Béziers diocese

The Saint-Nazaire cathedral in Béziers

The Diocese of Béziers ( lat. : Dioecesis Biterrensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Beziers .

history

The Béziers diocese was established in the 3rd century. The first bishop was Aphrodisius . The Saint Dominic refused the bishopric of Beziers, around the Albigensian Crusade to devote. The diocese of Béziers was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Narbonne as a suffragan .

In 1671 it comprised about 100 parishes . By 1745 the number of parishes rose to 130.

The diocese of Béziers 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 .

See also

• List of the Bishops of Béziers
• Roman Catholic Church in France
• List of former French dioceses

Web links

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