Editing Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours

{{Short description|Catholic archdiocese in France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Archdiocese
| name              = Tours
| latin             = Archidioecesis Turonensis
| local             = Archidiocèse de Tours
| image             = Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours.JPG
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| caption           = [[Tours Cathedral]]
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| country           = France
| territory         = 
| province          = Tours
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| area_km2          = 6,158
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| population        = 608,390 (est.)
| population_as_of  = 2022
| catholics         = 502,000 (est.)
| catholics_percent =82.5 
| parishes          = 39
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| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
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| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
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| denomination      = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Latin Church]]
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 3rd Century <small>(As Diocese of Tours)</small><br>5th Century <small>(As Archdiocese of Tours)</small>
| cathedral         = [[Tours Cathedral|Cathedral of St. Gatianus in Tours]]
| cocathedral       = 
| patron            = [[Gatianus of Tours|St. Gatianus of Tours]]<br>[[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]]
| patron_title      = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" -->
| priests           = 72 (Diocesan)<br />23 (Religious Orders)<br />30 Permanent Deacons<!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
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| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| bishop            = [[Vincent Jordy]]
| bishop_title      = Archbishop <!-- Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop -->
| coadjutor         = 
| suffragans        = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges|Archdiocese of Bourges]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Blois|Diocese of Blois]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres|Diocese of Chartres]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans|Diocese of Orléans]]
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| archdeacons       = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one-->
| emeritus_bishops  = Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin
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| map               = Archidiocèse de Tours.svg
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| map_alt           = Locator map, archdiocese of Tours
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| website           = {{Official website|http://www.diocesedetours.catholique.fr/|diocesedetours.catholique.fr}}
| footnotes         = 
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[[File:Province ecclésiastique de Tours.svg|260px|thumb|Ecclesiastical province of Tours]]
The '''Archdiocese of Tours''' ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Turonensis}}; {{langx|fr|Archidiocèse de Tours}}) is a [[Latin Church]] [[archdiocese]] of the [[Catholic Church in France]]. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd century, while the formal erection of the diocese dates from the 5th century.

The ecclesiastical province of [[Tours]] corresponds with the late Roman province of [[Tertia Lugdunensis]]. During Breton independence the see of Dol briefly exercised metropolitical functions (mainly tenth century). In 1859 the Breton dioceses except that of [[Nantes]] were constituted into a province of [[Rennes]]. Tours kept its historic suffragans of [[Le Mans]], [[Angers]] together with Nantes and a newly constituted Diocese of [[Laval, Mayenne|Laval]]. In 2002 Tours lost all connection with its historic province, all its previous [[suffragan]]s depending henceforth on an expanded province of Rennes (corresponding to the [[Brittany]] and [[Pays de la Loire]] administrative regions). Tours since 2002 has become the ecclesiastical metropolis of the Centre administrative region.

In 2022, in the Archdiocese of Tours there was one priest for every 5,284 Catholics.

==History==
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===Ancient===
According to [[Louis Duchesne]], the See of Tours was probably founded in the time of [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]]; [[Gregory of Tours]] says by [[Gatianus]].<ref name=Goyau/> As the city, (called "Caesarodunum"), was important as a crossing point of the Loire, it became a stop on the route to Santiago de Compostela. The fourth bishop was [[Brice of Tours]]. Stories about his tenure suggest tensions between the regular clergy and the secular priests in Tours at that time. [[Saint Perpetuus]] was bishop from 460 to 490. During his administration Christianity was further developed and consolidated in the province of [[Touraine]]. He was followed by [[Volusianus of Tours]], a relative of [[Ruricius of Limoges]]. The first cathedral, dedicated to Saint Maurice, was built by Bishop Lidoire, sometime in the fourth century; it burned down in 561, but was restored by Gregory of Tours.
 
Bishop Chrotbert (Robert) is mentioned in the earliest grant of privileges to the [[Martin of Tours|Monastery of St. Martin]] in Tours,<ref>''Gallia christiana'' XIV, ''Instrumenta'' pp. 5–6.</ref> made by Pope Adeodatus (672–676). The document survives only in two copies which differ significantly between them;<ref>P. Jaffe and S. Loewenfeld, ''Regesta pontificum Romanorum'' I (Leipzig 1885), p. 237, no. 2105: "Duo sunt tradita exemplaria, alterum ab altero discrepans, sed aequo modo suspecta."</ref> both are suspect.<ref>{{cite book|author=Julius von Pflugk-Harttung|title=Diplomatisch-historische Forschungen|url=https://archive.org/details/diplomatischhis00hartgoog|year=1879|publisher=Perthes|location=Berlin|language=de|pages=[https://archive.org/details/diplomatischhis00hartgoog/page/n148 120]–121}}</ref>

===Medieval===

In May 858, which was the third year of his pontificate, Archbishop Herardus held a diocesan synod, in which a codification was issued of the ''capitula'' ('regulations') of the diocese. The document contained 140 chapters.<ref>''Gallia christiana'' XIV, ''Instrumenta'', pp. 39–46.</ref>
 
On 21 January 1216, [[Pope Innocent III]] confirmed an agreement entered into between the Archbishop of Tours and the Chapter of the cathedral on the election of a Dean and Provosts.<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis George de Bréquigny|title=Table chronologique des diplômes, chartes, titres et actes imprimés concernant l'Histoire de France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DaHtUnRU5VUC|volume=Tome cinquième|year=1846|publisher=L'imprimerie royale|location=Paris|language=fr, la|page=38}} August Potthast, ''Regesta pontificum Romanorum'' I (Berlin 1874), p. 444 no. 5054. The printed texts have Iuellum, an incorrect expansion of J.; he was Archbishop Jean.</ref>

