Roman Catholic Diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Carcassonne and Narbonne
Latin:Dioecesis Carcassonensis et Narbonensis
Local:Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne
Country:France
Province:Montpellier
Metropolitan:Archdiocese of Montpellier
Area Km2:6,313
Population:353,980
Population As Of:2013
Catholics:255,600
Catholics Percent:72.2
Parishes:14
Denomination:Catholic Church
Established:533 (established as Diocese of Carcassonne, renamed as Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne: 14 June 2006)
Cathedral:Cathedral of St. Michael in Carcassonne
Patron:St. Nazarius and St. Celsus
St. Michael the Archangel
Priests:64
and 35 religious priests
Bishop:Bruno Valentin
Metro Archbishop:Norbert Turini
Website:Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne (Latin: Dioecesis Carcassonensis et Narbonensis; French: Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Aude. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Montpellier.

On the occasion of the Concordat of 1802, the former Diocese of Carcassonne, nearly all the old Archdiocese of Narbonne, almost the entire Diocese of Saint-Papoul, a part of the ancient Diocese of Alet and ancient Diocese of Mirepoix, and the former Diocese of Perpignan, were united to make the one Diocese of Carcassonne. In 1822 the Diocese of Perpignan was re-established. In 2006 the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne.

History

Carcassonne was founded by the Visigoths, who sought to compensate themselves for the loss of Lodève and Uzès by having Carcassonne made an episcopal see. The first of its bishops known to history was Sergius (589) and an Archdeacon of Carcassonne, Donnel, is recorded as having subscribed to the acts of the 4th Council of Toledo in 633.[1]

The churches of Nôtre-Dame de Canabès and Nôtre-Dame de Limoux, both of which date back to the ninth century, are still frequented by pilgrims. The Cathedral of Saints-Nazaire-et-Celse at Carcassonne was rebuilt toward the end of the eleventh century, the first work upon it being blessed by Pope Urban II, who had come to Carcassonne in 1088 to urge the Viscount Bernard Ato IV de Trincavel to join the Crusade. In 1295 Pope Urban addressed a letter to Bishop Pierre, confirming the institution of Clercs Regular of Saint Augustine in the Chapter of the Cathedral. The Chapter had existed for a considerable time, perhaps going back to Bishop Gimerius in the tenth century, but papal sanction confirmed and strengthened its position as a corporate body living under a Rule.[2] The approbation of Urban II was confirmed by Pope Anastasius IV in 1154. The Chapter included as officers the two Archdeacons, two archpriests, a Sacristan, a Precentor, a Chamberlain, an Eleemosynary, and a master of the works. In 1439, the canons were secularized by Pope Eugenius IV, and the Chapter came to have as officers a Dean, the Archdeacon, a Precentor, and a Sacristan. There were thirty Canons, each with a prebend, and they received a new set of Statutes.[3]

Since the Synod of 2007, the diocese has been reorganized into fourteen 'new parishes'.[4]

The history of the region of Carcassonne is intimately connected with that of the Albigenses. Notre-Dame-de-Prouille Monastery, where St. Dominic established a religious institute for converted Albigensian women in 1206, is still a place of pilgrimage consecrated to the Blessed Virgin. St. Peter of Castelnau, the Cistercian inquisitor martyred by the Albigenses in 1208, St. Camelia, put to death by the same sectarians, and St. John Francis Regis (1597-1640), the Jesuit, born at Fontcouverte in the Diocese of Narbonne, are specially venerated in the present Diocese of Carcassonne.

