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The former French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles
Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
, in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The Archbishopric of Arles was suppressed, and incorporated into the Archdiocese of Aix in 1822. The latter is since officially called "Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles
Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
-Embrun
Embrun

Embrun may refer to:* Embrun, Ontario, a community in eastern Ontario, Canada** Embrun Airport, the local airport of that community.** Embrun Panthers, the ice hockey team of Embrun....
)" and is no longer a Metropolitan.

Councils
The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the Donatist
Donatist

The Donatists were followers of a belief considered a schism by the broader churches of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church tradition, and most particularly within the context of the religious milieu of the provinces of Roman North Africa in Late Antiquity....
 controversy.






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The former French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles
Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
, in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The Archbishopric of Arles was suppressed, and incorporated into the Archdiocese of Aix in 1822. The latter is since officially called "Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles
Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
-Embrun
Embrun

Embrun may refer to:* Embrun, Ontario, a community in eastern Ontario, Canada** Embrun Airport, the local airport of that community.** Embrun Panthers, the ice hockey team of Embrun....
)" and is no longer a Metropolitan.

Councils


The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the Donatist
Donatist

The Donatists were followers of a belief considered a schism by the broader churches of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church tradition, and most particularly within the context of the religious milieu of the provinces of Roman North Africa in Late Antiquity....
 controversy. Bishops from the western part of the empire including three from Britain attended. It confirmed the findings of the Council of Rome
Council of Rome

The Council of Rome was a meeting of Catholic church officials and theologians which took place in 382 under the authority of Pope Damasus I. It gained historical significance in the eighteenth century when the Decretum Gelasianum, offering a list of canonical books of the Bible, was associated with it....
 (313), i.e. it recognized the validity of the election of Caecilian of Carthage and confirmed the excommunication of Donatus of Casae Nigrae. Its twenty-two canons dealing with various abuses that had crept into ecclesiastical life since the persecution of Diocletian
Diocletian

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus , born Diocles and commonly known as Diocletian , was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305....
 (284-305) are among the most important documents of early ecclesiastical legislation.

A council held in 353, and attended, among others, by two papal legate
Papal legate

A Papal Legate ? from the Latin, authentic Roman title Legatus ? is a personal representative of the Pope to Foreign nations, or to some part of the Catholic Church....
s, was decidedly Arian in attitude. The legates were tempted into rejecting communion with Athanasius and refused to condemn Arius
Arius

Arius was a Berber people Christian priest from Alexandria, Egypt in the early fourth century whose teachings, now called Arianism, were deemed heretical by the Church....
, an act which filled Pope Liberius
Pope Liberius

Pope Liberius, pope from May 17, 352 to September 24, 366, remains the earliest pope not yet canonization as a saint . The successor of Pope Julius I, he was consecrated according to the Catalogus Liberianus on May 22....
 with grief.

In the synod of 443 (452), attended also by bishops of neighbouring provinces, fifty-six canons were formulated, mostly repetitions of earlier disciplinary decrees. Neophytes were excluded from major orders; married men aspiring to the priesthood were required to promise a life of continency, and it was forbidden to consecrate a bishop without the assistance of three other bishops and the consent of the Metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis ; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital....
.

A council of 451 held after the close of the Council of Chalcedon
Council of Chalcedon

The Council of Chalcedon is believed to have been the fourth ecumenical council by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. It was held from 8 October to 1 November 451 at Chalcedon , today the district of Kadik?y on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, incorporated into the city of Istanbul....
 in that year, sent its adhesion to the "Epistola dogmatica" of Pope Leo I
Pope Leo I

Pope Leo I, or Pope Saint Leo the Great, was pope from 29 September, 440 to 10 November, 461.He was an Italian aristocrat, and is the earliest pope of the Roman Catholic Church to have received the title "the Great"....
, written by Flavian of Constantinople (see Eutyches
Eutyches

Eutyches was a presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople. He first came to notice in 431 at the council of Ephesus, for his vehement opposition to the teachings of Nestorius; his condemnation of Nestorianism as heresy precipitated his being denounced as a heretic himself....
)

A council was held on New Year's Day of 435, to settle the differences that had arisen between the Abbot of Lérins and the Bishop of Fréjus.

