Diocese of Rieux

The Nativité-de-la-Vierge Cathedral in Rieux-Volvestre

The diocese of Rieux ( lat. : Dioecesis Rivensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Rieux-Volvestre .

history

The diocese of Rieux was on July 11, 1317 by Pope John XXII. Erected with the Papal Bull Salvator noster from cession of territory of the diocese of Pamiers . The first bishop was Guillaume de Broce . The diocese of Rieux was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Toulouse as a suffragan .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Rieux 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 .

See also

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

Web links

• Entry for the Diocese of Rieux on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the diocese of Rieux 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