The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen is Primate of Normandy and one of the fifteen Archbishops of France. According to legend the diocese was founded by Nicaisius, a disciple of St. Denis who was martyred after arriving in Normandy. It became an archdiocese probably around 744 with the accession of Grimo. Archbishop Franco baptized Rollo of Normandy in 911, and the archbishops were involved in the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Normandy was annexed to France in 1204, and Rouen was later occupied by England from 1417 to 1449 during the Hundred Years' War. In 1562 the city was briefly captured by Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. The suffragran dioceses of Rouen in the Middle Ages were Évreux, Avranches, Sées, Bayeux, Lisieux, and Coutances. Today its suffragans are Bayeux-Lisieux, Coutances-Avranches, Évreux, Le Havre, and Sées. The seat of the archbishop is the 11th century Gothic Rouen Cathedral, which was heavily damaged during World War II and later rebuilt.
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Bishops
- Nicaisius (c. 250)
- Mellonius (260-311)
- Avitianus (311-325)
- Severus (325-341)
- Eusebius (c. 341-366)
- Marcellinus (366-385)
- Peter I (385-393)
- Victricius (393-417)
- Innocent (417-c. 426)
- Sylvester (c. 426-442)
- Malsonus (c. 442-451)
- Germanus (c. 451-462)
- Crescent (c. 462-488)
- Godardus (c. 488-525), Gildard, Gildardus
- Flavius (525-542)
- Evodus (542-550)
- Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen) (550-589)
- Melancus (589-602)
- Hidulphus (602-631)
- Romanus (631-640)
- Saint Ouen (641-689)
- Ansbert (689-693)
- Grippo (695-c. 719)
- Roland (c. 719-c. 732)
- Hugh of Champagne (720-730)
- Robert I (740-744)
Archbishops
- Grimo (744-c. 748)
- Ragenfred (748-753)
- Remi (753-762)
- Hugh II (762-769)
- Meinhard (769-c. 800)
- Gilbert (800-828)
- Ragnoard (828-836)
- Gombaud (836-849)
- Paul (849-855)
- Ganelon (855-869
- Adalard (869-872)
- Riculf (872-876)
- John I (876-889)
- Witton (889-c. 910)
- Franco (911-919)
- Gonthard (919-942)
- Hugh III (942-989)
- Robert II (990-1037)
- Mauger (1037-1055)
- Maurille (1055-1067)
- John II (1067-1078)
- William I Bonne-Âme (1078-1110)
- Gottfried the Breton (1111-1128)
- Hugh IV (1129-1164)
- Rotrou (1165-1184)
- Walter de Coutances (1184-1208)
- Robert III Poulain (1208-1222)
- Thibaud d'Amiens (1222-1231)
- Maurice (1231-1237)
- Peter II de Colmieu (1237-1245)
- Eudes I Clement (1245-1247)
- Eudes II Rigaud (1247-1276)
- William II de Flavacourt (1276-1306)
- Bernard de Fargis (1306-1311)
- Gilles Asselin de Montaigu (1311-1319)
- William III de Durfort (1319-1331)
- Peter III Roger de Beaufort (1331-1338)
- Aimery Guenaud (1338-1342)
- Nicolas I Roger (1342-1347)
- John III de Marigny (1347-1351)
- Peter IV de la Forêt (1351-1356)
- William IV de Flavacourt (1356-1369)
- Philip d'Alençon (1369-1375)
- Peter V de la Montre (1375)
- William V de Lestranges (1375-1388)
- William VI de Vienne (1389-1406)
- Louis I d'Harcourt (1406-1422)
- John IV de La Roche-Taillée (1422-1430)
- Hugh V des Orges (1430-1436)
- Louis II de Luxemburg (1436-1443)
- Raoul Roussel (1443-1455)
- William VII d'Estouteville (1453-1482)
- Robert IV de Croixmare (1482-1494)
- Georges d'Amboise (1493-1510)
- Georges II d'Amboise (1510-1550)
- Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1550-1590 )
- Charles II de Bourbon (1590-1594)
- Charles III de Bourbon (1594-1604)
- François I de Joyeuse (1605-1614)
- François II de Harlay (1614-1651)
- François III de Harlay de Champvallon (1651-1672)
- François IV Rouxel de Médavy de Grancey (1672-1691)
- Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1691-1707)
- Claude-Maur d'Aubigné (1708-1719)
- Armand Bazin de Besons (1719-1720)
- Louis de La Vergne de Tressan (1724-1733)
- Nicolas II de Saulx-Tavannes (1734-1759)
- Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (1759-1790)
- vacant after the French Revolution (1790-1802)
- Etienne-Hubert Cambacérès (1802-1818)
- François de Pierre de Bernis (1819-1823)
- Gustave-Maximilien-Juste Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre (1823-1844)
- Louis Blanquart de Bailleul (1844-1858)
- Henri de Bonnechose (1858-1883)
- Léon Thomas (1883-1894)
- Guillaume Sourrieu (1894-1899)
- Frédéric Fuzet (1899-1916)
- Louis-Ernest Dubois (1916-1920)
- André du Bois de La Villerabel (1920-1936)
- Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville (1936-1948)
- Joseph-Marie Martin (1948-1968)
- André Pailler (1968-1981)
- Joseph Duval (1981-2004)
- Jean-Charles Descubes (2004-present)
See also
External links
- Archbishops of Rouen (French)
- Official website (French)
- Archdiocese of Rouen (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Archdiocese of Rouen (Catholic-Hierarchy.org)