After the death of Archbishop Jean de la Faye in April 1228, there appears to have been considerable difficulty in finding a new archbishop. Jean Maan, Dean of Mans, was brought to Tours, but he refused the see, or was unable to muster sufficient votes. Then the see was offered to Master Pierre de Collomedio of Champagne, a Canon of Thérouanne and Papal Legate, but, though the election was canonically carried out, he refused the offer.<ref>''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 104. This is according to the chronicle of Abbot Guillaume of Andres, in: ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'' Scriptorum Tomus XXIV, p. 768.</ref>

===Revolution===
The leaders of the [[French Revolution]], as part of their program, planned to bring the religions in France under their control. The Roman Church was rich, and therefore powerful. The Revolution needed to redirect that power and acquire that wealth to finance their own projects. One device was to transfer old loyalties by breaking up the traditional units of political, social and religious organization. The property of the religious organizations was to be confiscated for the benefit of the people of France, and all clergy would become state employees, with their salaries fixed and paid by the government. The new political unit was to be the "[[Departments of France|département]]", of which eighty-four were planned.<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis Marie Prudhomme|title=La république française en LXXXIV départemens: dictionnaire géographique et méthodique, destiné aux administrateurs, négocians, gens d'affaires, et à ceux qui étudient la géographie de la France ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hNtBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5|year=1793|publisher=L'Éditeur|location=Paris|language=fr}}</ref> It was determined by the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|Constituent Assembly]] that the Church was overloaded with bishops; therefore the number of dioceses needed to be reduced, from the 135 of the Ancien Régime, to 82 or 83, and that to the extent possible they were to have the same borders as the new political departments. The Diocese of Tours was therefore abolished and subsumed into a new diocese, coterminous with the new 'Departement d'Indre-et-Loire', which was to be a [[Suffragan bishop|suffragan]] of the 'Metropole du Centre' (composed of the dioceses of Allier, Cher, Creuse, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-et-Cher, Nièvre and Vienne, with its center at Bourges<ref>{{cite book|title=Tableau des évêques constitutionnels de France, de 1791 a 1801|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-1AAAAAYAAJ|year=1827|publisher=chez Méquignon-Havard|location=Paris|language=fr|page=28}}</ref>) in the "[[Civil Constitution of the Clergy|Constitutional Church]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060405114534/http://sourcebook.fsc.edu/history/civilconstitution.html Text of Civil Constitution of the Clergy (in English)] Retrieved: 2016-09-02.</ref> The clergy were required to swear and oath to the Constitution, and under the terms of the [[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]] a new bishop was to be elected by all the voters of the département, who did not even need to be Catholics.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ludovic Sciout|title=Histoire de la constitution civile du clergé, 1790-1801|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdQCAAAAQAAJ|year=1872|volume=Tome I|publisher=Firmin Didot et Cie|location=Paris|language=fr|pages=234–238}}</ref> This placed them in schism with the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. Archbishop de Conzié of Tours refused to take the oath,<ref>Conzié made his refusal in a letter of 11 February 1791, in reply to a letter from the members of the Directory of Tours of 25 January 1791. Arnault, pp. 190–192.</ref> and his bishopric was therefore declared to be vacant.

On 13 March 1791 the electors of Indre-et-Loire met in Tours in the cathedral. They were harangued by members of the Société des Amis de la Constitution, who pressed for the election of their president, a former Oratorian by the name of Ysabeau, who, however, could not muster a majority. Instead on the next day the electors chose Pierre Suzor, the curate of Ecueillé.<ref>Arnault, pp. 205–209.</ref> He proceeded to Paris, where he was consecrated a bishop on 10 April by Constitutional Bishops [[Jean-Baptiste Massieu|Massieu]], Delcher, and Sibille.<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Pisani|title=Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791–1802)|url=https://archive.org/details/rpertoirebiogra00conggoog|year=1907|publisher=A. Picard et fils|location=Paris|language=fr|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rpertoirebiogra00conggoog/page/n132 107]–110; 456}}</ref> His consecration was valid, but uncanonical and schismatic, and brought him excommunication. As bishop, he was at first conservative and somewhat rigorous, refusing to sanction the marriage of clergy, but later he succumbed to pressure. At the end of 1793, when Religion was abolished and replaced by Reason and the churches closed, most of the 360 clergy of Indre-et-Loire abdicated or apostasized.  Religion was restored in 1795, but Suzor did not regain possession of the cathedral until 13 May 1797. Suzor suffered a stroke in 1797; the bishops of the Metropolitanate were allowed to assemble at Bourges in 1800 to find him a successor. On 1 February 1801 Hyacinthe Tardiveau accepted the position, and Suzor died on 13 April 1801, having approved of his successor. Tardiveau was never bishop, since he made his acceptance conditional upon receiving the traditional bulls from the pope, which never happened. In May 1801 First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte required the resignation of all Constitutional bishops; he was in the process of completing a [[Concordat of 1801|concordat with the Papacy]], and the Constitutional Church was an obstacle.<ref>Pisani, pp. 42–44.</ref>

After the Concordat went into effect, Pius VII was able to issue the appropriate bulls to restore many of the dioceses and to regulate their boundaries, most of which corresponded closely to the new 'départements'.<ref>{{cite book|title=Concordat, et recueil des bulles et brefs de N.S.P. le pape Pie VII, sur les affaires actuelles de l'église de France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xk0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24|year=1802|publisher=chez J.R. Vigneulle|language=la, fr|pages=24–43}} (Latin, with French translation)</ref> The Diocese of Tours, which was coterminous with the Department of Indre-et-Loire, had as suffragans: Le Mans, Angers, Rennes, Nantes, Quimper, Vannes, Saint-Pol, Treguier, Saint-Brieux Saint-Mâlo and Dol.

