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The Bishop of Coutances is a suffragan of the Archbishop Of Rouen . The Diocese of Coutances (''Constantiensis'') comprises the entire department of La Manche . It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and of two archdeaconries from the Diocese of Bayeux . Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of '''Bishop of Coutances and Avranches'''.

The Bishop Of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands until the Reformation , despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204 . The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569 .


HISTORY



BISHOPS OF COUTANCES

  • St. Ereptiolus (fourth century)

  • St. Exuperatus (fourth century)

  • Leontianus, first bishop historically known, attended the First Council Of Orléans ( 511 ).

  • St. Lô (Lautro) (sixth century)

  • St. Rumpharius (d. about 586)

  • St. Frémond (Frodemundus) (fl. 679)

  • Blessed Geoffroy de Monthray (from 1049-1093)

  • Hugues de Morville (from 1202-1238)

  • Gilles Deschamps

  • Philibert de Montjeu (from 1424-1439)

  • Giuliano Della Rovere (from 1476-1478), afterwards Pope Julius II .



BISHOPS OF AVRANCHES


  • Nepos, the first bishop known to history, assisted at the First Council Of Orléans in 511.

  • St. Pair, or Paternus (d. 565)

  • St. Leodovaldus (second half of sixth century)

  • St. Ragertrannus (about 682)

  • St. Aubert

  • Robert Ceneau (1533-1569)

  • Pierre-Daniel Huet (1689-1699)



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