Bishopric of Sarlat

The Cathedral of St. Sacerdos in Sarlat-la-Canéda

The diocese of Sarlat ( lat. : Dioecesis Sarlatensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sarlat-la-Caneda .

history

The St. Sacerdos of Limoges consecrated Bishopric Sarlat was on August 13, 1317 by Pope John XXII. Erected from cessions of territory by the diocese of Périgueux . The first bishop was Raimond de Roquecorn .

On November 29, 1801, the diocese of Sarlat 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 Angoulême .

The diocese of Sarlat was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux as a suffragan . At the beginning of the 18th century, the Sarlat diocese comprised around 300 parishes .

See also

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

Web links

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