Diocese of Metz
DIOCESE OF METZ (Dioecesis Metensis)
Country : France
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 3rd Century
Official blazon
Argent, a lion rampant sable, crowned or. |- |English | of Metz No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}
Origin/meaning
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Arms of Bishops
Jan van Vlaanderen (1279-1282)
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Henri de La Tour-du-Pin (Bishop-Elect 1319-1325)
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Dietrich Bayer von Boppard (1365-1384)
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Raoul de Coucy (1387-1415)
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Georg von Baden (1459-1484)
Henri de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1485-1501).
Jean de Lorraine (1501-1550)
Charles de Guise de Lorraine (1550-1551)
Robert de Lénoncourt (1551-1555, Administrator)
François de Beaucaire de Péguillon (1556-1568)
Louis de Guise de Lorraine (1568-1578)
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Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1578-1592)
Anne d’Escars de Givry (1608-1612)
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1663-1668)
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Georges d’Aubusson de la Feuillade (1668-1697)
Henri-Charles du Camboust de Coislin (1698-1732)
Claude de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon (1734-1760)
Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval (1761-1808)
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Pierre-François Bienaymé (1802-1806)
Gaspard-Jean-André Jauffret 1806-1823)
Jacques-François Besson (1824-1842)
Paul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges (1843-1886)
Franz Ludwig Fleck (1886-1899)
Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler (1901-1919)
Jean-Baptiste Pelt (1919-1937)
Joseph-Jean Heintz (1938-1958)
Paul Joseph Schmitt (1958-1987)
Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin (1987-2013)
Jean-Christophe Lagleize (2013-present)
Arms of Auxiliary bishops
Nicolas Coëffeteau (1617-1623)
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