Roman Catholic Diocese of Aire and Dax

The first reference to a bishop of Aire, on the river Adour, in history is to Marcellus, represented at the Council of Agde, 506. Aire was also the home of St. Philibert; it numbered among its bishops during the second half of the sixteenth century François de Foix, Count of Candale, an illustrious mathematician, who translated Euclid and founded a chair of mathematics at the University of Bordeaux, though he never visited his diocese.

In 1572, on the death of Bishop Christophe de Candale, the Capitular Vicar of Aire submitted a status report (pouillé) to King Charles IX, providing a picture of the diocese at that time. There were two Archdeacons, that of Marsan and that of Chalosse. In addition to the two archdeacons, the Cathedral Chapter was composed of ten Canons and seven Prebendaries, two semi-Prebendaries, the Master of the Children of the Choir, and the Basse-Contre. The Statutes of the Chapter were confirmed by Bishop Tristan d'Aure in 1459 or 1460.Cazauran, Pouillé, pp. 17-18 and 47.

Religious establishments included:

• the Abbaye du Mas d'Aire{{cite book|author1=Jean Cabanot|author2=Georges Fabre|author3=Françoise Legrand|title=Aire-sur-l'Adour: l'église et l'abbaye du Mas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4LsAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Amis des Églises Anciennes des Landes|location=Mont-de Marsan|language=fr}} (O.S.B.: four religious, a Prior, a Sacristan, a Chamberlain and an Almoner; eleven other positions vacant)
• the Abbaye de St-Jean de la Castelle (Premonstratensians: six religious priests, a child servant, and a soldier, though there were places for 18-20 religious and four novices)
• the Abbaye of Saint-Loubouer (Collegiate church: Abbot, eight Canons, Cantor)
• the Collegiate Church of Pimbo (Abbot, seven Canons and a Cantor)
• the Abbaye of Pontaut (Cistercians: Abbot, seven religious and a soldier)
• the Convent of Augustine Religious at Geune.Cazauran, pp. 18-20.
• the Priory of Mongaillard (O.S.B.)
• the Commanderie of St-Antoine
• the Abbaye of Saint-SeverCharles Higounet and Jean-Bernard Marquette, "Les origines de l'abbaye de Saint-Sever: Revision critique," {{cite book|editor=Jean Cabanot|title=Saint-Sever, millénaire de l'abbaye: colloque international, 25, 26 et 27 mai 1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxvqAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Comité d'études sur l'histoire et l'art de la Gascogne|location=Mont-de-Marsan, France |language=fr|pages=27–37|isbn=9782950158406}} {{cite book|author1=Jean Cabanot|author2=Georges Pon|title=Une abbaye au coeur de la Gascogne: Saint-Sever (988-1791)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XV4TogEACAAJ|year=2014|publisher=Comité d'études sur l'histoire et l'art de la Gascogne, CEHAG|location=Dax|language=fr|isbn=978-2-9501584-9-9}} (O.S.B.) (Abbot commendatory: Archbishop of Turin, thirteen religious, a vicar, and a soldier)
• the Jacobins, or Frères Prêcheurs de Ste-Ursule (six religious)
• the Priory of Nervis
• the Collegial Church of Saint-Girons (Abbot and eight Canons)
• the Commanderie of the Holy Spirit.Cazauran, pp. 20-23.
• the Priory of Roquefort (O.S.B.)
• the Commanderie de Bessaut
• the Commanderie de St-Antoine de Gelonies
• the Priory of Mont-de-Marsan (O.S.B.)
• the Priory of Sen a Labrit.Cazauran, pp. 24-29.

• 506, 533 : MarcellusFor the meager evidence on the first millennium, see: {{cite book|author=Louis Duchesne|title=Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises|date=1910|publisher=Fontemoing|location=Paris|url=https://archive.org/details/fastespiscopau02duch|page=[https://archive.org/details/fastespiscopau02duch/page/100 100]}}
• 585 : Rusticus
• 614 : Palladius
• ca. 620–630 : Philibaud
• ca. 633–675 : Ursus
• ca. 788 : Asinarius
• ca. 977 : Gombaud

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• ca. 1017 : Arsius-Racca
• 1060 : Raymond le Vieux
• 1060–1092 : Peter I.
• 1092–1099 : Peter II.
• 1100–1115 : Wilhelm
• 1116–1147 : Bonhomme
• 1148–ca. 1176 : Vital de Saint-Hermes
• ca. 1176–1179 : Odon d’Arbéchan
• ? : Bertrand de Marsan
• ? : Guillaume Bernard
• 1211 : Vital de Beufmort
• 1211 : Jourdain
• ? : Gauthier
• 1224–1237 : Auger
• 1237–1266 : Pierre III. et Raymond de Saint-Martin
• 1266–1295 : Pierre IV. de Betous
• 1295–1307 : Martin

