The former French Catholic diocese of Boulogne existed from 1567 to the

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. It was created after the

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was suppressed because of war damage to the see; effectively this was a renaming. The

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suppressed the diocese of

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

, transferring its territory to the

diocese of Arras The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church i ...

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Bishops

* Claude-André Dormy 1567–1599 * Claude Dormy 1600–1626 * Victor Le Bouthillier 1626–1630 * Jean Dolce 1633–1643 * François Perrochel 1643–1675 * Nicolas Ladvocat-Billiard 1677–1681 * [

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1682–1698 *

Antoine-Girard de La Bournat Antoine-Girard de La Bournat (1656, Clermont - 8 March 1702) was a French cleric and a doctor at the Sorbonne. He was put in charge of educating Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse by Louis XIV of France. He was already abbot of Pontlevoy Abbey ...

1698 *

Pierre de Langle Pierre de Langle (6 March 1643, in Evreux – 12 April 1724, in Boulogne-Sur-Mer) was a French bishop and Jansenist theologian. Life At the request of his friend Bossuet, he was made tutor to Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse. He was abbot of S ...

1698–1724 *

Jean-Marie Henriau Jean-Marie Henriau (c.1661, Paris - 25 January 1738) was a French cleric and opponent of Jansenism. The son of a procureur to the parliament of Paris, he became conseiller-clerc to the parliament, then prior of Beaurain and canon and grand-vicar o ...

1724–1738 *

Augustin-César D'Hervilly de Devise Augustin-César d'Hervilly de Devise (1708 – 11 October 1742, in Château de Voisenon) was a French cleric. d'Hervilly de Devise was from a noble family from Picardy. he became canon and archdeacon of Cambrai and provost of Lille Lille ( , ...

1738–1742 *

François-Joseph-Gaston de Partz de Pressy François-Joseph-Gaston de Partz de Pressy (22 September 1712, Équirre - 8 October 1789) was a French cleric. He was the son of François-Joseph de Partz, marquis d'Esquire, and of Jeanne Elisabeth de Beaufort. He became vicar general of Boulogne- ...

1742–1789 *

Jean-René Asseline Jean-René Asseline (1742-1813) was a French bishop and theologian. Life His early posts were as grand vicar to Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop of Paris, and teaching scripture and theology at the Sorbonne. In 1789 he was made bishop of Bou ...

1789–1790

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Religious organizations established in the 1560s

1567 establishments in France

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