Ancient Diocese of Boulogne
suppressed diocese
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. It belonged to the Archdiocese of Reims. The Concordat of 1801 suppressed the diocese of Boulogne, transferring its territory to the diocese of Arras. The seat was the Boulogne Cathedral, demolished in 1793.
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
Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil 1682–1698
Antoine-Girard de La Bournat 1698
Pierre de Langle 1698–1724
Jean-Marie Henriau 1724–1738
Augustin-César D'Hervilly de Devise 1738–1742
François-Joseph-Gaston de Partz de Pressy 1742–1789
Jean-René Asseline 1789–1790
See also
Catholic Church in France
List of Catholic dioceses in France
Notes
Bibliography
Reference works
Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. (Use with caution; obsolete)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913).
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