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The '''Diocese of Belley''' (Bellicium) is coextensive with the civil department of ] and a ] of the ]. Although suppressed at the time of the ], the diocese of Belley was re-established in 1822 and took from the ] the arrondissements of ], ], ] and ], and from the ] the arrondissement of ].
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The '''Diocese of Belley–Ars''' (]: ''Dioecesis Bellicensis–Arsensis''; ]: ''Diocèse de Belley–Ars'') is a ] ecclesiastical jurisdiction or ] of the ] in ]. Erected in the 5th century, the diocese was renamed in 1988 from the former Diocese of Belley to the Diocese of Belley–Ars. Coextensive with the civil ] of ], in the ] of ], the diocese is a ] see of the ]. The ] of the ] is at ]. The current bishop is Guy Claude Bagnard, appointed in 1987.
Local tradition maintains that Belley was evangelized in the second century by the martyrs ] and ], companions of ]. The first bishop of historic certainty is Vincentius, mentioned in 552. Others who occupied the see were ], Abbot of ] (eighth century); ] (1163-78), seventh General of the Carthusian Order; ] (1179-90), founder of the Carthusians at Arvières; Camus (1609-29), a noted preacher and romancist; and Monseigneur ] (1872-75), later Cardinal and ].


Although suppressed at the time of the ] (1801), the Diocese of Belley was re-established in 1822 and took from the ] the ] of ], ], ] and ], and from the ] the ].
Belley honours in a special manner ], ], who founded the Abbey of ] about 660; ], a patrician of ] and a war companion of King Dagobert, treacherously assassinated in 642; ], killed by order of ] in the seventh century, whose name has been given to a city of the diocese; St. Trivier, the solitary, who died about 650; St. Barnard (ninth century), who founded the great ] ] and died ]; St. Lambert (twelfth century), founder of the ] Abbey at ]; ] (twelfth century), Abbot of Chezery; ], who founded the Carthusian monastery at ] in 1115, and died ]; ], who founded the Carthusian monastery at ] in 1116; and Saint ] (1786-1859), parish priest at ].


==History==
The Diocese of Belley which, in the Middle Ages, had no less than eight Carthusian monasteries, was the birthplace of the ], a congregation founded by Jacques Crétenet (1606-67), a layman and surgeon who became a priest after the death of his wife; of the teaching order of the ], founded by Charles Demia of Bourg (1636-89); and of three teaching orders founded in the first half of the nineteenth century: the Brothers of the Society of the Cross of Jesus; the Brothers of the Holy Family of Belley, and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg. In 1858 a Trappist monastery was established in the unhealthy ] district.


Local tradition maintains that Belley was evangelized in the 2nd century by the ]s Marcellus and Valerian, companions of ]. The first bishop of historic certainty is Vincentius, mentioned in 552. Others who occupied the see were ], Abbot of ] (8th century); ] (1163–78), seventh General of the ] Order; ] (1179–90), founder of the Carthusians at Arvières; Camus (1609–29), a noted preacher and romancist; and Monseigneur ] (1872–75), later ] ].
Cardinal Louis Aleman (1390-1450) and Soeur Rosalie (1787-1856), noted in the history of modern Parisian charities, were both native of the Diocese of Belley. Blessed ] was born at ] near Bourg. For thirty years of its existence (1701-31), "Le Journal de Trévoux", a valuable repertory of the literary and religious history of the period, was published by the ] at Trévoux, in this diocese. The church at ], near Bourg, is a marvel of architecture and contains some wonderful pieces of sculpture. It was built between 1511 and 1536 under the direction of Margaret of Austria, widow of Philibert II the Fair, Duke of Savoy.


