Diocese of Lavaur

The Saint-Alain Cathedral in Lavaur

The Diocese of Lavaur ( Latin Dioecesis Vaurensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Lavaur .

history

The diocese Lavaur was on July 11, 1317 by Pope John XXII. Erected from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Toulouse . The first bishop was Roger d'Armagnac . The diocese Lavaur was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Narbonne as a suffragan .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Lavaur was dissolved as a result of the Concordate 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 Lavaur
• Roman Catholic Church in France
• List of former French dioceses

Web links

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