The Diocese of Verdun ( la, Dioecesis Virodunensis; french: Diocèse de Verdun) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is a suffragan diocese in the

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Archdiocese of Besançon. The Diocese of Verdun corresponds to the ''

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'' of

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in the ''

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'' of

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. The diocese is subdivided into 577 parishes.

History

The diocese dates back to the 4th century. Traditionally the city was first evangelized around 332 by St Sanctinus, Bishop of

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, who became the first bishop. Sanctinus erected the first Christian oratory dedicated to

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and St. Paul. "Other bishops worthy of mention are: St. Possessor (470–486); St. Firminus (486–502); St. Vitonus (Vanne) (502–529); St. Désiré (Desideratus) (529–554), St. Agericus (Airy) (554–591), friend of St.

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and of Fortunatus; St. Paul (630–648), formerly Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Tholey in the Diocese of Trier; and St. Madalvaeus (Mauve) (753–776)." Until 1801 Verdun was part of the

of the

Archbishop of Trier The Diocese of Trier, in English historically also known as ''Treves'' (IPA "tɾivz") from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Diocese of Nancy The Diocese of Nancy and Toul ( Latin: ''Dioecesis Nanceiensis et Tullensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Nancy et de Toul'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. After a considerable political st ...

. On October 6, 1822 the diocese was re-established.

After the Concordat

Amiens France Cathédrale-Jean-Paul Gusching en 2014-01 (cropped)

* 1823–1830: Etienne-Bruno-Marie d'Arbou * 1826–1831: François-Joseph de Villeneuve-Esclapon * 1832–1836: Placide-Bruno Valayer * 1836–1844: Augustin-Jean Le Tourneur * 1844–1866: Louis Rossat * 1867–1884: Augustin Hacquard * 1884–1887: Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard * 1887–1901: Jean-Pierre Pagis * 1901–1909: Louis-Ernest Dubois

20th century

* 1910–1913: Jean Arturo Chollet * 1914–1946: Charles-Marie-André Ginisty * 1946–1963: Marie-Paul-Georges Petit * 1963–1986: Pierre Francis Lucien Anatole Boillon * 1987–1999: Marcel Paul Herriot

21st century

*From 2000 to September 2014: François Paul Marie Maupu *From September 2014: Jean-Paul Gabriel Émile Gusching

References

Books

External links

Website of the diocese
Roman Catholic dioceses in France Roman Catholic dioceses in the Holy Roman Empire Dioceses established in the 4th century 4th-century establishments in Roman Gaul {{France-RC-diocese-stub

History

After the Concordat

20th century

21st century

See also

References

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