Ancient Diocese of Apt

Apt Cathedral in Apt.

The former French Catholic diocese of Apt, in southeast France, existed from the fourth century until the French Revolution. By the Concordat of 1801, it was suppressed, and its territory was divided between the diocese of Digne and the diocese of Avignon.^[1] Its see was Apt Cathedral, in Vaucluse.

Bishops

• 96–102?: Auspice
• 260?: Leonius
• 394: Octavius^[2]
• 400–410?: Quentin
• 410–423?: Castor^[3]
• 431?–436: Auxonius
• 439–442: Jules
• 517–545: Pretextat
• 546: Eusebe
• 549–573: Clementin
• 581–585: Pappus
• 614: Innozenz
• 788: Magneric
• 853: Trutbert
• 867: Paul I.
• 879: Richard
• 885: Sendard
• 887: Paul II.
• 951–955: Rostan
• 960–964: Arnulf
• 965–984: Nartold
• 989–998: Theodoric
• 999–1110?: Ilbogus
• 1010–1046: Stephan
• 1046?: Laugier I.
• 1048–1080: Alphant
• 1095?–1099: Isoard
• 1102?: Bertrand
• 1103–1143: Laugier II. d'Agout
• 1145–1151: Raimond
• 1158–1162: Wilhelm I.
• 1162–1182: Pierre de Saint-Paul
• 1186–1193: Guiran de Viens ^[4]
• 1208–1221: Gottfried I.
• 1221–1243: Gottfried II.
• 1243–1246: Guillaume Centullion
• 1246–1256: Geofroi Dalmas
• 1256–1268: Pierre Baile
• 1268–1272: Ripert de Viens
• 1272–1275: Raimond Centullion
• 1275–1303: Raimond Bot
• 1303–1319: Hugues Bot
• 1319–1330: Raimond Bot II.^[5][6]
• 1330–1331: Guiraud de Languissel
• 1331–1332: Bertrand Acciaioli
• 1332–1336: Guillaume d'Astre
• 1336–1341: Guillaume Audibert^[7]
• 1341–1342: Guillaume Amici (later Administrator of Frejus, 1349-1360^[8])
• 1342–1348: Arnaud
• 1348–1358: Bertrand de Meissexier
• 1358–1361: Elzéar de Pontevès
• 1362–1383: Raimond Savini
• 1383–1390: Géraud du Breuil
• 1390–1410: Jean Fillet
• 1411–1412: Pierre Perricaud^[9]
• 1412–1430: Constantin de Pergola^[10]
• 1430–1437: Étienne d'Épernay ^[11]
• 1438–1466: Pierre Nasondi
• 1467–1482: Jean d'Ortigue
• 1482–1489: Agricol de Panisse
• 1490–1494: Jean Chabrol
• 1494–1527?: Jean de Montaigu
• 1527?–1533: Jean de Nicolaï
• 1533–1540: César Trivulce
• 1540–1559: Pierre de Forli
• 1560–1571: Baptiste de Simiane
• 1571–1582: François de Simiane
• 1588–1607: Pompée de Periglio
• 1607–1628: Jean Pélissier
• 1629–1670: Modeste de Villeneuve
• 1671–1695: Jean de Gaillard
• 1696–1723: Ignace de Foresta
• 1723–1751: Jean-Baptiste de Vaccon
• 1752–1778: Félicien de la Merlière
• 1778–1801: Laurent Éon de Cély
• 2009-current: Jean-Luc Hudsyn (Titular Bishop)

Notes

1. David M. Cheney, Catholic Hierarchy: Apt, G-Catholic, Apt Retrieved: 2016-07-05
2. Octavius is known only as a signatory to the synod of Nîmes.
3. Saints Locaux.
4. Daniel Williman , The Right of Spoil of the Popes of Avignon, 1316-1415 (American Philosophical Society, 1988) p494.
5. Daniel Williman , The Right of Spoil of the Popes of Avignon, 1316-1415 (American Philosophical Society, 1988) p 225.
6. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages / Biographischer Index des Mittelalters / Index Biographique du Moyen-Âge (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 2008) p186.
7. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages / Biographischer Index des Mittelalters / Index Biographique du Moyen-Âge (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 2008) p471.
8. Eubel, p. 252.
9. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 2008) p859.
10. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 2008) p859.
11. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 2008) p1041.

Bibliography

• Albanés, Joseph Hyacinthe; Ulysse Chevalier (1899). Gallia christiana novissima: Aix, Apt, Fréjus, Gap, Riez et Sisteron (in Latin). Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie montbéliardaise.
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Munster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
• Jouve, Esprit Gustave (1859). Notice sur l'ancienne cathédrale d'Apt (Vaucluse) ... (in French). Paris: Pringuet.