Archdiocese of Narbonne

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Narbonne was in southern France located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France , based in Narbonne .

history

Narbonne had been a bishopric since the 3rd century ; St. Paul of Narbonne is named as the first bishop . Pope Leo the Great raised the diocese to a metropolitan diocese in 455 ; the first archbishop was Hermes of Narbonne. On November 29, 1801, the Archbishopric was abolished with the Concordat of 1801 and incorporated into the Diocese of Carcassonne ; the last archbishop at the time was Arthur Richard Dillon.

Last structure of the ecclesiastical province of Narbonne:

  • Archdiocese of Narbonne
  1. Diocese of Agde
  2. Diocese of Alès
  3. Diocese of Alet
  4. Béziers diocese
  5. Diocese of Carcassonne
  6. Diocese of Limoux
  7. Diocese of Lodève
  8. Diocese of Montpellier
  9. Diocese of Nîmes
  10. Diocese of Perpignan
  11. Bishopric of Saint-Pons
  12. Diocese of Uzès

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