From 1848 to 1855 the see was occupied by Bishop de Bonnechose, who was created a Cardinal by Pope Pius IX on 11 December 1863; on 22 September 1864 he was given the red hat and named Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente.[5] From 1855 to 1873, the see was held by the mystical writer, François-Alexandre Roullet de La Bouillerie.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Mahul, V, pp. 393 and 539.
  2. Mahul, V, pp. 403 and 501, insisting on a date of 1088, but the Pope was nowhere near Milan, the place from which the letter was issued, in 1088. The correct date is 21 May 1095. See Philipp Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum I (Leipzig 1885), no. 5565.
  3. Mahul, V, p. 575-586. The first Dean was Hélie de Pompadour, Canon of the Cathedral, licentiate in laws and Bachelor of Canon Law.
  4. Le diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne, les-paroisses. Retrieved: 2016-07-29.
  5. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose. Retrieved: 2016-07-29. Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Consistory of December 11, 1863. Retrieved: 2016-07-29.
  6. Book: François-Alexandre de La Bouillerie. Etude sur le symbolisme de la nature interprété d'après l'Écriture sainte et les Pères.... deuxieme. 1866. Libr. Martin-Beaupré Fres. Paris. fr.
  7. Book: Rouch de Cavanac, (Abbe). Mémoire sur Saint Stapin, cinquième évêque de Carcassonne, etc. 1867. Pierre Polere. Carcassonne. fr.
  8. Book: Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille. Notice sur la chapelle et le mausolée de l'évêque Guillaume Radulphe, situés à côté de la cathédrale Saint-Nazaire dans la Cité de Carcassonne. 1840. L. Pomiés-Gardel. Carcassonne. fr.
  9. Mahul, V, pp. 437–439. Gauthier had previously been Archdeacon of Carcassonne.
  10. Gams, p. 528, but not recognized by Eubel, I, p. 166. Cf. Mahul, V, pp. 438–439.
  11. Gams, p. 528, but not recognized by Eubel, I, p. 166. Cf. Mahul, V, pp. 438–439.
  12. Canon of Paris and Royal clerk; one of the royal commissioners who held the Parliament at Toulouse, 1288–1290. Mahul, V, p. 439-441.
  13. Jean de Chevry had been archdeacon of Rouen when he was named Bishop of Carcassonne by Pope Boniface VIII. In 1299–1300 he was ambassador of Philip IV of France to Edward I of England. Mahul, V, p. 441.
  14. Étienne Aubert was a grand-nephew of Pope Innocent VI. Named cardinal on 17 September 1361. Mahul, V, pp. 453–454.
  15. Mahul, V, pp. 454–455.
  16. Hugues de La Jugie was a nephew of Pope Clement VI. Bishop of Béziers (1350–1371). Transferred to Carcassonne by his cousin, Pope Gregory XI, on 27 June 1371. He died suddenly at Avignon, where he had gone to swear allegiance to his cousin, on 13 July 1371. He was buried in the Cathedral of Béziers. Mahul, V, p. 456.
  17. Mahul, V, pp. 456–459.
  18. On 2 July 1409, Simon Cremaud was named Archbishop of Reims. He was named a Cardinal by Antipope John XXIII on 13 April 1413. He died on 15 December 1422. Mahul, V, pp. 459–460. Eubel, I, p. 33, 82, 166.
  19. Mahul, V, p. 460.
  20. Mahul, V, pp. 461–463.
  21. Mahul, V, pp. 463–464.
  22. Mahul, V, pp. 464–466.
  23. Mahul, V, pp. 466–468.
  24. Book: Guillaume Beaufils. Oraison funèbre de... Louis-Joseph de Chateau-Neuf de Rochebonne, évêque de Carcassonne,... doyen, comte de Lyon... . 1730. chez Claude Journet. fr.
  25. Book: Monerie De Cabrens. Mgr de Vintimille, des comtes de Marseille: évêque de Carcassone, d'après sa correspondance de 1788 à 1814. 1888. Imp. marseillaise. Marseille. fr. When the Civil Constitution of the Clergy made his position impossible, subsuming his diocese into the 'Diocese of the Aude', Vintimille fled to Italy, where he found refuge with Cardinal de Bernis. He refused to resign in 1801, when Pius VII signed the Concordat with First Consul Bonaparte, even at papal request. Book: Armand Jean. Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801. 1891. A. Picard. Paris. fr. 263.
  26. Besaucèle had been Dean of the Chapter of Carcassonne before the Revolution. He was consecrated at Toulouse by Archbishop Antoine-Pascal-Hyacinthe Sermet of the Haute-Garonne on 15 May 1791. He was 78 years old. Book: Paul Pisani. Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791–1802).. 1907. A. Picard et fils. Paris. fr . 371–374 and 457.
  27. Belmas was elected as Coadjutor to Constitutional Bishop Besaucèle, and was consecrated on 26 October 1800. Under the new Concordat of 1801, he retracted his schismatic adherence to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and obtained the See of Cambrai, of which he took possession on 6 June 1802. He repeated his retraction to Pius VII personally in 1804. He died, as Bishop of Cambrai, on 21 July 1841. Mahul, V, pp. 534–535.
  28. L'épiscopat français, pp. 170–171.
  29. L'épiscopat français, pp. 171–172.
  30. L'épiscopat français, pp. 172–173.
  31. Book: Antoine Ricard. Vie de Mgr de La Bouillerie: évêque de Carcassonne, archevêque de Perga, coadjuteur de Bordeaux, 1810–1882. 1887. Société genérale de librairie catholique. Paris. fr. L'épiscopat français, pp. 173–175.
  32. L'épiscopat français, pp. 174–175.
  33. L'épiscopat français, pp. 175–176.
  34. Holy See Press Office . 1 April 2023 . 31 March 2023 . Resignations and Appointments, 31.03.2023 .

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