Roman Catholic Diocese of Comminges

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The earliest Bishop of Comminges known by name is Suavis, who assisted at the Council of Agde in 506, along with thirty-four other bishops.J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio Tomus octavus (8) (Florence 1762), p. 337. Sidonius Apollinaris,Epistles, Book VII, letter 6, § 7, to Bishop Basilius (ca. 472/473): propter quod discite cito catholici status valetudinem occultam, ut apertam festinetis adhibere medicinam. Burdigala, Petrogorii, Ruteni, Lemovices, Gabalitani, Helusani, Vasates, Convenae, Auscenses multosque iam maior numerus civitatum summis sacerdotibus ipsorum morte truncatus nec ullis deinceps episcopis in defunctorum officia suffectis... however, writes of the death of a bishop of Comminges in 473.Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters. Tr. O.M. Dalton (1915) vol. 2. pp. 95-137; Book VII.

Among the bishops of CommingesSaint Africus (c. 540), who died in the Rouergue, is wrongly included among the bishops of Comminges. were:

• Bertrand of Comminges (1073–1123), grandson of William III, Count of Toulouse, previously archdeacon of Toulouse, who built the cathedral of Comminges and restored the town
• Bertrand de Goth (1295–99), who became pope under the name of Clement V.
• Bertrand de Cosnac (1352–72), created cardinal by Pope Gregory XI on 30 May 1371.Eubel, I, p. 21. Bertrand de Cosnac died on 17 June 1374.
• Amelius de Lautrec (1384–90), created cardinal on 12 July 1385 by Pope Clement VII of the Avignon Obedience.Eubel, I, p. 28. Amelius died in Avignon on 7 June 1390
• Pierre de Foix (1422–64), cardinal from 1412–1413 to 1464.
• Cardinal Amanieu d'Albret, who was Bishop of Comminges (19 July 1499 – 1514, after 7 November)D'Albret was appointed by Pope Alexander VI, but the Cathedral Chapter elected Gaillard de Hospitali, a canon of the Cathedral. Litigation ensued, but when Gaillard died, Pope Leo X adjudged the bishopric to Cardinal d'Albret in 1514. Eubel, III, p. 6 and p. 177, with n. 3. Amanieu d'Albret was created a cardinal on 28 September 1500, and died in Rome on 20 December 1520.
• Cardinal Carlo Carafa (6 July 1556 – 4 March 1561), nephew of Pope Paul IV, he was arrested, tried, and executed by strangulation on orders of Pope Pius IV. Carafa was never ordained a priest or consecrated a bishop. He never took possession of his see.
• Urbain de Saint-Gelais, who in 1586, without outside assistance and with the help of a cannon which he caused to be brought from Toulouse, captured the town from the Huguenots.

In the church of St. Bertrand of Comminges (The gothic church is of the 14th century), baptism was administered with peculiar ceremonies: the baptismal water was placed in a silver dove with wings displayed (a symbol of the Holy Spirit), and enclosed in a cupola surmounting the font; at the moment of baptizing the dove was lowered over the head of the child by a pulley, and through its open beak the baptismal water was poured (as though grace from heaven).[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14795b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Toulouse] Agos, Vie et miracles de Saint Bertrand, pp. 206-207.

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• Suavis 506–?
• Presidius 533–?
• Amelius 549–?
• Rufin 584–588
• Abraham 788–?
• Involatus 879–?
• Oriol 980–?
• Bertrand Roger 990–?

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• Peter I. 1003–?
• Arnaud I. 1035–?
• William I. 1040–1055
• Bernhard II. 1056–?
• William II. 1068–?
• Olger (Ulger) ?–1073?
• Saint Bertrand 1073–1126
• Roger de Nuro 1126?–1153?
• Arnaud Roger 1153–1176
• Arsius (Arsenius) 1179–1188
• Raymond Arnaud 1188–1205
• Sperague (Hisparigus) 1205–1206
• Adhémar du Châtel 1207–1209
• Garcias de Lorte 1210–1217
• Grimoard I. 1217–1240
• Arnaud III. Roger 1241–1260
• Guillaume III. d'Audiran 1260–1263
• Bertrand de Miramont 1263–1286
• Bertrand de Got{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title=Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: I. Bertrand de Got|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1906|volume=21|pages=97–110; 145–158|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57262639/f1.image}} He was given the bishopric of Comminges by Boniface VIII, and was approved as Archbishop of Bordeaux on 23 December 1299: Eubel, I, p. 150. 1295–1299
• Boso de Salignac 1299–1315Eubel, I, p. 207, 150. He was approved by Boniface VIII on 22 December 1299

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• Bernardus, O.P. (1316-1317)
• Pierre Vital de Millario 1317–1318
• Scot de Linières 1318–1325
• Guillaume de Cun 1325–1336
• Hugues de Castillon{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: II. Hugues de Castillon (1335-1352)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1907|volume=22|pages=36–43|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57262817/f1.image}} 1336–1351
• Bertrand de Cosnac 1352–1371Eubel, I, p. 207. (Cardinal from 1371)
• Guillaume d'Espagne 6 June 1371 – 1382
• Amelius (Amelie) II. de Lautrec 1384–1390 (Cardinal from 1385)
• Menaud de Barbazan 1390–1421
• Pierre de Foix 7 August 1422 – 1451Eubel, I, p. 207; II, p. 135. (Cardinal from 1412 or 1413)Pierre de Foix was created cardinal by Pope John XXIII. He died on 13 December 1464. Eubel, II, p. 4.
• Arnaud-Raymond V. d'Espagne 1451–146?Eubel, II, p. 135.
• Jean de Foix 9 May 1466 – 1499Eubel, II, p. 135. Cf. {{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: III. Jean-Baptiste de Foix (1466-1501)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1907|volume=22|pages=76–95|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57262817/f1.image}}

