Bishopric of Saint-Pol-de-Léon

St-Paul-Aurelien Cathedral in Saint-Pol-de-Léon

The Diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon ( lat. : Dioecesis Leonensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saint-Pol-de-Léon .

history

The diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon was established in the 6th century. The first bishop was Paulinus Aurelianus . In 1687 a seminary was built. The diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tours as a suffragan .

In 1745 the diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon comprised 85 parishes .

On November 29, 1801, the diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon 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 Quimper .

See also

• List of the Bishops of Léon
• Roman Catholic Church in France
• List of former French dioceses

Web links

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