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Diocese of

Nice

France France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Marseille

Patron Saint: Sainte Réparate, Saint Basse

Website: Link

History

  • 300: Established as Diocese of Nice / Nicen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nice (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (63)Bishop Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (63)
(2005.03.28 – ...)

Born:1946.11.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:1976.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1998.09.27

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana) (1998.06.27 – 2004.06.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nice (France) (2004.06.18 – 2005.03.28)

Bishop of Nice (France) (2005.03.28 – ...)

Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. (80)Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. (80)
(1998.08.28 – 2005.03.28)

Born:1930.02.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:1954.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1993.01.10

Bishop of Viviers (France) (1992.11.28 – 1998.08.28)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1998.08.28 – 2005.03.28)

Bishop François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary (later Archbishop)
(1984.04.30 – 1997.11.14)

Omnia in Christo constant

Born:1936.01.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1983.04.24
Died:2007.03.26 († 71)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nice (France) (1983.02.23 – 1984.04.30)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1984.04.30 – 1997.11.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1997.11.14 – 1998.09.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1998.09.01 – 2007.03.26)

Bishop Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset
(1963.04.24 – 1984.04.30)

Born:1909.04.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:1949.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1962.09.29
Died:1993.06.04 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1962.08.05 – 1963.04.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nice (France) (1962.08.05 – 1963.04.24)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1963.04.24 – 1984.04.30)

Archbishop Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond
(1950.01.23 – 1963.04.24)

Born:1873.09.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:1899.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:1921.05.29
Died:1963.04.24 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Clysma (1921.04.09 – 1930.05.20)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1930.05.20 – 1950.01.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Nice (France) (1950.01.23 – 1963.04.24)

Bishop Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond (later Archbishop)
(1930.05.20 – 1950.01.23)

(see above)

Bishop Louis-Marie Ricard
(1926.03.31 – 1929.10.21)

Born:1868.11.24 (France)

Titular Bishop of Marciana (1923.10.26 – 1926.03.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France) (1923.10.26 – 1926.03.31)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1926.03.31 – 1929.10.21)

Bishop Henri-Louis Chapon
(1896.06.25 – 1925.12.14)

Born:1845.03.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:1869.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1896.09.29
Died:1925.12.14 († 80)

Bishop of Nice (France) ([1896.05.30] 1896.06.25 – 1925.12.14)

Archbishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I.
(1877.12.28 – 1896.06.25)

Born:1828.05.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:1852.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:1878.02.25
Died:1905.05.13 († 76)

Bishop of Nice (France) ([1877.11.22] 1877.12.28 – 1896.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France) ([1896.05.30] 1896.06.25 – 1905.05.13)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Sola
(1857.12.21 – 1877.10)

Born:1791.07.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1816.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1858.01.03
Died:1881.12.31 († 90)

Bishop of Nice (France) ([1857] 1857.12.21 – 1877.10)

Bishop Dominique Galvano
(1833.09.30 – 1855.08.17)

Born:1800.10.29 (Italy)

Bishop of Nice (France) ([1833.08.28] 1833.09.30 – 1855.08.17)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Colonna d’Istria
(1802.05.24 – 1833.07.29)

Born:1758.09.04 (Italy)

Bishop of Nice (France) ([1802.04.13] 1802.05.24 – 1833.07.29)

Bishop Giacobino Marenco
(1635 – 1644)

Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1627.11.10 – 1635)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1635 – 1644)

Bishop Luigi Pallavicino
(1583.11.07 – 1598.11.05)

Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1581.04.17 – 1583.08.08)

Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy) (1583.08.08 – 1583.11.07)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1583.11.07 – 1598.11.05)

Bishop Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro (later Cardinal)
(1542.02.06 – 1544.07.30)

Born:1502.06.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1544.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1559.12.01 († 57)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1542.02.06 – 1544.07.30)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1544.07.30 – 1559.12.01)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1545.01.09 – 1559.12.01)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.03.13

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