====Pilgrimages====
The main pilgrimage sites in the diocese besides the grottos of Marmoutier, are: Notre-Dame-la-Riche, a sanctuary erected on the site of a church dating from the third century, and where the founder St. Gatianus is venerated; Notre-Dame-de-Loches; St. Christopher and St. Giles at St-Christophe, a pilgrimage dating from the ninth century; the pilgrimage to the [[Oratory of the Holy Face]] in Tours, managed by [[Priests of the Holy Face]] canonically erected on 8 December 1876.<ref name=Goyau>Georges Goyau. [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15002a.htm "Archdiocese of Tours."] ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 7 May 2017.</ref><ref>Diocèse de Tours,  [http://diocesedetours.catholique.fr/outils/les-hauts-lieux-spirituels/ ''Hauts lieux spirituels''], retrieved: 2017-05-07.</ref>

== Bishops ==
===to 700===
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* St. [[Gatianus]] (c. 249–301)<ref>Catianus: Gregory of Tours reports that he served for fifty years. Duchesne (1910), p. 302 no. 1.</ref>
* St. [[Litorius of Tours|Litorius]] 338–370
* St. [[Martin of Tours|Martin]] 371–397
* St. [[Bricius of Tours|Bricius]] 397–443
* St. [[Eustochius]] 443–460
* St. [[Saint Perpetuus|Perpetuus]] 460–490
* St. [[Saint Volusianus|Volusianus]] 491–498
* Verus (498–508)<ref>Verus was not present at the Council of Agde in 506, but was represented by a deacon named Leo. Duchesne, p. 305 no. 10. C. Munier, ''Concilia Galliae, A. 314 – A. 506'' (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 214: ''Leo diaconus missus a domino meo Vero episcopo Toronice''.</ref>
* [[Licinius (bishop)|Licinius]] (508–520)<ref>Licinius was present at the Council of Orléans in 511.  Duchesne, p. 305 no. 11. C. De Clercq, ''Concilia Galliae, A. 511 – A. 695'' (Turnhout: Brepols 1963), pp. 13–15.</ref>
* Theodorus & Proculus (jointly) (520–521?)<ref>Gregory of Tours, ''Historia Francorum'' Book X, 31, says that they came from Burgundy at the bidding of Queen Clotilde, having been driven out of their dioceses, and that they ruled conjointly at Tours for two years. At ''Historia Francorum'' Book III, 17, however, Gregory says that Theodorus and Proculus succeeded Bishop Leo (526). C. Chevalier (1871), pp. 261–264. Duchesne, p. 305 no. 12.</ref>
* Dinfius (521?)<ref>Duchesne, pp. 305–306 no. 14.</ref>
* [[Ommatius (bishop)|Ommatius]] (521–525)<ref>Duchesne, p. 306 no. 15.</ref>
* Leo (526?)<ref>Leo was bishop for six or seven months. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 18. Duchesne, p. 306 no. 16.</ref>
* Francilio (528? or 526–528?)<ref>Francilio was a Senator of Tours, and had a wife named Clara. He was bishop for two months and six days (or two years and six months), and was poisoned on Christmas night. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 19. Duchesne, p. 306 no. 17.</ref>
* Injuriosus (529–546)<ref>Injuriosus attended the Council of Orange in 533, and the Council of Orange in 541. Duchesne, p. 306 no. 18. De Clercq, pp. 102, 142.</ref>
* [[Baudinus]] (546–552)<ref>Baudinus had been (in the words of Gregory of Tours) ''domesticus'' and ''referendarius'' of King [[Chlothar I]]. Duchesne, p. 306 no. 19.</ref>
* [[Gunthar of Tours|Gunthar]] 552–554
* St. [[Eufronius]] 555–573
* St. [[Gregory of Tours|Gregory]] (573–594)<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Heinzelmann|title=Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fDj5mcAXgkC&pg=PA219|year=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-63174-7|pages=7–34}}</ref>
* Pelagius I (595–602)<ref>A letter of Pope Gregory I, dated July 596, requests Pelagius and Bishop Serenus of Marseille to assist Augustine in his mission to Britain.  ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 26. P. Jaffé-S. Loewenfeld, ''Regesta pontificum Romanorum'' I (Leipzig 1885), p. 174 no. 1435. Duchesne, p. 308 no. 23.</ref>
* Leupacharius (602–614)<ref>Leupacharius: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 26. Duchesne, p. 308 no. 24.</ref>
* Agiricus (614–617)<ref>Agiricus: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 26. Duchesne, p. 308 no. 25.</ref>
* Gwalachus (617–618)<ref>Givaldus, Guvalachus: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 27. Duchesne, p. 308 no. 26.</ref>
:[Valatus 618–619]<ref>Valatus is the same as Guvalacus or Gwalachus. There is no name between Gwalachus and Sigilaicus in the episcopal lists of Tours.</ref>
* Sigilaicus 619–622<ref>Sigilaicus was bishop for two years and nine months. Duchesne, p. 292.</ref>
* Leobaldus 622–625<ref>Leobaldus was bishop for six years.  ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 27.</ref>
* Medegisilus (625–638)<ref>Medigisilus participated in the Council of Clichy on 27 September 627, and signed charters in 632 and 638. He was bishop for eleven years.  ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 27–28. Duchesne, p. 292, 308 no. 29. De Clercq, p. 296.</ref>
* Latinus (638–650)<ref>Latinus was present at the Council of Chalons on 25 October 650. Abbot Betto signed on his behalf. Duchesne, p. 308 no. 30. De Clercq, p. 309.</ref>
* Charegiselus (Carégisile) 650–652
* Rigobertus 652–654<ref>Rigobertus signed a diploma of Clovis II on 22 June 654. He sat for two years. Duchesne, p. 308, no. 32.</ref>
* Papolenus 654–660
* [[Robert I, Bishop of Tours|Chrotbert]] 660–695
* Pelagius II 695–700
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===700 to 1000===
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* Evartius 700–709
* Ibbon 709–724
* Gontran II 724–732
* Didon 732–733
* Rimbert 733–752
* Aubert 752–754
* Ostald 754–760
* Gravien 760–765
* Eusebe 765–771
* Herling 771–792
* Joseph I 792–815
* [[Landran]] I 815–836
* [[Ursmarus]] 836–846
* Landran II 846–852
* [[Amalricus (bishop of Tours)|Amalricus]] (852–856)<ref>Amalric attended the Second Council of Soissons in April 853. He was also present at the Concilium apud Bonoilum (Bonneuil) on 24 August 855.  J.-D. Mansi (ed.), ''Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio'', editio novissima, [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/20vs/200_Mansi/1692-1769,_Mansi_JD,_Sacrorum_Conciliorum_Nova_Amplissima_Collectio_Vol_014,_LT.pdf Tomus XIV] (Venice 1769), p. 989; Tomus XV (Venice 1770), p. 24. Duchesne, p. 311 no. 50.</ref>
* Herardus 856–871
* [[Actardus]] (872–875)<ref>Actardus had been transferred from the diocese of Nantes (attested 853-871). ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 42–43. Gams, p. 581 column 2. Duchesne, 312 no. 52.</ref>
* [[Adalardus (bishop of Tours)|Adalardus]] 875–890<ref>Adalardus: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 43–45.</ref>
* [[Herbernus]] 890–916
* [[Robert II of Tours]] 916–932
* [[Theotolo]] 932–945
* Joseph II 946–957
* [[Frothar (bishop of Tours)|Frotaire]] 957–960
* [[Hardouin (archbishop)|Hardouin]] 960–980
* [[Archambault de Sully]] 981–1008
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===1000–1300===
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* [[Hugh II, Viscount of Châteaudun|Hugues de Chateaudun]] 1008–1023
* Arnoul 1023–1052
* Barthelemy de Faye 1053–1068
* Raoul I 1072–1085
* [[Raoul II, Archbishop of Tours|Raoul II]] 1086–1117
* [[Gilbert de Maillé]] 1118–1125
* [[Hildebert de Lavardin]] 1125–1134
* [[Hugues d'Etampes]] 1134–1146
* [[Engebault de Preuilly|Engebaldus]] 1146–1157<ref>Engebaldus (Engebault) was a son of [[Geoffrey II of Vendôme]]. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 87–89. Gams, p. 640 column 2, gives the dates 1147–1156.</ref>
* [[Joscius (archbishop of Tours)|Joscius]] 1157–1174<ref>Joscius is also called Jodocus, Joscionus, Joscelinus, and Jotho (Gotho). ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 89–92.</ref>
* [[Barthelemy de Vendôme]] 1174–1206
* Géoffroy de la Lande (1206 – 29 April 1208)<ref>Geoffrey de la Lande had been Archdeacon of Paris. On 18 May 1207 Pope Innocent III ordered Archbishop Geoffroy to compel King Philip II of France to return the goods of the deceased Bishop Hugo of Auxerre, which he had seized as 'regalia'. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 99–100. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Jean de la Faye (4 October 1208 – 23 April 1228)<ref>Jean de la Faye: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 100–104. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
: [François Cassard 1228–1229]<ref>{{cite book|author=François Du Chesne|title=Histoire de tous les cardinaux François de naissance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGMNmeF_iVcC|volume=Tome I|year=1660|publisher=Aux despens de l'Autheur|location=Paris|language=fr|pages=208–210}} {{cite book|author=François Du Chesne|title=Preuves de l'Histoire de tous les cardinaux François de naissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQxU4UEQwLIC|year=1660|publisher=Aux despens de l'Autheur|location=Paris|language=fr|page=177}} There is no other evidence for Cassard beyond the purported Will said to have been registered in a volume of the Chambre des Comptes of the Dauphiné. Du Chesne says (p. 209) he was created Cardinal of S. Martino in Monte by Gregory IX in 1227, but cf. Eubel, I, pp. 8 and 46.</ref>
* Juhel de Mathefelon (1229 – 20 March 1244)<ref>Juhel de Mathefelon was transferred to the diocese of Reims on 20 March 1244. He died on 18 December 1250. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 104–108. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, pp. 419, 503.</ref>
