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Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ877428 ↗
Source-derived summary

The former French Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulon existed until the Concordat of 1801. Its seat was in Toulon.

Bishops

To 1000

c. 451: Honoratus

† c. 472: Saint Gratien

524–549: Cyprian

549–c. 554: Palladius (or Palais)

573–585: Desiderius

c. 601: Mennas

c. 614: Hiltigisus (de Tholosa ?)

Gandalmarus

c. 879: Eustorgius

c. 899: Armodus

1000 to 1300

1021–1056: Théodad de Jandal

25 January 1056 – 1079: Wilhelm I.

1096–1110: Ariminus or Aiminus

1117 – September 1165: Wilhelm II.

1168–1183: Pierre I. Isnard

1183–1201: Desiderius

c.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q877428. Authority coordinates are 43.120, 5.930. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1801, 1000, 1300 and 1021.

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This entry incorporates text from “Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.