Diocese of Mirepoix

The St. Mauritius Cathedral in Mirepoix

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

history

The diocese of Mirepoix was on September 26, 1317 by Pope John XXII. Erected from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Toulouse . The first bishop was Raymond Atton d'Auterive . The diocese of Mirepoix was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Toulouse as a suffragan . It comprised about 120 parishes .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Mirepoix 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 Archdiocese of Toulouse and the Diocese of Carcassonne .

See also

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

Web links

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