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• Amanieu d'Albret (19 July 1499 – 1514, after 7 November) (He never had possession).
• Gaillard de l'Hospital{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: IV. Gaillard de l'Hôpital (1501-1514)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1907|volume=22|pages=128–144|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57262817/f1.image}} 1502–1514 (contested election; Gaillard never received papal approval; he died in 1514)
• Louis Dourelle (Dourville) 8 January 1515 – 1523
• Jean de Mauléon 71 June 1523 – 1551
• Jean Bertrand{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: VI. Jean Bertrandi (1555-1556)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1908|volume=23|pages=150–155|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5773218x}} 1551–1555
• Carlo Carafa, AdministratorCarlo Carafa was nominated by King Henri II when he was Papal Legate in France in 1556. He was not ordained a deacon until 15 April 1557, and was never ordained priest or consecrated bishop: Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: [http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1555.htm#Carafa Carafa, Carlo], retrieved: 2016-08-01. {{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: VII. Charles Caraffa (1556-1561)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1908|volume=23|pages=161–163|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5773218x}} 1556–1561 (Cardinal, nephew of Pope Paul IV) (executed 6 March 1561)
• Pierre d'Albert{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: VIII. Pierre d'Albret (1561-1568)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1908|volume=23|pages=163–168|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5773218x}} 1561–1565
• Charles III de Bourbon 1569–1570 {{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: IX. Urbain de Saint-Gelais (1570-1613)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1908|volume=23|pages=254–266|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5773218x}}
• Urbain de Saint-Gelais{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: IX. Urbain de Saint-Gelais (1570-1613)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1908|volume=23|pages=254–266|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5773218x}} 1570–1613
• Gilles de Souvré 1614–1623
• Barthélemy de Donnadieu de Griet 1625–1637
• Hugues II. de Labatut{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: XIII. Hugues de Labatut (1640-1644)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1909|volume=24|issue=4|pages=232–240|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6539379f.r=?rk=21459;2}}, including his Last Will and Testament, and codicil. 1638–1644
• Gilbert de Choiseul Duplessis Praslin{{cite journal|last1=C. Espénan|title=Gilbert de Choiseul, évêque de Comminges, puis de Tournai (1613-1689)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1904|volume=19|pages=[https://archive.org/details/revuedecomminge01juligoog/page/n130 123]–138|url=https://archive.org/details/revuedecomminge01juligoog}} 1644–1671
• Louis de Rechiègne Voisin de Guron{{cite book|author=Armand Jean|title=Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAZBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA81|year=1891|publisher=A. Picard|language=fr|page=80}} 1671–1693
• Louis-François de Brezay de Denon-Ville 1693–1710
• Olivier-Gabriel de Lubières du BouchetDavid M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blubier.html Bishop Olivier-Gabriel de Lubières (Nubières) du Bouchet], retrieved: 2016-08-04.{{Self-published source|date=September 2016}} 1710–1740
• Antoine de Lastic{{cite journal|last1=J. Lestrade|title="Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: XVIII. Antoine de Lastic (1740-1764)|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1911|volume=26|pages=199–210; 241–247|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5726017c/f5.image}} 1740–1763
• Charles-Antoine-Gabriel d'Osmond de MédavyJean, p. 81. 1763–1785
• Antoine Eustache d'Osmond 1785–1801 (resigned)Bishop d'Osmond resigned in accordance with the request of Pope Pius VII, who had concluded a Concordat with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, which liquidated the Constitutional church. Osmond was then appointed Bishop of Nancy. Ritzler, VI, p. 181, note 4. Jean, pp. 81-82. J. Lestrade, "Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: XX. Antoine Eustache d'Osmond (1754-1823)," {{cite book|title=Revue de Comminges (Pyrénées Centrales)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKhNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1|volume=27|year=1912|publisher=Société des études du Comminges|location=Saint Gaudens|language=fr|pages=1–16}}

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• {{cite book|last=Agos|first=Louis de Fiancette d'|title=Vie et miracles de Saint Bertrand. Avec une notice historique sur la Ville et les Evêques de Comminges: La Légende des Saints du pays et la description de l'Eglise Cathédrale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loP1YvC-YS0C&pg=PA249|year=1854|publisher=Imprimerie et librairie d'Abadie|location=Saint Gaudens|language=fr}} [hagiography]
• {{cite book|last=Agos|first=Louis de Fiancette d'|title=Notre-Dame de Comminges: monographie de l'ancienne cathédrale de Saint-Bertrand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KaIdhorS5OAC|year=1876|publisher=Abadie|location=Saint-Gaudens|language=fr}} [author of the "Litany of Saint-Bertrand", and other devotional texts]
• {{cite book|last1= Marrast|first1=Armand|last2= Sacaze|first2=Julien|title=Histoire du Comminges de Saint Bertrand et Saint Gaudens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95|year=1889|publisher=L. Sabatier|location=Saint-Gaudens|language=fr}}
• {{cite book|author=Morel, J. P. M.|title=Essais historique & pittoresque sur Saint-Bertrand de Comminges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7VLAAAAYAAJ|year=1852|publisher=É. Privat|location=Toulouse|language=fr}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Lespinasse|first1=Adeline et Pierre|title=Les eglises romanes et gothiques du Comminges|journal=Revue de Comminges|date=1914|volume=29|pages=9–35|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6534019k/f1.image.r=}}

• The Cathedral of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
• Munoz, Sarah (2009), "[http://patrimoines.midipyrenees.fr/fileadmin/DOC_LIE/IVR73/IA31ANEX/IA31010748_02.PDF Cathédrale de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges: Notice historique]" (in French)

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