223.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Perpetuus was present at the Council of Orléans of 533, and was represented at the Councils of 538 and 541. Duchesne, II, p. 224, no. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aegidius: Duchesne, II, p. 224, no. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paternus was present at the Council of Paris of ca. 557/573. De Clercq, p. 210. Duchesne, II, p. 224, no. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Senator's episcopacy is first attested even later than Severus' (11th century). Duchesne, II, p. 223.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Leodevaldus is mentioned by Gregory of Tours, <i>Virtutes Martini</i> II, 36. Duchesne, II, p. 224, no. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hildoaldus was present at the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Paris_(614)" title="Council of Paris (614)">Council of Paris</a> in 614 and the Council of Clichy in 627. De Clercq, p. 281 line 171; p. 297 line 211. Duchesne, II, p. 224, no. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ragertrannus: Duchesne, pp. 224-225, no. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The list of bishops of Avranches printed by Duchesne, p. 222, places S. Authbertus <i>before</i> Rahentrannus. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, pp. 472-473.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gams, p. 505.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ansegardus was present at the Council of Soissons in 853 and the Council of Verberie in 853. J.-D. Mansi, Tomus XIV, p. 982, 989. <i>Gallia christiana</i> XI, p. 473. Duchesne, p. 225 no. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Remedius was present at the Council of Bonneuil in 855. Mansi, Tomus XV, p. 28. Duchesne, p. 225 no. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Waltbertus was present at the Council of Savonnières in 859, and the Council of Thusey (Tullense II) in 860. Mansi, Tomus XV, p. 529, 561. He also subscribed a charter at Pistey in 862. Duchesne, p. 225 no. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elisabeth M. C. van Houts (translator), <i>The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni</i> (1995), note p. 149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Herbert was the grandson of Henry I of England, by a lady of St.-Lô, and a Chaplain of Henry II. In 1157 he assisted Hugues of Cluny, Archbishop of Rouen, in translating the relics of Saint Firmat. Herbert had the honor of receiving both King Louis VII and King Henry II when they were on pilgrimage to Mont Saint-Michel. Bishop Herbert died at Bec on 6 September 1161. Lecanu, I, pp. 249-252. Gams, p. 506.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">De Faye was a Doctor of Civil and Canon Law. He had been Archdeacon of Gand in the Church of Tournai, and had been Bishop of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany (1376–1379). Eubel, I, pp. 66 and 146.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jean de Saint-Avit had been Abbot of S. Medard (diocese of Soissons). Eubel, I, p. 66.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pericard: Gauchat, <i>Hierarchia catholica</i> IV, p. 65, with note 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vialart: Gauchat, <i>Hierarchia catholica</i> IV, p. 65, with note 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aumont: Gauchat, <i>Hierarchia catholica</i> IV, p. 65, with note 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boislève: Gauchat, <i>Hierarchia catholica</i> IV, p. 65, with note 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Froulay de Tessé: Jean, pp. 343-344. Ritzler, V, p. 65 with note 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sillery was named in June 1689, and exchanged sees with Huet of Soissons, who had never received his bulls. Both were victims of the war between Louis XIV and Innocent XI (on whose death in 1689 thirty-five French bishoprics were vacant because of his refusal to grant bulls to candidates of the excommunicated king). Jean, p. 344.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Huet was a native of Caen and the son of Huguenot converts. He became sub-Preceptor of the Dauphin in 1670, and a member of the Académie Française in 1674. He was named Abbot commendatory of Aunay in 1678. He was consecrated Bishop of Avranches in Paris on 24 August 1692 by Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon. Huet resigned on 20 April 1699, and was given the Abbey of Fontenay in compensation. He retired to Paris and took up residence in the house of the professed Jesuits, where he died on 25 January 1721 at the age of 91. Jean, p. 344. Ritzler, V, p. 65 with note 3. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHuet1810" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Huet, Pierre Daniel (1810). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OpgBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA294"><i>Memoirs of the life of Peter Daniel Huet, bishop of Avranches, written by himself, tr. by J. Aikin</i></a>. Vol. 2 vols. London: Longman.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Memoirs+of+the+life+of+Peter+Daniel+Huet%2C+bishop+of+Avranches%2C+written+by+himself%2C+tr.+by+J.+Aikin&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Longman&rft.date=1810&rft.aulast=Huet&rft.aufirst=Pierre+Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOpgBAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA294&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kerhoent: Jean, pp. 344-345. Ritzler, V, p. 65 with note 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Le Blanc: Jean, p. 345. Ritzler, V, p. 65 with note 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Durand de Missy was born in Rouen in 1692. He was a Doctor of theology and fellow of the Sorbonne, and became Dean of the Collegiate Church of S.