Diocese of Verdun

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Diocese of Verdun
Dioecesis Virodunensis
Statistics
Country: France
Metropolitan: Besançon
Rite: Latin
Area: 6,216 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
192,000 (2004)
170,000 (88%)
Cathedral: Notre-Dame Cathedral, Verdun
Ordinaries
Bishop: François Paul Marie Maupu
Fürstbistum Wirten (de)
Principauté de Verdun (fr)
Bishopric of Verdun
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← Image:Sin escudo.svg
 997 – 1552 Image:Pavillon royal de France.svg →

Image:Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Verdun.svg

Coat of arms

Image:Trois-Évêchés.png
The Three Bishoprics of Verdun, Metz and Toul
Capital Verdun
Government Theocracy
Historical era Middle Ages
 - County established 10th century
 - County ceded to bishopric 997
 - Three Bishoprics
    annexed by France 		 
1552
 - Treaty of Westphalia
    recognises annexation 		 
1648

The Diocese of Verdun is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese is subdivided into 577 parishes.

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[edit] History

The diocese dates back to the 4th century. On November 29 1801 it was suppressed and added to the Diocese of Nancy. On October 6 1822 the diocese was re-established. Until 1801, it was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Trier.

The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Duchy of Bar. It was annexed to France in 1552; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. It then was a part of the province of the Three Bishoprics.

[edit] Bishops

[edit] Fourth century

[edit] Fifth century

[edit] Sixth century

[edit] Seventh century

[edit] Eighth century

[edit] Ninth century

[edit] Tenth century

[edit] Eleventh century

[edit] Twelfth century

[edit] Thirteenth century

[edit] Fourteenth century

[edit] Fifteenth century

[edit] Sixteenth century

[edit] Seventeenth century

  • 1610-1622 : Charles de Lorraine (1592 † 1631), nephew of predecessor
  • 1623-1661 : François de Lorraine (1599 † 1672), brother of predecessor
  • 1667-1679 : Armand de Monchy d'Hocquincourt
  • 1681-1720 : Hippolyte de Béthune

[edit] Eighteenth century

  • 1721-1754 : Charles-François D'Hallencourt
  • 1754-1769 : Aymar-Fr.-Chrétien-Mi. de Nicolai
  • 1770-1793 : Henri-Louis Rene Desnos

[edit] After the Concordat

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 21st century

  • From 2000 : François Paul Marie Maupu

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Son of Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, cousin of predecessor.
  2. ^ Son of René II, Duke of Lorraine.
  3. ^ (1561-1587), bishop of Toul from 1580 to 1587, son of Nicolas de Mercoeur.
  4. ^ (1576-1623), son of Nicolas de Mercoeur.

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