There is in general one bishopric to a department.

The subject-matter of this book treats of all of southwestern and southeastern France; with, in addition, the departments of Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Rhône, Loire, Ain, and Allier.

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A Historical Table of the Dioceses of the South of France up to the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Province d'Aix
Name Diocese founded First bishop Date of suppression
Aix Nice, Avignon, Ajaccio, and Digne were allied
therewith in 1802, and Marseilles and Alger in
1822.
(Archbishopric) First century (?) St. Maxim (?)
Antibes Transferred to Grasse
Apt First century (?) St. Auspice 1790
Grasse (Jurisdiction over Antibes.)
Gap Fifth century St. Démétrius
Riez Fifth century St. Prosper 1790
Fréjus Fourth century Acceptus
Sisteron Fifth century Chrysaphius
Province d'Albi
Albi Fourth century St. Clair
Bishopric
(Archbishopric)		 1317 (?) Anthime
Castres 647 as a Benedictine
Abbey.
1317 as a Bishopric		Robert, the first Abbot 1790
Mende Third century at
Civitas Gabalorum.
Reëstablished
here in the
year 1000		 St. Sévérein
and Genialis
Cahors Fourth century St. Genulphe
Rodez Fifth century St. Amand
Arisitum Sixth century detached
from the diocese of
Rodez		 Déothaire Rejoined to Rodez
670
VabresBenedictine
Abbey, 862.
Bishopric, 1317		1790
Province d'Arles
Arles
(Archbishopric)		First century St. Trophime 1790
Marseilles First century St. Lazare
St. Paul-Trois
Châteaux, or
Tricastin 		Second century St. Restuit 1790
Toulon Fifth century Honoré 1790
Orange Fifth century St. Luce 1790
Province d'Auch
Eauze
(Archbishopric)		Third century St. Paterne 720
Auch
(Bishopric then
Archbishopric)
 Fourth century Citerius
Dax Third century St. Vincent 1802
Lectoure Sixth century Heuterius 1790
Comminges Sixth century Suavis 1790
Conserans Fifth century St. Valère 1790
Aire Fifth century Marcel
Bazas Sixth century Sextilius (?)
Tarbes Sixth century St. Justin
Oloron Sixth century Gratus 1790
Lescar Fifth century St. Julien 1790
Bayonne Ninth century Arsias Rocha
Province d'Avignon
Avignon
(Bishopric,
becoming
Archbishopric
in fifteenth
century)		Fourth century St. Ruf
Carpentras Third century St. Valentin 1790
Vaison Fourth century St. Aubin 1790
Cavaillon Fifth century St. Genialis 1790
Province de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
(Bishopric) Third century
(Archibishopric) Fourth centuryOriental
Agen Fourth century St. Phérade
Condom Raimond de Galard
(Ancient
abbey--foundation
date unknown)
Bishopric)		 Fourteenth century
Angoulême Third century St. Ansome
Saintes Third century St. Eutrope 1793
Poitiers Third century St. Nectaire
Maillezais
(afterward at
La Rochelle)		 Fourteenth century Geoffrey I.
Luçon
(Seventh-century
abbey) 		1317 Pierre de La
Veyrie
Périgueux Second century St. Front
Sarlat
(Eighth-century
Benedictine
abbey)		 1317Raimond de
Roquecorne
Province de Bourges
Bourges
(Archbishopric) 		Third century St. Ursin
Clermont-Ferrand Third century St. Austremoine
St. Flour
(Ancient priory)		 1318 Raimond de
Vehens
Limoges Third century St. Martial
Tulle
(Seventh-century
Benedictine
abbey)		1317Arnaud de
Saint-Astier
Le Puy Third century St. Georges
Province d'Embrun
Embrun
(Archbishopric) 		Fourth century St. Marcellin 1793
Digne Fourth century St. Domnin
Antibes
(afterward at
Grasse)		 Fourth century St. Armentaire
Grasse Raimond de
Villeneuve
(1245) 		1790
Vence Fourth century Eusèbe 1790
Glandève Fifth century Fraterne 1790
Senez Fifth century Ursus 1790
Nice
(formerly at
Cemenelium)		 Fourth century Amantius
Province de Lyon
Lyon
(Archbishopric)		The Archbishop of Lyon was Primate of Gaul.
Second century
St. Pothin
Autun Third century St. Amateur
Mâcon Sixth century Placide 1790
Chalon-sur-Saône Fifth century Paul 1790
Langres Third century St. Just
Dijon
(Fourth-century
abbey) 		Bishopric in 1731 Jean Bonhier
Saint Claude
(Fifth-century
abbey)		 Bishopric in 1742 Joseph de
Madet
Province de Narbonne
Narbonne
(Archbishopric)		Third century St. Paul 1802
Saint-Pons-de-Tomières
(Tenth-century abbey) 		1318 Pierre Roger 1790
Alet
(Ninth-century
abbey)		 1318 Barthélmy 1790
Béziers Fourth century St. Aphrodise 1702
Nîmes Fourth century St. Felix
Alais 1694 Chevalier de
Saulx 		1790
Lodève Fourth century (?) St. Flour 1790
Uzès Fifth century Constance 1790
Agde Fifth century St. Vénuste 1790
Maguelonne
(afterward at
Montpellier)		 Sixth century Beotius
Carcassonne Sixth century St. Hilaire
Elne
(afterward at
Perpignan) 		Sixth century Domnus
Province de Tarentaise
Tarentaise
(Archbishopric)		 Fifth century St. Jacques
Sion Fourth century St. Théodule
Aoste Fourth century St. Eustache
Chambéry 1780 Michel Conseil
Province de Toulouse
Toulouse
(Bishopric)
(Archbishopric) 		Third century
1327		St. Saturnin
Pamiers
(Eleventh-century
abbey)		 1297 Bernard Saisset
Rieux 1317 Guillaume
de Brutia
Montauban
(Ancient abbey)		1317 Bertrand du Puy
Mirepoix 1318 Raimond
Athone 		1790
Saint-Papoul 1317 Bernard de la
Tour		 1790
Lombès
(Tenth-century abbey)		1328Roger de
Commminges		 1790
Lavaur 1317Roger d'Armagnac1790
Province de Vienne
Vienne
(Archbishopric)		Second century St. Crescent 1790
Grenoble Third century Domninus
Genève (Switz.) Fourth century Diogène 1801
Annency 1822 Claude de Thiollaz
Valence Fourth century Emelien
Dié Third century Saint Mars
Viviers Fifth century Saint Janvier 1790
St. Jean de Maurienne Fifth century Lucien

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The Classification of Architectural Styles in France according to De Caumont's "Abécédaire d'Architecture Religieuse."

Architecture
Romaine		Primordiale From the Vth to the Xth centuries.
SecondaireFrom the end of the Xth century to the beginning of the XIIth
Tertiaire or
transition		 XIIth century
ArchitecturePrimitive XIIIth century
Ogivale Secondaire XIVth century
Tertiaire XVth and the first part of the XVIth century