-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris. He was a Vicar-General of Meaux, and then Vicar-General of Luynes in the diocese of Bayeux, when he was nominated Bishop of Avranches by <a href="/wiki/King_Louis_XV" class="mw-redirect" title="King Louis XV">King Louis XV</a> on 17 April 1746. He was preconized (approved) by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Pope Benedict XIV</a> on 19 September 1746, and consecrated in Paris at the Église Saint-Louis on 9 October 1746 by Bishop Hardouin de Châlon de Maisonnoble of Lescar. He died on 4 April 1764. Jean, p. 345. Ritzler, VI, p. 61 with note 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Durfort: Jean, p. 345. Ritzler, VI, p. 61 with note 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Malide: Jean, pp. 345-346. Ritzler, VI, p. 61 with note 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Belbeuf: Jean, p. 346. Ritzler, VI, p. 61 with note 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Born at Contrières in 1794, Daniel studied at the Collège de Coutances, and became Professor of the Collège Royale in Caen. He was consecrated at Coutances on 12 June 1853 by the Archbishop of Rouen. He died on 4 July 1862. Lecanu, II, pp. 189-194. Gautan Guillot, in: Société bibliographique (France) (1907), <i>L'épiscopat français...</i> pp. 208-210.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bravard: Gautan Guillot, in: Société bibliographique (France) (1907), <i>L'épiscopat français...</i> pp. 210-211.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Germain was born at Saint-Sylvain (Bayeux) in 1833. He was a Canon of Bayeux and curate of the Cathedral when he was appointed Bishop of Coutances by presidential decree on 19 November 1875. He was preconized (approved) by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a> on 28 January 1876, and consecrated at Bayeux on 19 March 1876 by Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose, Archbishop of Rouen. He made his solemn entry into Coutances on 28 March. He devoted most of his energy to preaching. He died on 12 November 1897. Lecanu, II, p. 199. Gautan Guillot, in: Société bibliographique (France) (1907), <i>L'épiscopat français...</i> pp. 211-212.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Guérard was born at Loudéac (Côtes-du-Nord) in 1846. He studied at the Collège St.-Vincent at Rennes, and then at the seminary of Saint-Sulpice. He served as vicar of Saint-Sauveur in Rennes (1870), then was director of the Major Seminary in Rennes (1872), and became Secretary of the Archbishop (1873). Eight years later, in 1880, he became Secretary-General of the diocese. In 1883 he was named a Canon of the Cathedral of Rennes, and became Penitentiary and Master of Ceremonies of the Chapter. He was preconized (approved) by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a> on 28 November 1898 and consecrated at Rennes on 2 February 1899 by Cardinal Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré. He was expelled from his diocese on 17 December 1906. He was granted the <i><a href="/wiki/Pallium" title="Pallium">pallium</a></i> on 17 July 1907. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=q2MXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA432"><i>Revue Catholique de Normandie</i></a> (in French). Vol. 8. Èvreux. 1898. pp. 432–433.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Revue+Catholique+de+Normandie&rft.place=%C3%88vreux&rft.pages=432-433&rft.date=1898&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dq2MXAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA432&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Louvard was born at Radon (near Alençon) in 1858. He studied at the junior seminary of Séez. He was a teacher at the junior seminary in Séez, then superior of the school of St. Francis de Sales in Alençon (1898). He was appointed honorary Vicar-General, and then appointed <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Langres" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Langres">Bishop of Langres</a> on 10 March 1919. He was consecrated in Séez on 1 May 1919 by Bishop Claude Bardel. He took possession of the See of Coutances by proxy on 11 January 1925. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=r20sAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Th%C3%A9ophile-Marie+Louvard%22&pg=PA447">Diocese of Langres</a>", <i>Catholic Encyclopedia</i> Volume 17 Supplement I (NY 1922), p. 447.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Guyot was born in Bordeaux in 1905, and studied at the seminary and at the University of Bordeaux. He studied in Rome at the Pontifical Athenaeum S. Thomae (Angelicum). In Bordeaux he founded the Seminary S. Maurice for late vocations to the priesthood. He was named Vicar General of the diocese (1944–1949). He was named titular bishop of Helenopolis in Palestine and Coadjutor Bishop of Coutances in 1949; he was consecrated on 4 May 1949 by Archbishop Maurice Feltin of Bordeaux. On 8 April 1950 he became Bishop of Coutances. On 28 April 1966 Guyot was named <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Toulouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Toulouse">archbishop of Toulouse</a> (1966–1978), and Cardinal on 5 March 1973. He took part in the two Conclaves of 1978. He died on 1 August 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin_Bräuer2014" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Martin Bräuer (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=363pBQAAQBAJ"><i>Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012</i></a> (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 449. