Diocese of Alet

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Remains of the Ste-Marie cathedral in Alet-les-Bains

The Diocese of Alet ( lat. : Dioecesis Electensis seu Aletensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Alet-les-Bains .

history

The diocese Alet was on February 28, 1318 by Pope John XXII. built with the papal bull Alma mater Ecclesia from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Narbonne . The first bishop was Barthélemy . The abbey church of Sainte-Marie became a cathedral . The diocese of Alet was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Narbonne as a suffragan .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Alet was dissolved 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 Archdiocese of Toulouse and the Diocese of Carcassonne .

On February 9, 2009 the diocese of Alet was re-established as the titular diocese of Alet .

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