Diocese of Javols

Today's Catholic Church in the village

The diocese of Javols ( Gabalensis dioecesis ) with the bishopric in Javols , in what is now the French department of Lozère , was founded in the 3rd century .

history

Javols was badly affected by the great migration in the 5th century , from which the place never recovered. The bishopric was therefore moved to Mende in the middle of the 10th century and the diocese was renamed the Mende diocese .

See also

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

literature

• Nancy Gauthier, Jean-Charles Picard, Noël Duval: Topographie chrétienne des cités de la Gaule, des origines au milieu du VIIIe siecle . Volume 6, De Boccard, 1989, pp. 79-83.