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French Ancien Régime Roman Catholic dioceses and ecclesiastical provinces were heirs of Late Roman civitates (themselves created out of Gaulish tribes) and provinces. Ancien Régime ( pronounced: /ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim/ refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. In the history of the Roman empire, civitas (pl civitates mainly referred to the condition of Roman Citizenship It was also used to describe a type of settlement Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western

Ecclesiastical provinces (colored) and dioceses of France in 1789
Ecclesiastical provinces (colored) and dioceses of France in 1789

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Historical sketch

Most of them were created during the first Christianization of Gaul, in the 3rd to 5th centuries.

But, at several occasions during the Middle Ages or the Ancien Régime, new dioceses were created, replacing older ones or carved out of them. For instance, fighting against the Cathar heresy entailed the creation of many new dioceses in the early 14th century. All the same, in 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, the ecclesiastical map of France still very much recalled that of Roman Gaul. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an For Gaul before the Roman conquest see Gaul. Roman Gaul consisted of an area of provincial rule in the Roman Empire, in modern day This explains why many dioceses and provinces did not coincide with French borders, with their head cities lying in present-day Belgium, Germany or Switzerland. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

In 1790, this map was entirely revised to fit the new administrative map: dioceses were now to coincide with départements (the new administrative units). In the Terminology of Political geography and Historiography a National department (département departamento is an administrative Ancien Régime dioceses all disappeared, then, in 1790. Many former bishoprics remained heads of the new dioceses, but many cities lost their bishop. Even so, in those cities, the former cathedral very often kept its rank as a cathedral church. This explains why many post-Revolutionary episcopal sees bear the name of several cities. For instance, in the département of the Drôme, only the city of Valence retained its bishop, the former episcopal sees of Die and Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux being suppressed, but the bishop retained the title of bishop of Valence, Die and Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux. Valence ( Occitan Valença) is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the department of Drôme, situated

Here follows a list of Ancien Régime dioceses, as of 1789, on the eve of the Revolution. With the exception of those dioceses which were created in the Late Roman period (before the 6th century), whose date of creation generally cannot be established, we provide the date of creation and, when appropriated of suppression of the bishopric. Dioceses whose sees were not within the borders of the kingdom of France are in brackets.

Listing of dioceses by church province

Province of Aix (Narbonensis Secunda)

Province of Arles (Viennensis Secunda)

out of which (1475):

Province of Avignon

Province of Auch (Novempopulania)

Province of Besançon (Maxima Sequanorum)

Province of Bordeaux (Aquitania Secunda)

Province of Bourges (Aquitania Prima)

out of which (1678):

Province of Albi

Province of Embrun (Alpes Maritimæ)

Province of Genoa

(Province created in 1133: Northern Corsican sees belonged to this province)

Province of Lyon (Lugdunensis Prima)

Province of Mainz (Germania Prima)

Province of Narbonne (Narbonensis Prima)

out of which (1317):

Province of Toulouse

Province of Reims (Belgica Secunda)

out of which (1559):

Province of Cambrai

Province of Mechelen/Malines

Province of Pisa

(Province created out of the Province of Rome in 1092: central and Southern Corsican sees belonged to this province)

Province of Rouen (Lugdunensis Secunda)

Province of Tours (Lugdunensis Tertia)

Some dioceses of this province were part, in the 9th and 10th centuries, of an autonomous but

Short-lived Province of Dol

Province of Sens (Lugdunensis Quarta)

out of which (1622):

Province of Paris

Province of Tarentaise (Alpes Grææ et Pœninæ)

Province of Trier (Belgica Prima)

Province of Vienne (Viennensis Prima)

The French Catholic diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne has since 1966 been formally united with the Archdiocese of Chambéry.
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