Diocese of Couserans

The Diocese of Couserans ( lat. : Dioecesis Conseranensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saint-Girons .

history

Saint-Lizier Cathedral in Saint-Lizier

Notre-Dame de la Sède cathedral in Saint-Lizier

The diocese of Couserans was established in the 5th century. It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Eauze as a suffragan . The first bishop was Valerius . In the middle of the 9th century, the Archdiocese of Eauze was renamed the Archdiocese of Auch and the Diocese of Couserans remained subordinate to this as a suffragan seat.

On November 29, 1801, the diocese of Couserans 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 . In 1822 most of the diocesan area with the former bishopric came to the re-established diocese of Pamiers .

In 1708 the diocese of Couserans comprised 70 parishes . By 1752 the number of parishes had dropped to 63.

Cathedrals

The diocese had two cathedrals , both in Saint-Lizier. The one in the city center above the grave of St. Lizier von Couserans bears his name; the other in the bishop's residence above the city is called Notre-Dame de la Sède .

See also

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

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ All about Saint-Lizier , www.tourismus-okzitanien.de, accessed on December 7, 2017
2. ↑ Entry on gcatholic.org
3. ↑ Entry on gcatholic.org