Diocese of Lodève

The Saint-Fulcran Cathedral in Lodève

The Diocese of Lodève ( lat. : Dioecesis Lotevensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Lodève .

history

The diocese of Lodève was established in the 5th century. The first bishop was Florus . The diocese of Lodève was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Narbonne as a suffragan . It included about 50 parishes .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Lodève 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 Diocese of Montpellier .

See also

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

Web links

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