* Géoffroy Marcel (13 May 1245 – 10 July 1251)<ref>Geoffrey Marcel: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 109–110. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* [[Pierre de Lamballe]] (8 April 1252 – 24 October 1256)<ref>Bishop-elect Pierre de Lamballe received his temporalities from Queen Blanche of France in January 1252: {{cite book|author=Louis George Oudard Feudrix de Bréquigny|title=Table chronologique des diplômes, chartes, titres et actes imprimés concernant l'Histoire de France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AICzeXK27bsC|year=1850|publisher=Imprimerie royale|location=Paris|language=la, fr|pages=213, 215}} ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 110–111. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
: [Philippe 1256–1257]
* Vincent de Pirmil (1257 – 19 September 1270)<ref>Vincent de Pirmil: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 111–112. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Jean de Montsoreau (16 January 1271 – 26 January 1284)<ref>Jean de Montsoreau: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 112–113. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Olivier de Craon (24 May 1284 – 24 August 1285)<ref>Olivier de Craon: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 113–114. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Bouchard Dain (24 April 1286 – 19 October 1290)<ref>Dain was elected on 20 December 1285, and set off to give his oath to the King; he sent two procurators to seek papal approval for his election. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 114–115. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Philippe de Candé (3 January 1291 – 15 February 1291)<ref>Philippe was elected by compromise on 3 January 1291 and died without having been consecrated on 15 February. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 100–104. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Renaud de Montbazon (21 November 1291 – 23 August 1312)<ref>Reginaldus had been Dean and Chancellor of the Chapter of S. Mauricius of Tours. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 115–116. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
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===1300–1500===
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* Geoffroy de la Haye (20 February 1313 – 6 April 1323)<ref>Gaufridus had been a Canon in the Cathedral of Tours. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 116–117. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Étienne de Bourgueil (16 August 1323 – 7 March 1335)<ref>Étienne: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 117–118. Gams, p. 640. Eubel, I, p. 503.</ref>
* Pierre Frétaud (14 July 1335 – 21 May 1357)
* Philippe Blanche (3 July 1357 – 1363)
* Simon de Renoul (25 October 1363 – 2 January 1379)
* Seguin d'Anton (14 January 1380 – 20 June 1380) (Avignon Obedience)<ref>Appointed by Pope Clement VII, Seguin was named Latin Patriarch of Antioch on 20 June 1380. ''Gallia christiana'' II, p. 120. Eubel, I, pp. 94, 503.</ref>
* Aléaume Boistel (20 June 1380 – 1382) (Avignon Obedience)<ref>''Gallia christiana'' II, pp. 120–121.</ref>
* [[Guy de Roye]] (17 October 1382 – 8 October 1383) (Avignon Obedience)<ref>Gui had been Bishop of Verdun (1375–1381), and Bishop of Dol (1381–1382). He was transferred to the diocese of Castres by Clement VII on 8 October 1383, and then to Sens on 4 August 1385, and then to Reims on 27 May 1390. He died on 8 June 1409. ''Gallia christiana'' II, p. 121. Eubel, I, pp. 173, 225, 258, 419, 448, 531.</ref>
* Seguin d'Anton (8 October 1383 – 25 March 1395) ('Perpetual Administrator', Avignon Obedience)<ref>Eubel, I, 503.</ref>
* Ameil du Breuil (5 November 1395 – 1 September 1414) (Avignon Obedience)<ref>Ameil de Breuil was provided by Benedict XIII.  ''Gallia christiana'' II, pp. 122–125. Eubel, I, 503.</ref>
* Jacques Gélu (7 November 1414 – 30 July 1427)<ref>Jacques Gélu was confirmed by John XXIII. He was transferred to the diocese of Embrun on 30 July 1427 by [[Pope Martin V]]. Eubel, I, 503.</ref>
* Philippe de Coëtquis (30 July 1427 – 12 July 1441)<ref>Philippe was created a cardinal by [[Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy|Antipope Felix V]] on 12 November 1440. ''Gallia christiana'' II, pp. 126–127. Eubel, I, 503; II, p. 10 no. 16; 258 note 1.</ref>
* Jean Bernard (11 December 1441 – 28 April 1466)<ref>The canons of Tours were unable to agree upon a choice for Archbishop, and therefore they referred to matter to [[Pope Eugene IV|Pope Eugenius IV]], who chose ('provided') Jean Bernard, a native of Tours and a ''Doctor in utroque iure'' (Civil and Canon Law).  He made his formal entry on 27 May 1442. ''Gallia christiana'' II, pp. 127–129. Eubel, II, p. 258.</ref>
* Gerard Bastet de Crussol (9 June 1466 – 13 May 1468)<ref>Gerard was transferred to the diocese of Valence and Die on 13 May 1468. ''Gallia christiana'' II, p. 130. Eubel, II, p. 258.</ref>
* [[Hélie de Bourdeilles]], O.Min. (16 May 1468 – 5 July 1484)<ref>Hélie de Bourdeilles had been Bishop of Perigueux (1437–1466). ''Gallia christiana'' II, pp. 130–131. Eubel, II, pp. 215, 258.</ref>
* Robert de Lenoncourt (29 July 1484 – 28 March 1509)<ref>Lenoncourt was transferred to the diocese of Reims on 28 March 1509. ''Gallia christiana'' II, p. 131. Eubel, II, p. 258; III, p. 284.</ref>
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===1500–1700===
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* [[Carlo Domenico del Carretto]] (5 April 1509 – 1514)<ref>The Genoese Carlo del Carretto, the Marquis of Finarii, was Bishop of Cosenza (1489–1491). His brother Federico was Grand Master of the Order of S. John of Jerusalem. From 1503 Carretto was papal Nuncio to the King of France, having been appointed titular Archbishop of Thebes for the purpose. Carretto was named a cardinal by [[Pope Julius II]] on 1 December 1505, and in 1507 Cardinal Carretto became Archbishop of Reims (1507–1509). He participated in the Conclave of March 1513 which elected Giovanni de'Medici as [[Pope Leo X]]. In 1514, either on 29 April or 3 July, he was named Bishop of Cahors. He died in Rome on 15 August 1514. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 131–132. Eubel, III, pp. 11 no. 9; 160; 284; 321. Tiziana Bernardi, "[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/del-carretto-carlo-domenico_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ Del Carretto, Carlo Domenico]", ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''  Volume 36 (1988), retrieved: 2017-05-08.</ref>
* [[Christophe de Brillac]] (3 July 1514 – 31 July 1520)<ref>Brillac: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 132. Eubel, III, p. 321.</ref>
* [[Martin Fournier de Beaune]] (24 August 1520 – 1527)<ref>Fournier: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 132–133. Eubel, III, p. 321.</ref>
* [[Antoine de la Barre]] 1528–1547<ref>De la Barre: ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 133. Eubel, III, p. 321.</ref>
* [[Georges d'Armagnac]] (13 January 1548 – 1551)<ref>Georges d'Armagnac had previously been Bishop of Rodez (from 1530) and Administrator of the diocese of Vabres (from 1536). He was the French Ambassador to the Pope. He was named a cardinal on 19 December 1544. He never visited Tours. He died on 10 July 1585. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 133–134. Eubel, III, pp. 28 no. 51; 288 with note 4; 321.</ref>
* [[Étienne Poncher (Archbishop of Tours)|Etienne Poncher]] (6 April 1551 – 15 March 1553)<ref>Poncher had previously been Bishop of Bayonne (1532–1551); he was appointed when still below the minimum canonical age. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 134. Eubel, III, pp. 128, 321.</ref>
* [[Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)|Alessandro Farnese]] (28 April 1553 – 25 June 1554 (Administrator)<ref>Farnese: Eubel, III, p. 321.</ref>
* [[Simon de Maillé]] de Brézé (25 June 1554 – 11 January 1597)<ref>Simon de Maillé had previously been Bishop of Viviers (1550–1554). ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 134–136. Eubel, III, pp. 321, 336.</ref>
* [[François de la Guesle]] (7 February 1597 – 30 October 1614)<ref>Guesle was a ''Doctor in utroque iure'' (Civil and Canon Law). He received the grant of the ''[[pallium]]'' on 11 March 1598. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 136. Eubel, III, p. 321. Gauchat, IV, p. 350 with note 2.</ref>
* [[Sebastien d'Ori Galagai]] (19 December 1616 – 1617)<ref>A native of Florence, Galagai was the brother of [[Leonora Dori|Leonora Galagai]], the wife of [[Concino Concini]]. He received the grant of the ''[[pallium]]'' on 30 January 1617, but he was never consecrated a bishop. After Concini's murder on 24 April 1617, he fled. Gauchat, IV, p. 350 with note 3.</ref>
* [[Bertrand d'Eschaud]] (26 June 1617 – 21 May 1641)<ref>Eschaud had previously been Bishop of Boulogne (1598–1617). ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, p. 137. Jean, p. 422. Gauchat, IV, p. 350 with note 4.</ref>
* [[Victor Le Bouthillier]] (21 May 1641 – 12 November 1670)<ref>Bouthillier was Bishop of Boulogne (1627–1632). He had been Coadjutor of Archbishop d'Eschaud since 1 September 1631. ''Gallia christiana'' XIV, pp. 137–138. Jean, p. 422. Gauchat, IV, pp. 117 with note 3; 350 with note 5.</ref>
* [[Charles de Rosmadec]] (1671–1672)<ref>Rosmadec had been Bishop of Vannes (1647–1671). Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 395 with note 3; 362 with note 4.</ref>
* [[Michel Amelot de Gournay (archbishop)|Michel Amelot de Gournay]] 1673–1687<ref>Gournay: Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 395 with note 4.</ref>
: [[Claude de Saint George]] (1687–1693) (Vicar General and Administrator)<ref>Though nominated by Louis XIV, Saint George never received his bulls of consecration or installation, due to the rupture in relations between Louis XIV and Innocent XI. Jean, p. 422.</ref>
