Ancient Diocese of Saint-Omer explained

The former French Catholic diocese of Saint-Omer existed from 1559[1] until the French Revolution. Its see at Saint-Omer, in the modern department of Pas-de-Calais, was created as a reaction to the destruction of the see of Thérouanne, by military action in the wars of the Emperor Charles V. It then became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cambrai in 1559.

By the Concordat of 1801, the diocese of Saint-Omer was united with the diocese of Arras and the diocese of Boulogne, to form an enlarged diocese of Arras.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds543.html Saint-Omer (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]
  2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Arras