List of bishops of Chartres explained

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

• 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)

Notes and References

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
2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03635a.htm Goyau, Georges. "Diocese of Chartres." The Catholic Encyclopedia
3. Book: Watkins . Basil . The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary . 2015 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-0-567-66415-0 . en.
4. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1520.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of August 9, 1520