Diocese of Lombez

The Cathedral of St. Mary in Lombez

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

history

The diocese of Lombez was on July 13, 1317 by Pope John XXII. Erected with the Papal Bull Salvator noster from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Toulouse . The first bishop was Arnaud-Roger de Comminges . The diocese of Lombez was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Toulouse as a suffragan .

On November 29, 1801, the diocese of Lombez 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 Bayonne .

See also

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

Web links

• Entry for the Diocese of Lombez on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the diocese of Lombez on Giga-Catholic (English)
• Bull Salvator noster , in Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum Romanorum pontificum Taurinensis editio , Vol. IV, pp. 245–247
• Bulle Qui Christi Domini , in Bullarii romani continuatio , Tomo XI, Romae 1845, pp. 245–249