Diocese of Tréguier

The Cathedral of St. Tugdual of Treguier

The diocese Tréguier ( lat. : Dioecesis Trecorensis ) was one in France situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Tréguier .

history

The diocese of Tréguier was established in the 6th century. The first bishop was Wilhelm I ( Guillaume I ^er ). In 1649 a seminary was built. The diocese of Tréguier was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tours as a suffragan .

In 1761 the Diocese of Tréguier comprised 130 parishes . It was divided into two archdeaconates : Tréguier and Plougastel .

On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Tréguier 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 Saint-Brieuc and Quimper .

See also

• List of the bishops of Tréguier
• Saints Tugdual and Ivo Hélory
• Roman Catholic Church in France
• List of former French dioceses

Web links

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