II. de Perrenot; also known as Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, was the minister of Philip II and built the palace of Besançon 1586–1636 : Ferdinand de Rye 1636–1637 : Francois III. de Rye (Coadjutor from 1623) 1637–1654 : Claude IV. de Achey 1654–1659 : Charles Emanuel de Gorrevot, never consecrated 1659–1662 : Jean Jacques Fauche 1662–1698 : Antoine Pierre I. de Gramont, also known as Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, opposed Jansenism and the Reformation. In 1691, he transferred to Besançon the University of Dôle. 1698–1717 : Francois-Joseph de Grammont 1717–1721 : René de Mornay 1723–1731 : Honoré de Grimaldi 1733–1734 : Antoine-Francois de Bliterswijk-Montcley 1735–1754 : Antoine Pierre II. de Grammont 1754–1774 : Antoine Clairiard de Choiseul de Beaupré (Cardinal in 1761) 1774–1792 : Raymond de Durfort 1791–1793 : Philippe-Charles-François Seguin 1791–1801 : Flavigny 1798–1801 : Demandre From 1800 Claude Le Coz (1802–1815), former constitutional bishop who opposed the Concordat Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny 1817–1823 Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon 1823–1828 Louis-François-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1828–1833) (Cardinal in 1830) Louis-Guillaume-Valentin DuBourg, P.S.S. 3 Feb 1833 to 12 Dec 1833 Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (1834–1875) (Cardinal in 1850), who defended episcopal temporal power, and was a member of the "Opposition" at the First Vatican Council. He opposed strenuously in his diocese the "simultaneous churches" which sprang up throughout the district of Montbéliard where there were many Protestants. Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier 1875–1881 Joseph-Alfred Foulon (30 Mar 1882 - 26 May 1887), appointed Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne) (Cardinal in 1887) Marie-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-André-Clément-Fulbert Petit 1894–1909 François-Léon Gauthey (20 Jan 1910 – 25 Jul 1918) Louis Humbrecht (14 Sep 1918 – 28 Jun 1927) Charles Binet (31 Oct 1927 – 15 Jul 1936) (Cardinal in 1927) Maurice-Louis Dubourg (9 Dec 1936 – 31 Jan 1954) Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois (10 Jun 1954 – 2 Jul 1966) Marc-Armand Lallier (26 Aug 1966 – 6 Mar 1980) Lucien Daloz (12 Dec 1980 – 13 Aug 2003) André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado (13 Aug 2003 – 25 Apr 2013) Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret (17 November 2013 – present) See also Catholic Church in France References Sources catholic-hierarchy Bibliography Reference works (Use with caution; obsolete) (in Latin) (in Latin) Studies Hours, Henri (ed.) (1999): Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae. Répertoire prosopographique des évêques, dignitaires et chanoines des diocèses de France de 1200 à 1500. IV. Diocèse de Besançon. Turnhout, Brepols. External links Besançon (Vesontio) - Catholic Encyclopedia article Website of the archdiocese Catholic hierarchy Roman Catholic Besancon