Diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Bourg-en-Bresse

The diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse ( lat . : Dioecesis Burgus Bressiae ) was a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France with its seat in the city of Bourg-en-Bresse .

history

The diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse was established in 1515 by Pope Leo X from cession of territory by the diocese of Belley . In 1534 the diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse was by Pope Clement VII. Dissolved and its territory was the bishopric of Belley back broken .

The diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Lyon as a suffragan .

Ordinaries

• Louis Cardinal de Gorrevod (1515–1534)

See also

• List of former French dioceses

Web links

• Entry on Bourg-en-Bresse diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse on Giga-Catholic (English)
• Auguste Bernard: Notice historique sur le diocèse de Lyon , Paris 1855, pp. 45–48