Belley honours, in a special manner, ], ], who founded the ] Abbey of ] about 660; ], a patrician of ] and a war companion of ]; Saint Rambert, killed by order of ] in the 7th century, whose name has been given to ], a city in the diocese; Saint Trivier, the ], who died about 650; Saint ] (9th century), who founded the great ] ] (destroyed during the ]) and died the ]; St. Lambert (12th century), founder of the ] Abbey at ]; ], Abbot of Chézery during the 12th century; Saint Stephen of Châtillon, who founded the Carthusian monastery at ] in 1115, and died ]; Saint Stephen of Bourg, who founded the Carthusian monastery at Meyria in 1116; and Saint ] (1786–1859), parish priest at ].
<!--In 1900 the following religious orders were represented in the Diocese of Belley: ], at Portes and Sélignac; ] at Notre Dame des Dombes; ] at Belley; ] at Musiniens; and ] at Trévoux. Congregations local to the diocese are: two teaching orders; the ] founded by M. Bochard in 1824, and the ], founded by Brother Taborin in 1835; and the ], with mother-house at ], very numerous throughout the department.


The Diocese of Belley which, in the ], had no less than eight Carthusian monasteries, was the birthplace of the ], a ] founded by Jacques Crétenet (1606–67),<ref>Jean Irénée Depéry, ''Histoire hagiologique de Belley'', {{in lang|fr}}, Volume 2 (Bourg: Bottier, 1835), </ref> a ] and surgeon who became a priest after the death of his wife; of the teaching order of the Sisters of St. Charles, founded by Charles Demia of Bourg (1636–89); and of three teaching orders founded in the first half of the 19th century: the Brothers of the Society of the Cross of Jesus; the ], and the ]. In 1858 a ] monastery was established in the deprived ] district.
At the close of the year 1905 the Diocese of Belley had 350,416 inhabitants, 36 parishes, 404 mission churches and 75 curacies. its latest statistics had the following institutions: 1 maternity hospital, 66 infant schools, 1 deaf-mute institute, 3 boys' orphanages, 10 girls' orphanages, 21 hospitals or hospices, 2 dispensaries, 21 communities for the care of the sick in their homes, 1 home for incurables and 5 homes for the aged, all conducted by sisters; and 1 deaf-mute institute and 2 insane asylums conducted by brothers.-->


Cardinal ] (1390–1450) and Sister Rosalie (1787–1856), noted in the history of modern Parisian charities, were both native of the Diocese of Belley. Saint ] was born at ] near Bourg. For thirty years of its existence (1701–31), "]", a valuable repertory of the literary and religious history of the period, was published by the ] at ] (now a suburb of ]), in the diocese. The church at ], near Bourg, was built under the direction of ], widow of ], ].
==Source==
* - ] article


==Bishops of Belley==

===To 1000===
*Audax
*Tarniscus
*Migetius
*Vincent 555–567
*Evrould
*Claude I
*Félix 585–589
*Aquilin
*Florentin v.650
*Hypodimius
*Ramnatius(Pracmatius)
*Bertere
*Ansemonde 722
*Saint-Hipolyte
*Gondoal
*Agisle
*Euloge
*Adorepert
*Ermonbert
*Rodoger
*Rhitfroy
*Étienne I v.790
*Ringuin
*Sigold
*Adabald 886–899
*Étienne II v.900
*Elisachar 915–927
*Isaac
*Jérôme v.932
*Hérice
*Didier
*Herdulphe 985
*Eudes I 995–1003

