Diocese of Agde

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Agde

The diocese of Agde ( lat. : Dioecesis Agathensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Agde .

history

The diocese of Agde was established in the 5th century. The first bishop was Venustus . In 506 the Synod of Agde took place. Bishop Peter Raimund acquired the title Viscount in 1187 ( Vice County Agde ). In the first quarter of the 13th century, Bishop Thédise founded a hospice for the needy . In the middle of the 17th century, Bishop François Fouquet established a seminary .

The last bishop, Charles-François de Saint-Simon Sandricourt , was beheaded in Paris on July 26, 1794 . The diocese of Agde was dissolved on November 29, 1801 as a result of the Concordat of 1801 by Pope Pius VII with the papal bull Qui Christi Domini and the territory was annexed to the diocese of Montpellier .

The diocese of Agde was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Narbonne as a suffragan .

See also

• List of the bishops of Agde
• Roman Catholic Church in France
• List of former French dioceses

Web links

• Entry for the diocese of Agde on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the diocese of Agde on Giga-Catholic (English)
• Bulle Qui Christi Domini , in Bullarii romani continuatio , Tomo XI, Romae 1845, pp. 245–249