* [[Mathieu Isoré d'Hervault]] (22 December 1693 – 9 July 1716)<ref>A native of Montpellier, D'Hervault was a doctor of theology (Paris), and a ''Doctor in utroque iure'' (Civil and Canon Law) (Paris). He had Jansenist leanings. He had been Bishop of Condom (1693). He died in Paris on 9 July 1716. Jean, pp. 423–433. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 168 with note 5; 395 with note 5.</ref>
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===1700–1900===
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* [[Armand Pierre de la Croix de Castries]] (18 September 1719 – 23 September 1722)<ref>La Croix de Castries was nominated by the King to the throne of Tours in 1717, but his bulls were not immediately issued, due to his [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] connections, and he could not take possession. He was granted the ''[[pallium]]'' on 2 October 1719. He was released from the diocese of Tours and transferred to the diocese of Albi on 23 September 1722. He died on 15 April 1747. {{cite book|author=L.-V.-M.-J. Jacquet-Delahaye-Avrouin|title=Du rétablissement des églises en France, à l'occasion de la réédification projetée de celles de Saint-Martin de Tours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWjidZlOnKMC&pg=PA68|year=1822|publisher=A. Égron|location=Paris|language=fr|page=68}} Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 75 with note 5; 395 with note 6.</ref>
* [[François Blouet de Camilly]] (20 January 1723 – 17 October 1723)<ref>Blouet had previously been Bishop of Toul (1705–1723). Jean, p. 423. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 395 with note 7.</ref>
* [[Louis Jacques de Chapt de Rastignac]] (27 September 1724 – 2 August 1750)<ref>Chapt de Rastignac had previously been Bishop of Tulle (1721–1724). He was nominated Bishop of Tours by [[King Louis XV]] on 26 October 1723, and approved by the newly elected [[Pope Benedict XIII]] on 27 September 1724. He died on 2 August 1750. Jean, p. 424. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 395 with note 8; 396.</ref>
* [[Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury]] (17 May 1751 – 2 March 1775)<ref>Rosset de Fleury was a doctor of theology (Paris), and had been Vicar General of Paris, and then Vicar General of Chartres. He was nominated to Tours by [[King Louis XV]] on 27 December 1750, and approved (preconised) by [[Pope Benedict XIV]] on 17 May 1751. He was nominated to the diocese of Cambrai by [[King Louis XVI]] on 24 September 1774, and therefore resigned the diocese of Tours on 2 March 1775; his transfer to the diocese of Cambrai was approved by [[Pope Pius VI]] on 3 April 1775. Jean, p. 424. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, pp. 143 with note 3; 422 with note 2.</ref>
* [[Joachim François Mamert de Conzié]] (29 May 1775 – 1795)<ref>Conzié had been Bishop of Saint-Omer (1769–1775). He was nominated to the diocese of Tours by [[King Louis XVI]] on 18 December 1774, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 29 May 1775. He emigrated during the Revolution and died in Amsterdam on 8 May 1795. Jean, pp. 424–425. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, pp. 109 with note 4. 422 with note 3.</ref>
* [[Jean de Dieu Raymond de Boisgelin]] (16 April 1802 – 24 August 1804)<ref>Boisgelin was a native of Rennes, a doctor of the Sorbonne, Archdeacon of Pontoise, Bishop of Lavaur (1764–1771), and Archbishop of Aix (1771). He was elected a [http://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/jean-de-dieu-raymond-boisgelin-de-cuce?fauteuil=13&election=15-01-1776 member of the Académie Française] on 15 January 1776. He opposed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and emigrated to England in 1792; he resigned in 1801, in accordance with the wishes of [[Pope Pius VII]]. He was then appointed Archbishop of tours on 16 April 1802, and named a cardinal on 17 January 1803. Napoleon decorated him with the cross of a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. He died at Angervilliers, near Paris, on 24 August 1804. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 630–631. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, pp. 92, 433. {{cite book|author=Frédéric de Berthier de Grandry|title=Boisgelin: l'homme du Concordat, sa vie, son oeuvre & sa famille|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArFIAQAAIAAJ|year=2010|publisher=FBG|location=Paris|language=fr|isbn=978-2-9513699-6-2}}</ref>
* [[Louis-Mathias, Count de Barral|Louis Mathias de Barral]] (1 February 1805 – 26 September 1815)<ref>A native of Grenoble and a student of Saint-Sulpice, Barral was Conclavist of Cardinal de Luynes in 1774. He had previously been Bishop of Meaux (1802–1805). He was a staunch supporter of Napoleon, who used him in his negotiations with [[Pope Pius VII]]. He was Almoner of Empress Josephine. Barral resigned the diocese of Tours on 26 September 1815, having compromised himself by officiating at the Champ de Mai during the Hundred Days, and died on 6 June 1816. G. Ogier de Baulny, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', pp. 346–347. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', pp. 631–632.</ref>
* [[Jean-Baptiste du Chilleau]] (1 October 1818 – 24 November 1824)<ref>Chilleau had been Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône (1781), but had emigrated in 1792 and resided in Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria. He refused to accept the Concordat of 1801 with Napoleon, and remained in exile until the return of the Bourbons. He resigned the diocese of Chalons in 1816. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 632. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 136 with note 4.</ref>
* [[Augustin Louis de Montblanc]] (24 November 1824 – 28 December 1841)<ref>Montblanc had already been Coadjutor of Tours and titular Bishop of Carthage since 12 August 1821. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', pp. 632–633.</ref>
* Cardinal [[François Nicolas Madeleine Morlot]] (27 January 1843 – 1857)<ref>A native of Langres, and Vicar General of Dijon, Morlot had been Bishop of Orléans (1839–1843). He was named a cardinal on 7 March 1853. He was named Archbishop of Paris on 19 March 1857 by [[Pope Pius IX]]. {{cite book|author=Anselme Tilloy|title=La vie et la mort de son Éminence le Cardinal Morlot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QlgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA7|year=1863|publisher=Bourgeois de Soye|location=Paris|language=fr}} T. Cochard, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 431. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 633.  P. Pisani, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', pp. 461–463.</ref>
* [[Joseph Hippolyte Guibert]] (19 March 1857 – 27 October 1871)<ref>Guibert was transferred from the diocese of Viviers, the appointment being approved by [[Pope Pius IX]] on 19 March 1857; he was installed on 28 April. He was transferred to the diocese of Paris on 27 October 1871 and installed at Notre-Dame on 27 November. Pius IX named him a cardinal on 22 December 1873. He died on 8 July 1886. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', pp. 465–467, 634. {{cite book|author=Auguste Du Saussois|title=Le cardinal Guibert (Joseph-Hippolyte) archevêque de Paris, précédemment: évêque de Viviers et archevêque de Tours, 1802-1886|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52EuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9|year=1887|publisher=chez l'auteur|location=Paris|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Felix Pierre Fruchaud]] (27 October 1871 – 9 November 1874)<ref>Fruchaud was transferred from the diocese of Limoges, the appointment being approved by [[Pope Pius IX]] on 27 October 1871; he was installed at Tours on 6 December. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 634.</ref>
* [[Charles-Théodore Colet]] (21 December 1874 – 27 November 1883)<ref>Colet was transferred from the diocese of Luçon by governmental decree of 25 November 1874, which was approved by Pope Leo XIII on 21 December. He was installed at Tours on 3 February 1875. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 635.</ref>
* Cardinal [[Guillaume René Meignan]] (25 March 1884 – 20 January 1896)<ref>Meignan had previously taught biblical exegesis at the Sorbonne, and had been Bishop of Arras (10 September 1882), where he was a friend of [[Alfred Loisy]]. He was nominated Archbishop of Tours by the French Government on 10 January 1884, and approved (preconised) on 25 March, and installed on 27 May.  He was named a cardinal by [[Pope Leo XIII]] on 17 January 1893. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', pp. 636–637. {{cite book|author=Yves-Marie Hilaire|title=Une Chrétienté au XIXe siècle ?: La vie religieuse des populations du diocèse d'Arras (1840–1914)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOmsUR6-DSgC&pg=PA674|volume=Tome I|year=1977|publisher=Presses Univ. Septentrion|location=Villeneuve-d'Ascq|language=fr|isbn=978-2-85939-073-0|pages=671–684}}</ref>
* [[René François Renou]] (25 June 1896 – 1913)<ref>Renou had previously been Bishop of Amiens. He was approved by Leo XIII on 25 June 1896. and installed on 21 September. L. Bosseboeuf, in: ''L' épiscopat français...'', p. 638.</ref>
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[[Image:Madrid - World Youth Day 2011 - Monseigneur Aubertin - 2 - cropped.jpg|thumb|right|210px| Archbishop Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin]]

