Diocese of Toulon

The Diocese of Toulon ( lat. : Dioecesis Tolonensis ) was in southern France located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Toulon .

history

Sainte-Marie-Majeure ou de-la-Sède cathedral in Toulon

The diocese of Toulon was established in the 4th century. The first bishop was Honoratus . In the 5th century, the Diocese of Toulon was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Aix as a suffragan .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Toulon was dissolved as a result of the Concordat of 1801 by Pope Pius VII with the Papal Bull Qui Christi Domini and its territory was annexed to the Archdiocese of Aix . With the Bourbon restoration , its area was separated from that of Aix and merged with that of the diocese of Fréjus , which now coincides with that of the respective department of Var .

In 1957 the diocese Fréjus was renamed Fréjus-Toulon and the city of Toulon has been the bishopric again since then .

See also

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

Web links

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