===1000–1300===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*Aymon c.1032–1055<ref>], ''Early History of the House of Savoy'', (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 29.</ref>
*Gauceran v.1070
*Ponce I 1091–1116
*Amicon v.1118–1121
*Ponce de Balmey v.1124–1129
*Berlion v.1134
*Bernard de Portes 1134–1140
*Guillaume I 1141–1160
*Ponce de Thoire v.1162
*] 1163–1178
*Renaud 1178–1184
*] 1188–1190
*Eudes II 1190
*Bernard II 1198–1207
*Benoit de Langres v.1208
*Bernard de Thoire-Villars 1211–1212
*Boniface de Thoire-Villars 1213
*Jean de Rotoire
*Pierre de Saint-Cassin
*] 1232–1240, Bishop-elect,''Administrator''<ref>Boniface was consecrated a bishop in Lyon by ] in ''1245'', according to Matthew of Paris (IV, p. 425 ed. Luard).</ref>
*Bernard IV 1244
*Pierre II 1244–1248
*Thomas de Thorimbert 1250
*Jean de Plaisance 1255–1269
*Bernard V v.1272
*Berlion D'Amisin v.1280–1282
*Guillaume
*Pierre de La Baume 1287–1298
*Jean de La Baume
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===1300–1500===
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*Thomas II 1309
*Jacques de Saint-André 1325
*Amédée 1345
*Guillaume de Martel 1356–1368
*Edouard de Savoie 1370–1373
*Nicolas de Bignes 1374–1394
*Rodolphe de Bonet 1413
*Guillaume Didier 1430–1437
*Perceval de La Baume
*Aimeric Segaud
*Pierre de Bolomier v.1458
*] v.1460–1462
*Jean de Varax v.1467–1505
{{Div col end}}

===1500–1800===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*] 1507–1530
*] 1530–1536
*] 1536–1575
*] 1576–1604
*] 1608–1629
*Jean de Passelaigne 1629–1663
*] 1663–1677
*Pierre du Laurent 1678–1705
*François Madot 1705–1712
*Jean du Doucet 1712–1745
*Jean-Antoine Tinseau 1745–1751
*] 1751–1790, last bishop of Belley
{{Div col end}}
===French Constitutional Church===
*Jean-Baptiste Royer 1791–1793, ]

===1800-Present===
]
*Alexande-Raymond Devie † (13 Jan 1823 Appointed – 25 Jul 1852 Died)
*Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon † (25 Jul 1852 Succeeded – 4 Feb 1857 Appointed, ]
*Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie † (14 Feb 1857 Appointed – 30 Sep 1871 Appointed, ])
*] † (16 Oct 1871 Appointed – 7 May 1875 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris)
*Jean-Joseph Marchal † (8 Jun 1875 Appointed – 30 Jan 1880 Appointed, ])
*Pierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne † (30 Jan 1880 Appointed – Oct 1887 Resigned)
*] † (8 Nov 1887 Appointed – 21 Feb 1906 Appointed, ])
*François-Auguste Labeuche † (13 Jul 1906 Appointed – 18 Mar 1910 Died)
*Adolph Manier † (13 Apr 1910 Appointed – 30 Jul 1929 Died)
*Virgile-Joseph Béguin † (15 Nov 1929 Appointed – 24 Dec 1934 Appointed, ]
*Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe † (29 May 1935 Appointed – 15 Nov 1954 Died)
*René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey † (2 Jun 1955 Appointed – 17 May 1975 Retired)
*René-Alexandre Dupanloup † (17 May 1975 Succeeded – 7 Nov 1986 Resigned)
*] (8 Jul 1987 Appointed – 15 June 2012 Resigned)
*] (since 15 June 2012)

==See also==
* ]
* ]
* ]

==References==
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== Sources ==
* {{in lang|fr}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309050524/http://catholique-belley-ars.cef.fr/ |date=9 March 2011 }}
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Diocese of Belley–Ars
Dioecesis Bellicensis–Arsensis
Diocèse de Belley–Ars
Belley Cathedral
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceLyon
Statistics
Area5,554 km (2,144 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2022)
647,634Increase
382,000 (est.)
Parishes110Decrease
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5th Century
CathedralCathedral of St. John the Baptist in Belley
Patron saintSt. John the Baptist
Secular priests125 diocesanDecrease
10 (Religious Orders)Decrease
14 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPascal Marie Roland
Metropolitan ArchbishopOlivier de Germay
Bishops emeritusGuy Claude Bagnard, Bishop Emeritus (1987–2012)
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Belley–Ars (Latin: Dioecesis Bellicensis–Arsensis; French: Diocèse de Belley–Ars) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in the 5th century, the diocese was renamed in 1988 from the former Diocese of Belley to the Diocese of Belley–Ars. Coextensive with the civil department of Ain, in the Region of Rhône-Alpes, the diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Lyon. The cathedra of the bishop is at Belley Cathedral. The current bishop is Guy Claude Bagnard, appointed in 1987.