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-026947-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-11-026947-5"><bdi>978-3-11-026947-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbuch+der+Kardin%C3%A4le%3A+1846-2012&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pages=449&rft.pub=De+Gruyter&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-3-11-026947-5&rft.au=Martin+Br%C3%A4uer&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D363pBQAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> Salvador Miranda, <i>The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church</i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1973.htm#Guyot">Guyot, Louis-Jean</a>, retrieved: 2017-01-15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lalanne was transferred by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> on Thursday, January 31, 2013, to be Bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pontoise" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise">Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Pontoise,_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontoise, France">Pontoise, France</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130209074422/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/30404.php?index=30404&lang=en">"Archived copy"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/30404.php?index=30404&lang=en">the original</a> on 2013-02-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-03-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Archived+copy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F30404.php%3Findex%3D30404%26lang%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title" title="Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Diocèse de Coutances, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coutances.catholique.fr/download/1-21085-0/parcours-de-mgr-laurent-le-boulc-h.pdf">Le parcours de Mgr Laurent le Boulc'h</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170116192437/http://www.coutances.catholique.fr/download/1-21085-0/parcours-de-mgr-laurent-le-boulc-h.pdf">Archived</a> 2017-01-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (in French), retrieved: 2017-01-15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/04/01/230401b.html">"Resignations and Appointments, 01.04.2023"</a> (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 1 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Resignations+and+Appointments%2C+01.04.2023&rft.pub=Holy+See+Press+Office&rft.date=2023-04-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2023%2F04%2F01%2F230401b.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/08/05/0549/01213.html">"Resignations and Appointments, 05.08.2023"</a> (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 August 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Resignations+and+Appointments%2C+05.08.2023&rft.pub=Holy+See+Press+Office&rft.date=2023-08-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fit%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2023%2F08%2F05%2F0549%2F01213.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reference_works">Reference works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Reference works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=H9g-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9"><i>Gallia christiana: in provincias ecclesiasticas distributa</i></a> (in Latin). Vol. Tomus undecimus (11). Paris: ex Typographia regia. 1759. pp. 865–949, <i>Instrumenta</i>, pp. 218–338.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gallia+christiana%3A+in+provincias+ecclesiasticas+distributa&rft.place=Paris&rft.pages=865-949%2C+%27%27Instrumenta%27%27%2C+pp.+218-338&rft.pub=ex+Typographia+regia&rft.date=1759&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DH9g-AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPP9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGams1873" class="citation book cs1">Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=os9DAQAAMAAJ"><i>Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo</i></a>. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Series+episcoporum+Ecclesiae+catholicae%3A+quotquot+innotuerunt+a+beato+Petro+apostolo&rft.place=Ratisbon&rft.pub=Typis+et+Sumptibus+Georgii+Josephi+Manz&rft.date=1873&rft.aulast=Gams&rft.aufirst=Pius+Bonifatius&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dos9DAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> (Use with caution; obsolete)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEubel1913" class="citation book cs1">Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft"><i>Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1</i></a> (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hierarchia+catholica%2C+Tomus+1&rft.place=M%C3%BCnster&rft.edition=second&rft.pub=Libreria+Regensbergiana&rft.date=1913&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhierarchiacathol01eubeuoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> (in Latin)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEubel1914" class="citation book cs1">Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft"><i>Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2</i></a> (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hierarchia+catholica%2C+Tomus+2&rft.place=M%C3%BCnster&rft.edition=second&rft.pub=Libreria+Regensbergiana&rft.date=1914&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhierarchiacathol02eubeuoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> (in Latin)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEubelGulik1923" class="citation book cs1">Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft"><i>Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3</i></a> (second ed.). 