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

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. Its see at

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...

, 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

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in 1559. By the

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, the diocese of

was united with 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 ...

and the

diocese of Boulogne The former French Catholic diocese of Boulogne existed from 1567 to the French Revolution. It was created after the diocese of Thérouanne was suppressed because of war damage to the see; effectively this was a renaming. The Concordat of 1801 su ...

, to form an enlarged diocese of Arras.Catholic Encyclopedia: Arras
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Bishops

* Guillaume de Poitiers 1561 * Gérard de Haméricourt 1563-1577 * Jean Six 1581-1586 * Jacques de Pamèle 1587 *

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, O.P., 1591-1599 *

Jacques Blaseus Jacques Blaseus (c.1540–1618) was successively bishop of Namur and bishop of Saint-Omer in the Spanish Netherlands. Life Jacques de Blaese, born in Bruges around 1540, came from a poor family and was educated at a charity school in Bruges until ...

O.F.M. Rec. The Recollects (french: Récollets) were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the Recollects took vows of poverty and devoted their lives to prayer, penance, and spiri ...

, 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 metropoli ...

) * Paul Boudot 1618-1626 (then

bishop 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 ...

) *Pierre Paunet, O.F.M., 1628-1631 *Christophe de Morlet 1632-1633 *Christophe de France 1635-1656 * Ladislas Jonart 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-Helpe ...

) * Jacques-Théodore de Bryas 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) *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) *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 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd centu ...

) *Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur 1775-1778 (then

bishop of Carcassonne The Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne (Latin: ''Dioecesis Carcassonensis et Narbonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese co ...

) *Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre 1778-1790 (1796)

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Bibliography

* *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

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