A New Ecclesiastical Geography
One of the accord's objectives was to increase the number of dioceses in France. Another important article (article 4) stipulated that the bishoprics in the kingdom of France suppressed by the bull of the Holy See of 29 November 1801 were to be reestablished in such a number as both sides would agree on as the most advantageous for the good of religion.
Archbishoprics (ecclesiastical provinces) (*) |
Bishoprics (dioceses) (**) | Region |
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Aix, with the title of Embrun | Aix-en-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône (Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence) |
Digne | Basses-Alpes | |
Fréjus | Var | |
Gap | Hautes-Alpes | |
Albi | Albi | Tarn (arrondissements of Albi and of Gaillac) |
Cahors | Lot | |
Castres | Tarn (arrondissements of Castres and of Lavaur) | |
Mende | Lozère | |
Rodez | Aveyron | |
Arles | Ajaccio | Corsica |
Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône (arrondissement of Arles) | |
Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône (arrondissement of Marseille) | |
Auch | Aire | Landes |
Auch | Gers | |
Bayonne | Basses-Pyrénées | |
Tarbes | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
Avignon | Avignon | Vaucluse (arrondissements of Apt and of Avignon) |
Orange | Vaucluse (arrondissements of Carpentras and of Orange) | |
Besançon | Belley | Ain |
Besançon | Doubs, Haute-Saône | |
Metz | Moselle | |
Nancy | Meurthe | |
Saint-Dié | Vosges | |
Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin | |
Verdun | Meuse | |
Bordeaux | Agen | Lot-et-Garonne |
Angoulême | Charente | |
Bordeaux | Gironde | |
La Rochelle | Charente-Inférieure | |
Luçon | Vendée | |
Périgueux | Dordogne | |
Poitiers | Vienne and Deux-Sèvres | |
Bourges | Bourges | Cher and Indre |
Clermont | Puy-de-Dôme | |
Le Puy | Haute-Loire | |
Limoges | Creuse and Haute-Vienne | |
Saint-Flour | Cantal | |
Tulle | Corrèze | |
Cambrai | Arras | Pas-de-Calais (arrondissements of Arras, of Béthune and of Saint-Pol) |
Boulogne | Pas-de-Calais (arrondissements of Boulogne, of Montreuil and of Saint-Omer) | |
Cambrai | Nord | |
Lyon | Autun | Saône-et-Loire (arrondissements of Autun and of Charolles) |
Chalon-sur-Saône | Saône-et-Loire (arrondissements of Chalon, of Louhans and of Mâcon) | |
Dijon | Côte-d'Or | |
Langres | Haute-Marne | |
Lyon | Rhône and Loire | |
Saint-Claude | Jura | |
Narbonne | Béziers | Hérault (arrondissements of Béziers and of Saint-Pons) |
Carcassonne | Aude (arrondissement of Castelnaudary and, in the arrondissement of Carcassonne, the cantons of Alzonne, of Capendu, of Carcassonne 1 & 2, of Conques, of the Mas-Cabardès, of Peyriac and of Saissac) | |
Montpellier | Hérault (arrondissements of Lodève and of Montpellier) | |
Narbonne | Auof (arrondissements of Limoux and of Narbonne and, in the arrondissement of Carcassonne, the cantons of Lagrasse, Mouthoumet and of Tuchan) | |
Nîmes | Gard | |
Perpignan | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
Paris | Blois | Loir-et-Cher |
Chartres | Eure-et-Loir | |
Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | |
Orléans | Loiret | |
Paris | Seine | |
Versailles | Seine-et-Oise | |
Reims | Amiens | Somme |
Beauvais | Oise (arrondissements of Beauvais and of Senlis) | |
Châlons-sur-Marne | Marne (arrondissements of Châlons-sur-Marne, of Épernay, of Sainte-Menehould and of Vitry) | |
Laon | Aisne (arrondissements of Laon, of Saint-Quentin and of Vervins) | |
Noyon | Oise (arrondissements of Clermont and of Compiègne) | |
Reims | Ardennes and Marne (Arrondissement of Reims) | |
Soissons | Aisne (arrondissements of Château-Thierry and of Soissons) | |
Rouen | Bayeux | Calvados |
Coutances | Manche | |
Évreux | Eure | |
Rouen | Seine-Inférieure | |
Sées | Orne | |
Sens | Auxerre | Yonne (arrondissements of Auxerre, of Avallon and of Tonnerre) |
Moulins | Allier | |
Nevers | Nièvre | |
Sens | Yonne (arrondissements of Joigny and of Sens) | |
Troyes | Aube | |
Toulouse | Montauban | Tarn-et-Garonne |
Pamiers | Ariège | |
Toulouse | Haute-Garonne | |
Tours | Angers | Maine-et-Loire |
Le Mans | Mayenne, Sarthe | |
Nantes | Loire-Inférieure | |
Quimper | Finistère | |
Rennes | Ille-et-Vilaine (arrondissements of Montfort, of Redon, of Rennes and of Vitré) | |
Saint-Brieuc | Côtes-du-Nord | |
Saint-Malo | Ille-et-Vilaine (arrondissements of Fougères and of Saint-Malo) | |
Vannes | Morbihan | |
Tours | Indre-et-Loire | |
Vienne | Grenoble | Isère (arrondissements of Grenoble and of Saint-Marcelin) |
Valence | Drôme | |
Vienne | Isère (arrondissements of La Tour-du-Pin and of Vienne) | |
Viviers | Ardèche |
(*)In italics, bishoprics elevated to the rank of archbishoprics.
(**)In bold, bishoprics and archbishoprics created or re-established.
Read more about this topic: Concordat Of 11 June 1817
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