The Diocese of Toul was a

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seated at

Toul Toul () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, and the river Moselle and Canal de la Marne au Rhin. Climate Toul ...

in present-day France. It existed from 365 until 1802. From 1048 until 1552 (''

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'' until 1648), it was also a state of the

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History

The diocese was erected in 338 AD by St. Mansuetus. The diocese was a

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of the

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Trier Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...

. In 550 AD, the Frankish

Council of Toul The Council of Toul was a Frankish synod convoked by Theudebald, King of Austrasia, that convened in Toul on 1 June 550. It is not known how many bishops attended. It extended to the ecclesiastical provinces of Reims and Trier and perhaps beyond. ...

was held in the city. By the high

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, the diocese was located at the western edge of the

; it was bordered by France, the

Duchy of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the '' pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the House of Montbéliard from the 11th century. Part of the county, t ...

, and the

Duchy of Lorraine The Duchy of Lorraine (french: Lorraine ; german: Lothringen ), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France. Its capital was Nancy. It was founded in 959 following th ...

. In 1048 it become a state of the Empire while that city of Toul itself became a

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. In 1552, both states were annexed by King

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; the annexations were formally recognized by the Empire in 1648 by the

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. By then, they were part of the French province of the

Three Bishoprics The Three Bishoprics (french: les Trois-Évêchés ) constituted a government of the Kingdom of France consisting of the dioceses of Metz, Verdun, and Toul within the Lorraine region. The three dioceses had been Prince-bishoprics of the ...

. In 1766, the

became part of France. In 1777 and 1778, territory was carved out of Toul to form two new dioceses: Saint Dié and Nancy, both of them suffragans of Trier. By the terms of the

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, Toul was suppressed. Its territory was merged with that of Nancy to form a new diocese — the Diocese of Nancy-Toul with it seat in Nancy. The geographic remit included three

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: Meurthe,

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, and

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List of bishops and prince-bishops

Bishops

* Mansuetus 338–375, first bishop * Amon c. 400? * Alchas c. 423? * Gelsimus c. 455? * Auspicius c. 478? * Ursus around 490 * Aprus (Aper) 500–507 * Aladius 508–525? * Trifsorich 525–532 * Dulcitius 532?–549 * Alodius c. 549 * Premon * Antimund * Eudolius c. 602 * Theofred 640–653 * Bodo of Toul c. 660 * Eborinus around 664 *

Leudinus Leudinus Bodo was a seventh-century bishop of Toul, successor to Eborinus, or Elbonirus. He was a Benedictine. He occurs in hagiographies. His feast day is Sept. 11. He is traditionally known as the founder of Bodonis Monasterium (the monastery ...

667?–669 * Adeotatus 679–680 * Ermentheus c. 690? * Magnald c. 695? * Dodo c. 705 * Griboald 706–739? * Godo 739?–756 * Jakob 756–767 * Borno 775–794 * Wannich 794?–813 * Frotar 814–846 * Arnulf 847–871 * Arnald 872–894 * Ludhelm 895–905 * Drogo 907–922 * Gosselin 922–962 * Gerard I 963–994 (Saint

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) * Stephen 994–995 * Robert 995–996 * Berthold 996–1019 * Herman 1020–1026

Prine-bishops

* Bruno Egisheim-Dagsburg † (1026 - 12 February 1049; elected as

Pope Leo IX Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically ...

, served until his death in 1054) * Sede Vacant 1049-1051 * Odo 1052–1069 * Pippo 1070–1107 * Richwin of Commercy 1108–1126 * Henry I of Lorraine 1127-1167 * Peter of Brixey 1168–1192 * Odo of Vaudemont 1192–1197 * Matthias of Lorraine 1197–1206, † 1217 * Reinald of Chantilly 1210–1217 * Gerard II of Vaudemont 1218–1219 * Odo II of Sorcy 1219–1228 * Garin 1228–1230 * Roger of Marcey 1231–1251 * Giles of Sorcy 1253–1271 * Conrad II of Tübingen 1272–1296 * John I of Sierck 1296–1305 * Vito Venosa 1305–1306 * Odo III of Grançon 1306–1308 * Giacomo Ottone Colonna 1308–1309 * John II of Arzillières 1309–1320 * Amatus of Geneva 1320–1330 * Thomas of Bourlemont 1330–1353 * Bertram de la Tour 1353–1361 * Pietro di la Barreria 1361–1363 * John III of Hoya 1363–1372 * John IV of Neufchatel 1373–1384, † 1398 * Savin de Floxence 1384–1398 * Philip II de la Ville-sur-Illon 1399–1409 * Henry II de la Ville-sur-Illom 1409–1436 * Louis de Haraucourt 1437–1449 * William Fillatre 1449–1460 * John V de Chevrot 1460 * Anthony I of Neufchatel 1461–1495 * Ulric of Blankenberg 1495–1506 Nicolas-François-duc-de-Lorraine

* Hugh des Hazards 1506–1517 *

John, Cardinal of Lorraine Jean de Lorraine (9 April 1498 – c. 18 May 1550) was the third son of the ruling Duke of Lorraine, and a French cardinal, who was (at one time or another) archbishop of Reims (1532–1538), Lyon (1537–1539), and Narbonne (1524–1550), bishop ...

1517–1524, † 1544 (

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1523–1544) * Hector de Ailly-Rochefort 1526–1532 * John, Cardinal of Lorraine (again) 1532–1537 * Anthony II Pellagrin 1537–1542 * John of Lorraine-Guise (again) 1542–1543, † 1544

Bishops after the French annexation

* Toussaint de Hossey 1543–1565 * Peter III de Châtelet 1565–1580 * Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont 1580–1587 (

1585–1587) * Christopher de la Vallée 1589–1607 * John VII Porcelet de Maillane 1609–1624 * Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine 1625–1634 * Charles Christian de Gournay 1634–1637 *

Henri Arnauld Henri Arnauld (1597–1692) was a French Catholic bishop. Arnauld was born in Paris, and was first destined for the Bar, but was taken to Rome by Cardinal Bentivoglio and during this absence, which lasted five years, the court granted him (16 ...

1637-1643 * Paolo Fiesco 1643–1645 *

Jacques Lebret Jacques Lebret (died 1645) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Toul (1645). ''(in Latin)''

1645 *

Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy (25 May 1657 – 26 July 1737) was a French priest who was Bishop of Toul from 1687 to 1704, Bishop of Meaux from 1704 to 1737, and Cardinal from 1715 to 1737. Biography Henri Pons Thiard Bissy was born on 25 May 16 ...

29 March 1687 to 10 May 1704 (

Bishop of Meaux The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Meldensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Meaux'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne. It was suff ...

1704–1737) * François Blouet de Camilly 1706–1723 * Scipion-Jérôme Begon 1723–1753 * Claude Drouâs de Boussey 1754–1773 * Etienne-François-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin (Stephen-Francis-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin), last bishop, 1773–1802

References

Bibliography

Reference Sources

* pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 301. (in Latin) * p. 175. * * p. 219. *

Studies

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External links

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