Although suppressed at the time of the Napoleonic Concordat (1801), the Diocese of Belley was re-established in 1822 and took from the Archdiocese of Lyon the arrondissements of Belley, Bourg, Nantua and Trévoux, and from the Archdiocese of Chambéry the Arrondissement of Gex.

History

Local tradition maintains that Belley was evangelized in the 2nd century by the martyrs Marcellus and Valerian, companions of St. Pothinus. The first bishop of historic certainty is Vincentius, mentioned in 552. Others who occupied the see were St. Hippolytus, Abbot of Condat (8th century); St. Anthelm (1163–78), seventh General of the Carthusian Order; St. Arthaud (1179–90), founder of the Carthusians at Arvières; Camus (1609–29), a noted preacher and romancist; and Monseigneur François M. Richard (1872–75), later Cardinal Archbishop of Paris.

Belley honours, in a special manner, St. Amandus, Bishop of Maastricht, who founded the Benedictine Abbey of Nantua about 660; Saint-Vulbas, a patrician of Bourgogne and a war companion of King Dagobert I; Saint Rambert, killed by order of Ebroin in the 7th century, whose name has been given to Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, a city in the diocese; Saint Trivier, the solitary, who died about 650; Saint Barnard of Vienne (9th century), who founded the great Benedictine Abbey of Ambronay (destroyed during the French Revolution) and died the Archbishop of Vienna; St. Lambert (12th century), founder of the Cistercian Abbey at Chézery; St. Roland, Abbot of Chézery during the 12th century; Saint Stephen of Châtillon, who founded the Carthusian monastery at Portes in 1115, and died Bishop of Die; Saint Stephen of Bourg, who founded the Carthusian monastery at Meyria in 1116; and Saint Jean-Baptiste Vianney (1786–1859), parish priest at Ars.

The Diocese of Belley which, in the Middle Ages, had no less than eight Carthusian monasteries, was the birthplace of the Joséphistes, a religious congregation founded by Jacques Crétenet (1606–67), a layman and surgeon who became a priest after the death of his wife; of the teaching order of the Sisters of St. Charles, founded by Charles Demia of Bourg (1636–89); and of three teaching orders founded in the first half of the 19th century: the Brothers of the Society of the Cross of Jesus; the Brothers of the Holy Family of Belley, and the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Bourg. In 1858 a Trappist monastery was established in the deprived Dombes district.

Cardinal Louis Aleman (1390–1450) and Sister Rosalie (1787–1856), noted in the history of modern Parisian charities, were both native of the Diocese of Belley. Saint Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel was born at Cuet near Bourg. For thirty years of its existence (1701–31), "Journal de Trévoux", a valuable repertory of the literary and religious history of the period, was published by the Jesuits at Trévoux (now a suburb of Lyon), in the diocese. The church at Brou, near Bourg, was built under the direction of Margaret of Austria, widow of Philibert II the Fair, Duke of Savoy.

Bishops of Belley

To 1000

  • Audax
  • Tarniscus
  • Migetius
  • Vincent 555–567
  • Evrould
  • Claude I
  • Félix 585–589
  • Aquilin
  • Florentin v.650
  • Hypodimius
  • Ramnatius(Pracmatius)
  • Bertere
  • Ansemonde 722
  • Saint-Hipolyte
  • Gondoal
  • Agisle
  • Euloge
  • Adorepert
  • Ermonbert
  • Rodoger
  • Rhitfroy
  • Étienne I v.790
  • Ringuin
  • Sigold
  • Adabald 886–899
  • Étienne II v.900
  • Elisachar 915–927
  • Isaac
  • Jérôme v.932
  • Hérice
  • Didier
  • Herdulphe 985
  • Eudes I 995–1003

