a disputed election, which was taken up by Pope Gregory IX on 18 January 1238. On 1 August 1240 Pope Gregory wrote to the Bishop of Bourges to ordain Durandus a priest and consecrate him a bishop. His bulls of consecration and installation were approved on 10 October 1240. Durandus died on 29 December 1245. A. Potthast, Regesta pontificum Romanorum I (Berlin 1874), p. 924, no. 10922. Eubel, I, p. 301, with note 1.</ref> 1240–1245 Aymeric de La Serre 1246–1272 Gilbert de Malemort 1275–1294 Raynaud de La Porte 1294–1316 1300 to 1500 Gérard Roger 1317–1324 Hélie de Talleyrand 1324–1328 Blessed Roger le Fort 1328–1343 Nicolas de Besse 1343–1344 (never consecrated) Guy de Comborn 1346–1347 Jean de Cros 1347–1371 Aymeric Chati de L'Age-au-Chapt 1371–1390 Bernard de Bonneval 1391–1403 (Avignon Obedience) Hugues de Magnac 1403–1412 Ramnulfe de Peyrusse des Cars 1414–1426 Hugues de Rouffignac 1426–1427 Pierre de Montbrun 1427–1456 Jean de Barthon I. 1457–1484 Jean de Barthon II. 1484–1510 1500 to 1800 René de Prie 1514–1516 Philippe de Montmorency 1517–1519 Charles de Villiers de L`Isle-Adam 1522–1530 Antoine de Lascaris 1530–1532 Jean de Langeac 1533–1541 Jean du Bellay 1541–1544 Antoine Senguin 1546–1550 César des Bourguignons 1555–1558 Sébastien de L'Aubespine 1558–1582 Henri de La Marthonie 1587–1618 Raymond de La Marthonie 1618–1627 François de Lafayette 1628–1676 Louis de Lascaris D'Urfé 1676–1695 François de Carbonel de Canisy 1695–1706, † 1723 Antoine de Charpin de Genetines (13 Sep 1706 Appointed – 1729 Resigned. 21 Jun 1739 Died) Charles de la Roche Aymon (Auxiliary Bishop : 1725–1729) Benjamin de l'Isle du Gast (14 August 1730 – 6 September 1739) Jean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet (1739–1758) Louis-Charles du Plessis d'Argentré (3 Sep 1758 Appointed – 28 Mar 1808 Died) Léonard Gay-Vernon (Constitutional Bishop of Haute-Vienne) (1791–1793) From 1800 Marie-Jean-Philippe Dubourg (29 Apr 1802 Appointed – 31 Jan 1822 Died) Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins (1822–1824) Prosper de Tournefort (13 Oct 1824 Appointed – 7 Mar 1844 Died) Bernard Buissas (21 Apr 1844 Appointed – 24 Dec 1856 Died) Florian Desprez (4 Feb 1857 Appointed – 30 Jul 1859 Appointed, Archbishop of Toulouse) Relix-Pierre Fruchaud (1859–1871) Alfred Duquesnay (16 Oct 1871 Appointed – 17 Feb 1881 Appointed Archbishop of Cambrai) Pierre Henri Lamazou (17 Feb 1881 Appointed – 3 Jul 1883 Appointed Bishop of Amiens) François-Benjamin-Joseph Blanger (3 Jul 1883 Appointed – 11 Dec 1887 Died) Firmin-Léon-Joseph Renouard (28 Feb 1888 Appointed – 30 Nov 1913 Died) Hector-Raphaël Quilliet (24 Dec 1913 Appointed –