===From 1900===
* [[Albert Negre]] 1913–1931
* [[Ludovico Gaillard]] 1931–1956
* [[Louis Ferrand]] 1956–1980
* [[Jean Marcel Honoré]] 1981–1997;<ref>After his retirement on 23 July 1997, and after he had passed the age of eighty, Honoré was named a cardinal on 21 February 2001 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He was assigned the [[titular church]] of [[Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle]]. He died in Tours on 28 February 2013.</ref> elevated to Cardinal in 2001
* [[Michel Moutel]] 1997–1998
* [[André Vingt-Trois]] 1999–2005;<ref>Vingt-Trois was transferred to the diocese of Paris on 11 February 2005 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He was named a cardinal by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in the consistory of 24 November 2007, and assigned the [[titular church]] of [[San Luigi dei Francesi]].</ref> appointed Archbishop of Paris (Cardinal in 2007)
* [[Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin]], O.Cist. (2005 - 26 October 2019)<ref>{{cite press release |language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 26.10.2019 | date= 26 October 2019 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/10/26/0819/01702.html | access-date = 26 October 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref>
* [[Vincent Jordy]] (4 November 2019<ref>{{cite press release | title = Resignations and appointments, 04.11.2019 | date= 26 October 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/11/04/reg.html | access-date = 4 November 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> – present)