Apropos of the conflict between the archiepiscopal See of Vienne and Arles a council was held in the latter city in 463, which called forth a famous letter from St. Leo I.

Between 475 and 480 another council was called, attended by thirty bishops, in which the pre-destinationist teachings of the priest Lucidus were condemned.

In 524 a council was held under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles; its canons deal chiefly with the conferring of orders. A number of Caesarius of Arles' works have been published in Sources Chrétiennes
Sources chretiennes

Sources Chr?tiennes is a bilingual collection of patristics founded in Lyon in 1943 by the Jesuits Jean Dani?lou, Claude Mond?sert, and Henri de Lubac....
.

Little is known of the councils of 554 and 682.

The liturgical uses of Arles were recommended by pope Gregory the Great as a model for Augustine of Canterbury.

An important council was held in 813, at the instigation of Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
, for the correction of abuses and the reestablishment of ecclesiastical discipline. Its decrees insist on a sufficient ecclesiastical education of bishops and priests, on the duty of both to preach frequently to the people and to instruct them in the Catholic Faith, on the obligation of parents to instruct their children, etc.

In 1034 a council was held at Arles for the re-establishment of peace, the restoration of Christian Faith, the awakening in the popular heart of a sense of divine goodness and of salutary fear by the consideration of past evils.

From 1080 to 1098, Aicard
Aicard, Archbishop of Arles

Aicard of Marseilles was the Archbishop of Arles from 1070 to 1080 and again from 1107 to his death.He was the son of Jaufre I, Viscount of Marseilles, and Rixendis of Millau....
 continued to act as bishop even though he had been deposed. He was followed on the episcopal throne by Ghibbelin of Sabran
Ghibbelin of Arles

Ghibbelin of Sabran was Archbishop of Arles , papal legate , and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .Ghibbelin was named Archbishop of Arles at the Council of Avignon in 1080, at which Archbishop Aicard was deposed....
, who was later Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the title given to the Latin Rite Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem. The Archdiocese of Jerusalem has jurisdiction for all Latin Rite Catholics in Israel and Palestine....
.

In 1236 a council held under the presidency of Jean Baussan, Archbishop of Arles, issued twenty-four canons, mostly against the prevalent Albigensian heresy, and for the observance of the decrees of the Lateran Council
Lateran council

The Lateran councils were ecclesiastical councils or synods of the Catholic Church held at Rome in the Lateran Palace next to the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano....
 of 1215 and that of Toulouse in 1229. Close inspection of their dioceses is urged on the bishops, as a remedy against the spread of heresy; testaments are declared invalid unless made in the presence of the parish priest. This measure, met with in other councils, was meant to prevent testamentary dispositions in favour of known heretics.

In 1251, Jean, Archbishop of Arles, held a council near Avignon
Avignon

Avignon is a Communes of France in the Vaucluse Departments of France in southeastern France with an estimated mid-2004 population of 89,300 in the city itself and a population of 290,466 in the aire urbaine at the 1999 census....
 (Concilium Insculanum), among whose thirteen canons is one providing that the sponsor at baptism
Baptism

In Christianity, baptism is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which one is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church and, in the view of some, as a member of the particular Church in which the baptism is administered....
 is bound to give only the white robe in which the infant is baptized.

In 1260 a council held by Florentin, Archbishop of Arles, decreed that confirmation must be received fasting, and that on Sundays and feast days the religious should not open their churches to the faithful, nor preach at the hour of the parish Mass. The laity should be instructed by their parish priests. The religious should also frequent the parochial service, for the sake of good example. This council also condemned the doctrines spread abroad under the name of Joachim of Flora.

In 1275, twenty-two earlier observances were promulgated anew at a Council of Arles.