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Antonio<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-07-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hierarchia+catholica+medii+et+recentis+aevi+VI+%281730-1799%29&rft.place=Patavii&rft.pub=Messagero+di+S.+Antonio&rft.date=1958&rft.aulast=Ritzler&rft.aufirst=Remigius&rft.au=Sefrin%2C+Pirminus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhierarchiacathol06eubeuoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRound,_John_Horace1899" class="citation book cs1">Round, John Horace (1899). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4KMUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA341"><i>Calendar of documents preserved in France: illustrative of the history of Great Britain and Ireland. A.D. 918-1206. Vol. 1</i></a>. Vol. 1. London: H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 249–351. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781313514026" title="Special:BookSources/9781313514026"><bdi>9781313514026</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Calendar+of+documents+preserved+in+France%3A+illustrative+of+the+history+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland.+A.D.+918-1206.+Vol.+1&rft.place=London&rft.pages=249-351&rft.pub=H.M.+Stationery+Office&rft.date=1899&rft.isbn=9781313514026&rft.au=Round%2C+John+Horace&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4KMUAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA341&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studies">Studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaniel1848" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Daniel, Jacques Louis (1848). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6wWVxqCKRTYC"><i>Notice historique sur le Collège de Coutances</i></a> (in French). Caen: Typ. de A. Hardel.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Notice+historique+sur+le+Coll%C3%A8ge+de+Coutances&rft.place=Caen&rft.pub=Typ.+de+A.+Hardel&rft.date=1848&rft.aulast=Daniel&rft.aufirst=Jacques+Louis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6wWVxqCKRTYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDesroches1838" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Desroches, Jean-Jacques (1838). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YOVAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA55"><i>Histoire du Mont Saint-Michel et de l'ancien Diocese d'Avranches</i></a> (in French). Vol. 2 vols. Caen: Chez Mancel.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histoire+du+Mont+Saint-Michel+et+de+l%27ancien+Diocese+d%27Avranches&rft.place=Caen&rft.pub=Chez+Mancel&rft.date=1838&rft.aulast=Desroches&rft.aufirst=Jean-Jacques&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYOVAAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA55&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDuchesne,_Louis1910" class="citation book cs1">Duchesne, Louis (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fastespiscopau02duch"><i>Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises</i></a>. Paris: Fontemoing. pp. 130–134.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fastes+%C3%A9piscopaux+de+l%27ancienne+Gaule%3A+II.+L%27Aquitaine+et+les+Lyonnaises&rft.place=Paris&rft.pages=130-134&rft.pub=Fontemoing&rft.date=1910&rft.au=Duchesne%2C+Louis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffastespiscopau02duch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHayden2013" class="citation book cs1">Hayden, J. Michael (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ugzE3kZow7EC&pg=PT192">"Chapter 3: The Catholicisms of the Bishops of Coutances"</a>. <i>The Catholicisms of Coutances: Varieties of Religion in Early Modern France, 1350-1789</i>. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queens Univ. Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-8847-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-8847-9"><bdi>978-0-7735-8847-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+3%3A+The+Catholicisms+of+the+Bishops+of+Coutances&rft.btitle=The+Catholicisms+of+Coutances%3A+Varieties+of+Religion+in+Early+Modern+France%2C+1350-1789&rft.place=Montreal-Kingston&rft.pub=McGill-Queens+Univ.+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-7735-8847-9&rft.aulast=Hayden&rft.aufirst=J.+Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DugzE3kZow7EC%26pg%3DPT192&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJean1891" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Jean, Armand (1891). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GAZBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78"><i>Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801</i></a> (in French). Paris: A. Picard.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+%C3%A9v%C3%AAques+et+les+archev%C3%AAques+de+France+depuis+1682+jusqu%27%C3%A0+1801&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=A.+Picard&rft.date=1891&rft.aulast=Jean&rft.aufirst=Armand&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGAZBAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA78&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLe_Moigne,_FrédéricChristian_Sorrel2016" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Le Moigne, Frédéric; Christian Sorrel (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2kHJDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT57"><i>Les évêques français de la Séparation au pontificat de Jean-Paul II</i></a> (in French). Paris: Editions du Cerf. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-204-12086-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-204-12086-9"><bdi>978-2-204-12086-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+%C3%A9v%C3%AAques+fran%C3%A7ais+de+la+S%C3%A9paration+au+pontificat+de+Jean-Paul+II&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Editions+du+Cerf&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-2-204-12086-9&rft.au=Le+Moigne%2C+Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft.au=Christian+Sorrel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2kHJDQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT57&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLecanu1877" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Lecanu, Auguste (1877). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1usCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA428"><i>Histoire du diocèse de Coutances et Avranches</i></a> (in French). Vol. Tome I. Coutances: Salettes.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histoire+du+dioc%C3%A8se+de+Coutances+et+Avranches&rft.place=Coutances&rft.pub=Salettes&rft.date=1877&rft.aulast=Lecanu&rft.aufirst=Auguste&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1usCAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA428&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLecanu1878" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Lecanu, Auguste François (1878). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=COwCAAAAQAAJ"><i>Tome II</i></a> (in French).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tome+II&rft.date=1878&rft.aulast=Lecanu&rft.aufirst=Auguste+Fran%C3%A7ois&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCOwCAAAAQAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPigeon1876" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Pigeon, E. A. (1876). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rLEVAAAAYAAJ"><i>Histoire de la Cathédrale de Coutances</i></a> (in French). Coutances: E. Salettes Fils.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histoire+de+la+Cath%C3%A9drale+de+Coutances&rft.place=Coutances&rft.pub=E.+Salettes+Fils&rft.date=1876&rft.aulast=Pigeon&rft.aufirst=E.+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrLEVAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPower2004" class="citation book cs1">Power, Daniel (16 December 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Vlts5rwsNosC&pg=PA115"><i>The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–53, 113–121, 132–135. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-57172-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-57172-2"><bdi>978-0-521-57172-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Norman+Frontier+in+the+Twelfth+and+Early+Thirteenth+Centuries&rft.pages=43-53%2C+113-121%2C+132-135&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2004-12-16&rft.isbn=978-0-521-57172-2&rft.aulast=Power&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVlts5rwsNosC%26pg%3DPA115&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> (Avranches)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSociété_bibliographique_(France)1907" class="citation book cs1">Société bibliographique (France) (1907). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jcozAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA687"><i>L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905)</i></a>. Paris: Librairie des Saints-Pères.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=L%27%C3%A9piscopat+fran%C3%A7ais+depuis+le+Concordat+jusqu%27%C3%A0+la+S%C3%A9paration+%281802-1905%29&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Librairie+des+Saints-P%C3%A8res&rft.date=1907&rft.au=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+bibliographique+%28France%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjcozAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA687&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToussaint1983" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Toussaint, Joseph (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nNkBAAAAMAAJ"><i>Coutances: du concordat à la séparation, 1801-1905</i></a> (in French). Coutances: OCEP. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-7134-0058-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-7134-0058-2"><bdi>978-2-7134-0058-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Coutances%3A+du+concordat+%C3%A0+la+s%C3%A9paration%2C+1801-1905&rft.place=Coutances&rft.pub=OCEP&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-2-7134-0058-2&rft.aulast=Toussaint&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnNkBAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToustain_de_Billy1874" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Toustain de Billy, Rene (1874). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kfBfAAAAcAAJ"><i>Histoire ecclésiastique du Diocèse de Coutances</i></a> (in French). Vol. Tome I. Rouen: Ch. Métérie.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histoire+eccl%C3%A9siastique+du+Dioc%C3%A8se+de+Coutances&rft.place=Rouen&rft.pub=Ch.+M%C3%A9t%C3%A9rie&rft.date=1874&rft.aulast=Toustain+de+Billy&rft.aufirst=Rene&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkfBfAAAAcAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBilly1880" class="citation book cs1">Billy, René Toustain de (1880). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EsZLAAAAMAAJ"><i>Tome II</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tome+II&rft.date=1880&rft.aulast=Billy&rft.aufirst=Ren%C3%A9+Toustain+de&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DEsZLAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBilly1886" class="citation book cs1">Billy, René Toustain de (1886). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j8ZLAAAAMAAJ"><i>Tome III</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tome+III&rft.date=1886&rft.aulast=Billy&rft.aufirst=Ren%C3%A9+Toustain+de&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dj8ZLAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Coutances" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div 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