1000–1300

  • Aymon c.1032–1055
  • Gauceran v.1070
  • Ponce I 1091–1116
  • Amicon v.1118–1121
  • Ponce de Balmey v.1124–1129
  • Berlion v.1134
  • Bernard de Portes 1134–1140
  • Guillaume I 1141–1160
  • Ponce de Thoire v.1162
  • Saint Anthelme 1163–1178
  • Renaud 1178–1184
  • Artaldus 1188–1190
  • Eudes II 1190
  • Bernard II 1198–1207
  • Benoit de Langres v.1208
  • Bernard de Thoire-Villars 1211–1212
  • Boniface de Thoire-Villars 1213
  • Jean de Rotoire
  • Pierre de Saint-Cassin
  • Boniface de Savoie 1232–1240, Bishop-elect,Administrator
  • Bernard IV 1244
  • Pierre II 1244–1248
  • Thomas de Thorimbert 1250
  • Jean de Plaisance 1255–1269
  • Bernard V v.1272
  • Berlion D'Amisin v.1280–1282
  • Guillaume
  • Pierre de La Baume 1287–1298
  • Jean de La Baume

1300–1500

  • Thomas II 1309
  • Jacques de Saint-André 1325
  • Amédée 1345
  • Guillaume de Martel 1356–1368
  • Edouard de Savoie 1370–1373
  • Nicolas de Bignes 1374–1394
  • Rodolphe de Bonet 1413
  • Guillaume Didier 1430–1437
  • Perceval de La Baume
  • Aimeric Segaud
  • Pierre de Bolomier v.1458
  • Guillaume de Varax v.1460–1462
  • Jean de Varax v.1467–1505

1500–1800

French Constitutional Church

1800-Present

Bishop Roland
  • Alexande-Raymond Devie † (13 Jan 1823 Appointed – 25 Jul 1852 Died)
  • Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon † (25 Jul 1852 Succeeded – 4 Feb 1857 Appointed, Archbishop of Aix
  • Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie † (14 Feb 1857 Appointed – 30 Sep 1871 Appointed, Archbishop of Auch)
  • François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † (16 Oct 1871 Appointed – 7 May 1875 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris)
  • Jean-Joseph Marchal † (8 Jun 1875 Appointed – 30 Jan 1880 Appointed, Archbishop of Bourges)
  • Pierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne † (30 Jan 1880 Appointed – Oct 1887 Resigned)
  • Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon † (8 Nov 1887 Appointed – 21 Feb 1906 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
  • François-Auguste Labeuche † (13 Jul 1906 Appointed – 18 Mar 1910 Died)
  • Adolph Manier † (13 Apr 1910 Appointed – 30 Jul 1929 Died)
  • Virgile-Joseph Béguin † (15 Nov 1929 Appointed – 24 Dec 1934 Appointed, Archbishop of Auch
  • Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe † (29 May 1935 Appointed – 15 Nov 1954 Died)
  • René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey † (2 Jun 1955 Appointed – 17 May 1975 Retired)
  • René-Alexandre Dupanloup † (17 May 1975 Succeeded – 7 Nov 1986 Resigned)
  • Guy-Marie Bagnard (8 Jul 1987 Appointed – 15 June 2012 Resigned)
  • Pascal Roland (since 15 June 2012)

See also

References

  1. Jean Irénée Depéry, Histoire hagiologique de Belley, (in French), Volume 2 (Bourg: Bottier, 1835), pp. 247-261.
  2. C.W. Previté-Orton, Early History of the House of Savoy, (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 29.
  3. Boniface was consecrated a bishop in Lyon by Pope Innocent IV in 1245, according to Matthew of Paris (IV, p. 425 ed. Luard).

Sources

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