Archbishops or bishops


To 1000

  • Trophimus of Arles
    Trophimus of Arles

    According to Christian mythology, Saint Trophimus of Arles was the first bishop of Arles, in today's southern France.It was an early tradition of the Church that under the co-Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus , Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul, to preach the Gospel: Gatianus of Tours to Tours, Trophimus to Arles,...
     (reputed c. 250)
  • Marcianus (254-257) deemed heretical, Cypr.ep.68,1, supporter of Novatian
  • Marinus
    Marinus

    Marinus may refer to:*Marinus , a crater on the Moon*Marinus , for people named Marinus*Marinus of Tyre , Phoenician geographer, cartographer and mathematician...
     (313-314)
  • Nicasius
    Nicasius

    Nicasius was a Ancient Rome cognomen. Variants include Nicasio and Nicaise.It can refer to:Saints*Nicasius of Rheims *Nicasius of Dijon ...
  • Valentinus
  • Saturninus (346-361)
  • Crecentius
  • Concordius (374-385)
  • Ingenuus (394-395)
  • Heros of Arles
    Heros of Arles

    Heros was Bishop of Arles from 408 to 412. Prosper of Aquitaine describes him in his Chronicum as "vir sanctus, et Martin of Tours discipulus"....
     (408-412)
  • Patroclus of Arles (412-426) (first archbishop, 417)
  • Honoratus
    Honoratus

    Saint Honoratus was Archbishop of Arles.There is some disagreement concerning his place of birth, and the date of his death is still disputed, being according to certain authors, 14 January or 15 January....
     (426-16 January 430)
  • Hilary of Arles
    Hilary of Arles

    Saint Hilary of Arles was a bishop of Arles.In early youth he entered the abbey of L?rins Abbey then presided over by his kinsman Saint Honoratus , and succeeded Honoratus in the bishopric of Arles in 429....
     (430-5 May 449)
  • Ravennius (449-456 or 461?)
  • Augustal (456-456 or 461)
  • Leontius (456 or 461-484)
  • Eonius (484-502)
  • Caesarius of Arles (503-26 August 543)
  • Auxanius
    Auxanius

    Auxanius was Bishop of Arles. He was succeeded by Bishop Aurelian of Arles....
     (543-546)
  • Aurelianus
    Saint Aurelianus

    Saint Aurelianus or Saint Aurelien is a France saint whose Feast Day is June 16. He was Archbishop of Arles, then known as Arelate, from 546 to June 16, 551....
     (546-16 June 551)
  • Sabaudus (552-586)
  • Licerius (586-588)
  • Virgilius
    Virgilius of Arles

    Virgilius of Arles was Archbishop of Arles in Gaul.According to a life written in the eighth century he was born in a village of Aquitaine, became a monk, Abbot of L?rins, and Bishop of Arles, where he built a basilica of Saint Stephen and another of the Saviour....
     (588-601 or 610)
  • Florianus (c. 613)
  • Theodosius (632-650)
  • Johannes I (651-668)
  • Felix (679-682)
  • Wolbertus (c. 683)
  • ...
  • Elifantus (788-794)
  • Rustan (c. 806)
  • Johann II. (811-816 or 819)
  • Nothon/Noto (819 or 824-844 or 850)
  • Rotland (850 or 852-1 September 869)
  • Walter ?
  • Rostaing (871-914)
  • Manasses (920-961)
  • Ithier (March 963-981)
  • Anno (981-994)


1000-1300

  • Pons de Marignane (1005-1029)
  • Raimbaud de Reillanne, Raimbaud, Archbishop of Arles (May 1030-18 February 1069)
  • Aicard
    Aicard, Archbishop of Arles