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==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
===Reference works===
*{{cite book|last=Gams|first=Pius Bonifatius |title=Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=os9DAQAAMAAJ|year=1873|publisher=Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz|location=Ratisbon}}  (Use with caution; obsolete)
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Eubel|editor-first1=Conradus |title=Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1|date=1913|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft}}  (in Latin) 
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Eubel|editor-first1=Conradus |title=Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2|date=1914|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft}} (in Latin) 
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Eubel|editor-first1=Conradus|editor-last2=Gulik|editor-first2=Guilelmus|title=Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft}} 
*{{cite book|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica IV (1592–1667)|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|access-date=2016-07-06}} 
*{{cite book|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667–1730)|date=1952|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft|access-date=2016-07-06}} 
*{{cite book|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi|volume= VI  (1730–1799)|date=1958|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol06eubeuoft|access-date=2016-07-06}}
*{{cite book|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgyItwAACAAJ|volume=VII (1800–1846)|year=1968|publisher=Libr. Regensburgiana|location=Monasterii|language=la}}
*{{cite book|author1=Remigius Ritzler|author2=Pirminus Sefrin|title=Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oXUjwEACAAJ|year=1978|volume=VIII (1846–1903)|publisher=Il Messaggero di S. Antonio|language=la}}
*{{cite book|last= Pięta|first=Zenon|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXuJQwAACAAJ|volume=IX (1903–1922)|year=2002|publisher=Messagero di San Antonio|location=Padua|language=la|isbn=978-88-250-1000-8}}

