The former French Catholic diocese of Saint-Omer existed from 1559 until the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

. Its see at Saint-Omer, in the modern department of

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

, was created as a reaction to the destruction of the see of Thérouanne, by military action in the wars of the

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. It then became a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-He ...

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.Catholic Encyclopedia: Arras
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Guillaume de Poitiers William IX ( oc, Guilhèm de Peitieus; ''Guilhem de Poitou'' french: Guillaume de Poitiers) (22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and ...

1561 * Gérard de Haméricourt 1563-1577 * Jean Six 1581-1586 * Jacques de Pamèle 1587 * Jean de Vernois, O.P., 1591-1599 * Jacques Blaseus, O.F.M. Rec., 1600-1618 (previously

bishop of Namur The Diocese of Namur is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province in the metropolit ...

) *

Paul Boudot Paul Boudot (1571–1635) was bishop of Saint-Omer and bishop of Arras. Life Boudot was born in Morteau, in Franche Comté, in 1571. He graduated doctor of the Sorbonne in 1604, and was appointed the episcopal official of Jean Richardot, bishop o ...

1618-1626 (then bishop of Arras) *Pierre Paunet, O.F.M., 1628-1631 *Christophe de Morlet 1632-1633 *Christophe de France 1635-1656 *

Ladislas Jonart Ladislas Jonart (1594–1674) was a clergyman from the Low Countries who was named in turn bishop of Arras, bishop of Saint-Omer, and archbishop of Cambrai. In the last position he was, '' ex officio'', duke of Cambrai and count of Cambrésis. ...

1662-1671 (then

archbishop of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Help ...

) *

Jacques-Théodore de Bryas Jacques-Théodore de Bryas (1630–1694) was a clergyman from the Low Countries who was in turn bishop of Saint-Omer and archbishop of Cambrai. In the last position he was, ''ex officio'', duke of Cambrai and count of Cambrésis. He was the last ...

1672-1675 (then archbishop of Cambrai) *Jean Charles de Longueval 1676 *Pierre Van Den Perre 1577 *Armand-Anne-Tristan de La Baume de Suze 1677 *Louis-Alphonse de Valbelle 1677-1708 (previously

bishop of Alet The former French Catholic diocese of Alet (Lat.: ''Electensis'') was created in 1317 from territory formerly in the diocese of Narbonne. The diocese continued until the French Revolution when it was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801. Alet-les-B ...

) *François de Valbelle de Tourves 1708-1727 *Joseph-Alphonse de Valbelle de Tourves 1727-1754 *Pierre-Joseph de Brunes de Monlouet 1754-1765 (previously

bishop of Dol The Breton and French Catholic diocese of Dol existed from 848 to the French Revolution. It was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801. Its see was Dol Cathedral. Its scattered territory (deriving from the holdings of the Celtic monastery, and inclu ...

) *Louis-François-Marc-Hilaire de Conzié 1766-1769 (then

bishop of Aire The Diocese of Aire and Dax (Latin'':'' ''Dioecesis Adurensis et Aquae Augustae''; French: ''Diocèse d'Aire et Dax'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It comprises the ''département'' o ...

) *Joachim-François-Mamert de Conzié 1769-1775 (then archbishop of Tours) *Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur 1775-1778 (then bishop of Carcassonne) *Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre 1778-1790 (1796)

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* *Cochin, Claude (1905). "Recherches sur Stefano Colonna, prévôt du chapitre de Saint-Omer, cardinal d'Urbain VI et correspondent de Pétrarque," ''Revue d' histoire et de littérature religeuses'' 10 (1905) 352-383 ; 554-578. * * * * pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 301. (in Latin) * p. 175. * * p. 219. * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Omer, Ancient Diocese of Saint-Omer Religious organizations established in the 1550s 1559 establishments in France Dioceses established in the 16th century 1801 disestablishments in France Saint-Omer

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