List of bishops of Chartres

The oldest known list of bishops of Chartres is found in an 11th-century manuscript of Trinity Abbey, Vendôme.^[1] It includes 57 names from Adventus (Saint Aventin) to Aguiertus (Agobert) who died in 1060. The most well-known list is included in the Vieille Chronique of Chartres (1389).

To 1000

Saint Aventus (Adventinus)^[2]
Optatus^[2]
Valentinus c. 395^[2]
Martin le Blanc (Martinus Candidus)
Aignan
Severe
Castor
Africanus (?)
Possesseur (Possessor)
Polychronius
Palladius (?)
Arbogast
Flavius (?)
Saint Solen or Solenne (Solemnis) 483-507
c. 511 Saint Aventin
?–552 Etherius, also Euthere (Etherus)
Leobinus, 544-557^[3]
?–567 Calétric of Chartres
Pappolus (Papulus, Pabulus)
Boetharius or Bohaire, Betharius, Béthaire de Chartres c.594-?
Magnobode or Magobertus, Magnebodus, Mugoldus (?)
Sigoald
Mainulf
Thibaut
Lancegesile or Bertegisilus (Leodegisilus, Lancissilus, Langesilisus, Bertegisilus)
c. 640–658?: Saint Malard
Gaubert or Gausbert (Gaubertus, Gausbertus)
Deodat (?)
Dromus, Dronus, Drono, Pronus, Promus, Promo (?)
Berthegran (?)
Haynius (?)
Agirard or Airard (Agirardus, Aidradus, Airardus, Aicardus, Haigradus)
Agatheus (?)
Leobert (Leobertus, Leudisbertus) c. 723
Hado (?)
Flavius (?)
Godessald (?) also Godosaldus, Godalsadus
Bernoin (Bernoinus, Hernoinus, Hieronymus)
Helie ca. 840 and 849
c. 854: Bouchard (Burchardus)
Frotbold 855–857
Gislebert or Gilbert (Gislebertus, Willebertus, Galeverius, Galtherus) 859 and 878
Aymon (?)
Gerard or Girard (?)
Aymeric or Aymery
Gancelme or Goussaume (Waltelmus, Wantelmus, Waltelmus, Gancelinus, Gantelmus, Ancelmus, Gancelmus...)
Aganon or Haganon ca. 931 and 940
Rainfroy ca. 949–950
Hardouin
Vulfaldus or Ulphardus
c. 984: Eudes (Odo)

1000 to 1300

1007–1028: Fulbert of Chartres
1028–1048: Thierry (Theodoricus)
1048–1060: Agobert (Agobertus, Agenertus, Aivertus, Adevertus)
1060–1064/1065: Hugo
1065–1069: Robert de Tours
1069–1075: Arrald
1075–1076: Robert de Grantemesnil
1077–1089: Geoffroy I.
1089–1115: Ivo of Chartres
1115–ca. 1148: Geoffroy II. de Lèves
1148–1155: Gosselin de Lèves
1155–1164: Robert
1164–1176: William of the White Hands (House of Blois)
1176–1180: John of Salisbury
1181–1183: Pierre de Celle
1182–1217: Renaud de Bar (or de Mousson)
1218–1234: Gautier
1234–1236: Hugues de La Ferté
1236–1244: Aubry Cornut
1244–1246: Henri de Grez (de Gressibus)
1247–1259: Mathieu des Champs (de Campis)
1259–1276: Pierre de Mincy
1277–1297: Simon de Perruchay
1298–1315: Jean de Garlande

1300 to 1500

1316–1326: Robert de Joigny
1326–1328: Pierre de Chappes
1328–1332: Jean du Plessis-Pasté
1332–1342: Aymery de Chastellux
????–????: Guillaume Amy (Amici) (also bishop of Apt)
????–1357: Louis de Vaucemain
1357–1360: Simon Lemaire (also bishop of Dol)
1360–????: Jean d'Anguerant
Guillaume de Chanac
????–????: Guérin d'Arcy
????–1390: Jean Lefèvre
1391–1406: Jean de Montaigu
????–1415: Martin Gouge de Charpaigne
1415–1418: Philippe de Boisgilon
????–1432: Jean de Frétigny
1432–1434: Robert Dauphin
????–1441: Thibaut Lemoine
1442–1443: Pierre de Comborn
1444–1459: Pierre Bèchebien
1459–1492: Miles d'Illiers
1492–1507: René d'Illiers

1500 to 1800

1507–1525: Érard de la Marck^[4]
1525–1553: Louis Guillard (previously bishop of Tournai)
1553–1573: Charles Guillard
1573–1598: Nicolas de Thou
1599–1620: Philippe Hurault de Cheverny
1620–1642: Léonore d'Étampes de Valençay (also archbishop of Reims)
1642–1656: Jacques Lescot
1657–1690: Ferdinand de Neuville de Villeroy (previously bishop of Saint-Malo)
1690–1709: Paul Godet des Marais
1710–1746: Charles-François des Montiers de Mérinville
1748–1780: Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury
1780–1790: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Lubersac
1791–1793: Nicolas Bonnet, a constitutional bishop
In 1793, the Cathedral of Chartres was converted to a Temple of Reason. The Diocese was reestablished at the Concordat of 11 June 1817, although a new bishop was not appointed until 1821.

From 1800

Bishop Michel Pansard

Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil (1817–1824) (also Archbishop of Reims)
Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals (1824–1853)
Louis-Eugène Regnault (1853–1889)
François Lagrange (1889–1895)
Bon-Arthur-Gabriel Mollien (1896–1904)
Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet (1906–1926)
Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët (1926–1954)
Roger Michon (1955–1978)
Michel Joseph Kuehn (1978–1991)
Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (1991–1997) (also coadjutor bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes)
Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin, O. Cist. (1998–2005) (then Archbishop of Tours)
Michel Pansard (2005–2018)
Philippe Christory (2018-present)

References

^ Manuscrit latin 13758 de la BNF.- Cf. Merlet, René. Catalogues des évêques de Chartres, in : Mémoires de la Société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir, tome IX, 1889
^ ^a ^b ^c Goyau, Georges. "Diocese of Chartres." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 21 February 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Watkins, Basil (2015). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-66415-0.
^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of August 9, 1520

[1] Manuscrit latin 13758 de la BNF.- Cf. Merlet, René. Catalogues des évêques de Chartres, in : Mémoires de la Société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir, tome IX, 1889

[Goyau-2] Goyau, Georges. "Diocese of Chartres." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 21 February 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Watkins, Basil (2015). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-66415-0.

[4] The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of August 9, 1520

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