Archdiocese of Embrun
The Archdiocese of Embrun , based in the city of Embrun , in the French Alps , was established in the 4th century as a diocese of the Catholic Church . From 794 to the Concordat of 1801 it was a metropolitan bishopric . Since then, and finally from 1822, his area has belonged to the Gap diocese .
Church province of Embrun
On the eve of the French Revolution, the ecclesiastical province of Embrun included the following bishoprics in addition to the eponymous archbishopric:
- Diocese of Digne
- Diocese of Glandèves
- Diocese of Grasse
- Diocese of Nice
- Diocese of Senez
- Diocese of Vence
Titular Archbishops
Until 2008, the title of Archbishop of Embrun was held by the Archbishop of Aix , who until 2002 also exercised metropolitan rights over most of the old ecclesiastical province of Embrun, and since then has also been the Bishop of Gap .
See also
literature
- Jacques de Font-Réaulx: Les évêchés suffragants d'Embrun . In: Provence historique. Revue trimestrelle, organe de la Fédération historique de Provence , vol. 6 (1956), pp. 199-201.