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• 1308–January 1326 : Bernard de BatsDegert, pp. 92–103.
• 1326–1327 : Anesanche de ToujouseDegert, pp. 103–108.
• 1327–1349 : Garsias de Fau
• 1349 – 15 November 1354 : Dauphin de Marquefave
• 1354 : Bernard
• 1361–end May 1386 : Jean de Montaut
• 4 June 1386 – 1390 : Robert Waldeby, O.E.S.A. (nominated by Urban VI of the Roman Obedience)Waldeby was later Archbishop of Dublin (1390–1395), Bishop of Chichester (1395–1396), and then Archbishop of York (1397–1398): Eubel, I, pp. 187, 229, 233)
• 14 November 1390 – 1393 : Maurice Usk, O.P. (appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience)
• 1393–1418 : Arnaud-Guillaume de Lescun (appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience)
• 1386–1397 : Garsias-Arnaud de Navailles (appointed by Avignon Pope Clement VII)
• 1397–1418 : Bernard de Brun, O.P. (appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience)
• 1423–1440 : Roger de Castelbon (appointed by Martin V)On 13 January 1440, Roger de Castelbon was confirmed as Bishop of Tarbes. He died in 1461: Eubel, II, p. 246.
• 1440–1445 : Pierre de Gachefret
• 16 January 1445 to 30 July 1460 : Louis d'Albret (Administrator, 1445–1449; then Bishop)Eubel, II, p. 80, note 4. Louis d'Albret was only 21 when appointed, and too young to be consecrated a bishop. He was consecrated at the age of 26.
• 1460–1475 : Tristan d'Aure (Bishop of Couserans, 1444–1460)Eubel, II, p. 134.
• 1475–1484 : Pierre de Foix
• 1484–1485 : Mathieu de Nargassie
• 15 February 1486 – 1512 : Bernard d'Abbadie

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• 1512–1516 : Antoine du Monastey
• 1516 – 22 December 1521 : Arnaud-Guillaume d’Aydie
• 24 April 1523 – 1530 : Charles de Gramont
• 9 March 1530 – 6 February 1538 : Gabriel de Saluces
• 1538–1560 : Jacques de Saint-Julien
• 1560–4 September 1570 : Christophe de Foix-Candale
• 1576–5 February 1594 : François de Foix-Candale (never consecrated)Cazauran, Pouillé, p. 12. François was the elder brother of Christophe de Foix-Candale, his predecessor. He never visited the diocese, and left temporal affairs in the hands of his Vicars-General, Robert Philippe, François Barbier, and Mathieu de la Tousche. Degert, p. 203. The Chapter of the Cathedral claimed and exercised the spiritualities. The Bishop of Bayonne conducted the ordinations.
• VacantThe Duc d'Epernon claimed the benefices of his wife's uncle, François de Foix Candale, on behalf of a future son. Henri IV acquiesced, and for a decade the See was vacant. Temporal business was conducted by Epernon's agents, and spiritual business by Vicars-General elected by the Chapter of the Cathedral. Degert, pp. 206–207.
• 4 December 1606 – 1621 : Philippe CospéanDegert, pp. 206–218.
• 1621 – 17 January 1625 : Sébastien Bouthilier
• 1625–1649 : Gilles Boutault
• 1650–1657 : Charles-François de Bourlemont
• 1657 – 12 October 1672 - Bernard de Sariac
• 12 January 1673 – 18 December 1684 : Jean-Louis de Fromentières
• 1693 – 29 March 1698 : Armand Bazin de Bezons
• 1698–1706 : Louis-Gaston Fleuriau d’Armenonville
• 1706 – 30 June 1710 : François-Gaspard de la Mer de Matha
• 1710–1723 : Joseph-Gaspard de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem
• 1723–1734 : Gilbert de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem
• 1735–1757 : François de Sarret de Gaujac
• 1758–1783 : Playcard (or Playcourt) de RaigecourtRaigecourt was in exile from his diocese during his episcopate (at least from 1764-1767), allegedly because of some offensive remarks made about the Royal Court and the Throne: Cazauran, p. 151. Degert, pp. 304–309. He was consecrated at Meaux, with the assistance of the Bishops of Troyes and Condom.
• 1783–1801 : Sébastien-Charles-Philibert de Cahuzac de CauxDegert, pp. 310–331. Cahuzac refused to take the oath required by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. He emigrated to Spain. When Pope Pius VII called for the resignations of all of the bishops of France in 1801, thirty-eight refused, including Cahuzac, and were dismissed. Cahuzac retired to Paderborn, and then to England. He returned with the Bourbons in 1814, but still refused to submit his resignation, unless it was guaranteed that the Diocese of Aure would be restored. He died in Paris on 30 October 1817.

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• 1823–1827 : Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern (also Archbishop of Strasbourg)
• 1827–1839 : Dominique-Marie Savy
• 1839 – 30 June 1856 : François-Adélaïde-Adolphe LannelucOn 11 July 1839 Msgr. Lanneluc, Vicar-General of Toulouse, was named titular Bishop of Agathopolis, and Coadjutor Bishop of Aire, by Pope Gregory XVI. {{cite book|title=Recueil général des lois, décrets et arrêtés|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hW4S32niy3EC&pg=PA212|series=IX série|volume=9|year=1839|publisher=Administration du Journal des Notaires et des Avocats|language=fr|page=212}} He succeeded to the bishopric on 29 December 1839: P. Gams, Series episcoporum, p. 481.
• 15 December 1856 – 6 June 1859 : Prosper-Michel-Armand HiraboureHis accident, death, and obituary: {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSZPQQQtjLEC&pg=PA735 |title=L'Ami de la religion et du roi: journal ecclésiastique, politique et littéraire |publisher=A. Le Clère |year=1859 |volume=I |location=Paris |pages=735–736 |language=fr}}
• 26 September 1859 – 23 July 1876 : Louis-Marie-Olivier Épivent
• 18 December 1876 – 7 August 1905 : Victor-Jean-Baptiste-Paulin Delannoy
• 21 February 1906 – 1911 : François Touzet
• 1911–1930 : Maurice Charles Alfred de Cormont
• 1930–1963 : Clément Mathieu
• 1963–1978 : Fernand Pierre Robert Bézac des Martinies
• 1978–2002 : Robert Pierre Sarrabère
• 2002–2012 : Philippe Breton
• 2012–2017 : Hervé Gaschignard (fr)
• 2017–present: Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu

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• {{cite book|last=Cazauran|first=Jean Marie|title=Pouillé du diocèse d'Aire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qltCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15|year=1886|publisher=Maisonneuve|location=Paris|language=fr}}
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