===Studies===
*{{cite book|author=V. Arnault|title=Le clergé de Touraine pendant la Révolution française, 1789-1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAdBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63|year=1893|publisher=Alfred Cattier|location=Tours|language=fr}}
*Chevalier, C. (1871). ''Origines de l'Église de Tours'' in: {{cite book|title=Mémoires de la Société Archéologique de Touraine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdD_Arfp2pQC&pg=PA263|year=1871|publisher=Guilland-Verger|location=Tours|language=fr|pages=1–634}}
*{{cite book|last=Crété-Protin|first=Isabelle|title=Église et vie chrétienne dans le diocèse de Troyes du IVe au IXe siècle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vn2sSp7Fa34C&pg=PA112|year=2002|publisher=Presses Univ. Septentrion|location=Villeneuve-d'Ascq (Nord)|language=fr|isbn=978-2-85939-753-1}}
*{{cite book|last=Duchesne|first=Louis |title=Les anciens catalogues épiscopaux de la province de Tours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UX-zAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7|year=1890|publisher=E. Thorin|location=Paris|language=fr}}
*{{cite book|last1=Duchesne|first1=Louis|title=Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonaises|date=1910|publisher=Fontemoing|location=Paris|url=https://archive.org/details/fastespiscopau02duch}} second edition (in French)
*{{cite book|last=Hauréau|first=Barthélemy|title=Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa... De provincia Turonensi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7BJAAAAcAAJ|volume=Tomus Quartus decimus (XIV)|year=1856|publisher=Typographia Regia|location=Paris|language=la|pages=1084–1118; ''Instrumenta'', pp. 261–270}}
*{{cite book|last= Jean|first=Armand|title=Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAZBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78|year=1891|publisher=A. Picard|location=Paris|language=fr}}
*Jehan (de Saint-Clavien), L.-F. (1871). ''Saint Gatien, premier évêque de Tours'', in: {{cite book|title=Mémoires de la Société Archéologique de Touraine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdD_Arfp2pQC&pg=PA263|year=1871|publisher=Guilland-Verger|location=Tours|language=fr|pages=641–756}}
*{{cite book|title=Tableau des évêques constitutionnels de France, de 1791 a 1801|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32|year=1827|publisher=chez Méquignon-Havard|location=Paris|language=fr|page=32}}
*{{cite book|author=Société bibliographique (France)|title=L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802–1905)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jcozAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA687|year=1907|publisher=Librairie des Saints-Pères|location=Paris}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, [https://www.eglise.catholique.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/Liste_eveques_France_XXe_siecle.pdf ''L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919124000/https://www.eglise.catholique.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/Liste_eveques_France_XXe_siecle.pdf |date=19 September 2020 }}, retrieved: 2016-12-24.

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