    Aicard of Marseilles was the Archbishop of Arles from 1070 to 1080 and again from 1107 to his death.He was the son of Jaufre I, Viscount of Marseilles, and Rixendis of Millau....
     (1070-1080 or 1096?)
  • Gibelin (1080 or 1099-1107, 1112 or 1115)
  • Atton de Bruniquel (6 October 1115-6 March 1129)
  • Bernard Guerin / Garin (1129-2 March 1138)
  • Guillaume Monge (1139?-1 January 1142)
  • Raimon de Montredon (1142-1160)
  • Raimon de Bollène (1163-1182)
  • Pierre Isnard (1183-1190)
  • Imbert d’Eyguière (9 October 1191-20 July 1202)
  • Michel de Morèse (August 1202-21 July 1217)
  • Uc Béroard (27 March 1218-18. November 1232)
  • Jean Baussan (27 July 1233-24 November 1258)
  • Bertran Malferrat, Bertrand de Malferrat (25 November 1258-25 May 1262)
  • Florent (28 November 1262-7 June 1266)
  • Bertran de Saint-Martin (11 October 1266-June 1273)
  • Bernard de Languissel (4 February 1274-1281)
  • Bertrand Amalric (20 December 1281-31 March 1286)
  • Rostaing de la Capre (5 August 1286-22 August 1303)


1300-1500

  • Peire de Ferrières (30 January 1304-21September 1307)
  • Arnaud de Faugères (1307-1309 or 1310)
  • Gaillard de Faugères (19 December 1310-12 September 1317)
  • Gaillard Saumate (1318-1323)
  • Gasbert de la Val /du Val (1324-1341)
  • Jean de Cardone (1341-1348)
  • Étienne Aldebrand (1348-1350)
  • Étienne de La Garde (1351-1361)
  • Guillaume de La Garde (1361-1374)
  • Pierre de Cros Pierre (1374-1388)
  • François de Conzié /Conzieu (1388-1390)
  • Jean de Rochechouart (1390-1398)
  • Pierre Blavi Blau ?
  • vacant 1398-1404
  • Artaud de Mélan /Méhelle (1404-1410)
  • Jean Allarmet de Brogny (1410-1423) (also Bishop of Viviers and Bishop of Ostia
    Bishop of Ostia

    The Bishop of Ostia is the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic diocese of Ostia Antica , one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, as it has been since 1150, with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of Rome....
    )
  • Louis Aleman
    Louis Aleman

    Louis Aleman was a France Cardinal .He was born of a noble family at the castle of Arbent near Bugey. A relative was the Papal Chamberlain. He was successively bishop of Maguelonne , archbishop of Arles and Cardinal Priest of S....
     (December 1423-16 September 1450) (also Bishop of Maguelone)
  • Pierre de Foix (1450-1463)
  • Philippe de Lévis (7 May 1463?-11 November 1475) (also Archbishop of Auch)
  • Eustache de Lévis (1475-22 April 1489)
  • Nicolas de Cibo (1489-1499)
  • Jean Ferrier I (1499-1521)


1500-1792

  • Jean Ferrier II (1521-1550)
  • Jacques du Broullat (1550-1560)
  • Robert de Lenoncourt (7 February 1560-2 February 1561)
  • Antoine d'Albon (1561-1562) (also Archbishop of Lyon)
  • Hippolyte d'Este (1562-1566)
  • Prosper de Sainte-Croix (1566-1574)
  • Silvio de Sainte-Croix Silvio (1574-1598)
  • Oratio Montano (1598-1603)
  • Gaspard du Laurent (1603-1630)
  • Jean Jaubert de Barrault (20 July 1630-30 July 1643)
  • François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan (31 March 1644-9 March 1689)
  • Jean-Baptiste Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan (9 March 1689-11 November 1697)
  • François de Mailly
    François de Mailly

    Fran?ois de Mailly was a French archbishop and Cardinal . He had ultramontane views, and was a stern opponent of Jansenism. He was a critic of Jean Meslier....
     (24 December 1697-12 July 1710) (also Archbishop of Reims
    Archbishop of Reims

    The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750....
    )
  • Jacques II de Forbin-Janson (1711-13 January 1741)
  • Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds (20 August 1741-4 March 1746) (also Bishop of Bayonne and Archbishop of Paris
    Archbishop of Paris

    The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of France archdioceses of the Roman Catholicism in France in France....
    )
  • Jean-Joseph de Jumilhac (17 April 1746-20 February 1775) (also Bishop of Vannes)
  • Jean Marie du Lau d'Allemans (1 October 1775-2 September 1792)


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