Diocese of Maillezais

Remains of St. Peter's Cathedral in Maillezais

The diocese of Maillezais ( lat. : Dioecesis Malleacensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Maillezais .

history

The diocese Maillezais was on July 11, 1317 by Pope John XXII. Erected with the papal bull Salvator noster from cession of territory of the diocese of Poitiers . Cathedral became the abbey church of the Benedictine abbey Maillezais . The first bishop was Geoffroy Pouvreau . The diocese Maillezais was subordinate to the archbishopric of Bordeaux as a suffragan .

On May 4, 1648, the diocese of Maillezais was renamed by Pope Innocent X with the papal bull In supereminenti to the diocese of La Rochelle and the bishopric moved.

See also

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

Web links

• Entry for the Diocese of Maillezais on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the Diocese of Maillezais in Giga-Catholic (English)
• Bull Salvator noster , in Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum Romanorum pontificum Taurinensis editio , Vol. IV, pp. 245–247
• Bull In supereminenti , in Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum Romanorum pontificum Taurinensis editio , Vol. XV, pp. 567-571