Bishopric of Saintes

Today's St. Pierre in Saintes co- cathedral

The diocese of Saintes ( lat. : Dioecesis Sanctonensis seu Xanctonensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Saintes .

history

The diocese of Saintes was established in the 3rd century. The first bishop was St. Eutropius de Saintes .

On November 29, 1801, the diocese of Saintes 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 dioceses of Angoulême , La Rochelle and Poitiers .

See also

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

Web links

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