The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic diocese seated at Toul in present-day France. It existed from 365 until 1802. From 1048 until 1552 ('' de jure'' until 1648), it was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire.

History

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

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of the ecclesiastical province of Trier. In 550 AD, the Frankish Council of Toul was held in the city. By the high Middle Ages, the diocese was located at the western edge of the Holy Roman Empire; it was bordered by France, the Duchy of Bar, and the Duchy of Lorraine. In 1048 it become a state of the Empire while that city of Toul itself became a Free Imperial City. In 1552, both states were annexed by King Henry II of France; 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. In 1766, the Duchy of Lorraine 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 Concordat of 1802, 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 Departments of France: Meurthe, Meuse, and Vosges.

List of bishops and prince-bishops

Bishops

* Mansuetus 338–375, first bishop * Amon c. 400? * Alchas c. 423? * Gelsimus c. 455? * Auspicius c. 478? *

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around 490 * Aprus (Aper) 500–507 *

Aladius Saint Albaud of Toul, otherwise Aladius or Albin (d. c. 525) was a 6th-century bishop of Toul. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic church with a feast day celebrated on 1 March. Biography Albaud was a priest and a close friend of Saint Evre ...

508–525? *

Trifsorich Trifsorich or Trisorik of Toul (died 532) was the 9th bishop of Toul. Trifsorich succeeded Albaud of Toul in 525, but very little is known about him. Biography When Theuderic I, king of Austrasia and son of Clovis I, ordered a special tax to be le ...

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 *

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922–962 * Gerard I 963–994 (Saint

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) * Stephen 994–995 * Robert 995–996 *

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996–1019 * Herman 1020–1026

Prine-bishops

* Bruno Egisheim-Dagsburg † (1026 - 12 February 1049; elected as Pope Leo IX, 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 Peter of Brixey (french: Pierre de Brixey, Brixei, german: Peter, Petrus von Brixey) (died 1192) was Bishop of Toul from 1167 to 1192, and a supporter of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in the late twelfth-century phase of the Invest ...

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 *

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1517–1524, † 1544 ( Bishop of Verdun 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 *

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1580–1587 ( Bishop of Verdun 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 1 ...

29 March 1687 to 10 May 1704 ( Bishop of Meaux 1704–1737) *

François Blouet de Camilly François Blouet de Camilly, Comte de Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, D.D., (22 May 1664, Rouen, Normandy, France – 17 October 1723, Ligueil, Touraine, France), a French Catholic clergyman, was the 88th Bishop of Toul from 1706 to 1721 and the 117th ...

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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