The former French Catholic diocese of Boulogne existed from 1567 to the French Revolution. It was created after the

diocese of Thérouanne In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

was suppressed because of war damage to the see; effectively this was a renaming. It belonged to the

Archdiocese of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims or Rheims (; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to a ...

. The

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suppressed the diocese of

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...

, transferring its territory to the

diocese of Arras The Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal s ...

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Bishops

* Claude-André Dormy 1567–1599 * Claude Dormy 1600–1626 * Victor Le Bouthillier 1626–1630 * Jean Dolce 1633–1643 * François Perrochel 1643–1675 * Nicolas Ladvocat-Billiard 1677–1681 * [ laude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil 1682–1698 *

Antoine-Girard de La Bournat Antoine-Girard de La Bournat (1656, Clermont - 8 March 1702) was a French cleric and a doctor at the Sorbonne. He was put in charge of educating Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse by Louis XIV of France LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 Sept ...

1698 *

Pierre de Langle Pierre de Langle (6 March 1643, in Evreux – 12 April 1724, in Boulogne-Sur-Mer) was a French bishop and Jansenism, Jansenist theologian. Life At the request of his friend Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Bossuet, he was made tutor to Louis Alexandre, C ...

1698–1724 *

Jean-Marie Henriau Jean-Marie Henriau (c.1661, Paris – 25 January 1738) was a French cleric and opponent of Jansenism. The son of a procureur to the parliament of Paris, he became conseiller-clerc to the parliament, then prior of Beaurain and canon and grand-vi ...

1724–1738 *

Augustin-César D'Hervilly de Devise Augustin-César d'Hervilly de Devise (1708 – 11 October 1742, in Château de Voisenon) was a French cleric. d'Hervilly de Devise was from a noble family from Picardy. He became canon and archdeacon of Cambrai and provost of Lille when in 1738 he ...

1738–1742 *

François-Joseph-Gaston de Partz de Pressy François-Joseph-Gaston de Partz de Pressy (22 September 1712, Équirre - 8 October 1789) was a French cleric. He was the son of François-Joseph de Partz, marquis d'Esquire, and of Jeanne Elisabeth de Beaufort. He became vicar general of Boulogne ...

1742–1789 *

Jean-René Asseline Jean-René Asseline (1742-1813) was a French bishop and theologian. Life His early posts were as grand vicar to Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop of Paris, and teaching scripture and theology at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. In 1789 he was ...

1789–1790

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Religious organizations established in the 1560s

1567 establishments in France

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