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
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 997 – 1552 →

Coat of arms of Verdun

Coat of arms
Location of Verdun
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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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.

  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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