Hector (or Haector) was the bishop of Le Puy in the period 924–935, but the exact dates of his office are unknown. He succeeded Adalard, who was bishop in 924, and was succeeded by Godescalc, by 935 at the latest.Pierre Cubizolles, Le diocèse du Puy-en-Velay des origines à nos jours (Saint-Just-près-Brioude: Éditions Créer, 2005), p. 78.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (Regendsburg: Manz, 1873), p. 603. In 924, King Rudolf granted the county of Le Puy to the bishop, making Hector the second count-bishop.Bernard S. Bachrach, "The Northern Origins of the Peace Movement at Le Puy in 975", Historical Reflections 14, 3 (1987): 405–421, at 407–408.
Hector had a highly unusual name in western Europe in the 10th century. It may suggest a connection with the Hector who was governor of Marseille in the 7th century.Bernard S. Bachrach, "Some Observations on the Origins of Countess Gerberga of the Angevins: An Essay in the Application of the Tellenbach-Werner Prosopographical Method", Medieval Prosopography 7, 2 (1986): 1–23. He certainly belonged to the family of the , but his exact relationship is uncertain.René Poupardin, Le Royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens, 855–933 (Paris, Émile Bouillon, 1901), pp. 354–356, including family tree. He was most likely the son of Viscount Ratburn I of Vienne and his wife Gerberga. He was in that case named for his maternal grandfather. Bishop Adalard, his predecessor, would have been his maternal uncle and his nephew , the son of his sister Gerberga and Count Fulk II of Anjou, was also later bishop of Le Puy. Guy may have been elected at Hector's death, since such an avunculate was typical at the time, but he would have been too young to take up the office immediately. Bishop Hector also had a great nephew named Hector.
On this reconstruction, Hector must have died young. Jean Mabillon, therefore, argued on chronological grounds that it was more likely that Hector was a brother of Ratburn I than a son. This would make him a son of Viscount Berlion I and a brother of Archbishop .Paul D. Abbott, Provinces, Pays and Seigneuries of France (Pirie Printers, 1981), p. 601.
The date of Hector's death is highly uncertain, being based on a document of uncertain date.Hippolyte Fraisse, "Adalard et Hector, évêques du Puy (915–926)", Tablettes historiques du Velay 4 (1873–1874): 411–422. In March of the sixth year of Rudolf's reign, a noblewoman named Blismodis donated a small cell to the church of Le Puy in honour of Bishops Adalard, Hector and Godescalc, indicating that by then he had died and been succeeded by Godescalc. The charter recording this transaction is usually dated to 935 on the grounds that southern chartes typical only recognized Rudolf as king from the death of the deposed Charles III in 929.Charles Rocher, Les rapports de l'église du Puy avec la ville de Girone en Espagne et le comté de Bigorre (Le Puy: Bérard, 1873), p. 70. Many sources, including Gallia Christiana, assuming that Rudolf's reign is being dated from his assumption of the throne or his coronation a few months later, place the charter of Blismods in 928 or 929, thus putting Hector's death no later these years and perhaps as early as 927.
Of Hector's acts as bishop, no record has survived. Dalmas de Beaumont, the prior of in the diocese of Le Puy, began his reform of the Abbey of Saint-Gilles in 933 or somewhat earlier.
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