Diocese of Oloron

The Cathedral of St. Mary in Oloron-Sainte-Marie

The French diocese of Oloron was founded in the 6th century at the latest, from around 580 it was orphaned due to the conquest of the Basques . It was not until 1056 that it received a regular bishop again . A significant contribution to the renewal of ecclesial life, going out via the Diocese of Oloron and Aquitaine and Gascony comprehensive, Bishop had Amatus of Oloron (1073-1089), who as papal legate numerous provincial synods initiated and subsequently Archbishop of Bordeaux was.

On June 22, 1809, the diocese, together with the diocese of Lescar , was incorporated into the diocese of Bayonne as a result of the Concordat of 1801 .

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. D. Claude: Aquitanien, I. Aquitanien in Spätantike und Frühmittelalter . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 829 f.
2. ↑ Reinhold Kaiser: Bishop's rule between kingship and princely power, Bonn 1981. P. 236.
3. ↑ Cf. Ch. Higounet: Amatus, Archbishop of Bordeaux . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 512 f.