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- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lescar
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Créteil
- List of Catholic dioceses in France
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard
- List of Catholic seminaries
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun
- Lescar Cathedral
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lescar (Latin: Dioecesis Lascurrensis; French: Diocèse de Lescar; Basque: Leskarreko elizbarrutia), in south-western France, was founded in the fifth century, and continued until 1790. It was originally part of the Province of Novempopulania, and Lescar held the seventh place among the cities. Its see was the Cathedral of the Assumption in Lescar, begun in 1120; the crypt of the cathedral was also the mausoleum of the family of Albret in the 16th century.
The bishopric was suppressed by the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution, in the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in September 1790, as part of a systematic effort to eliminate redundant bishoprics in France. By the Concordat of 1801, struck by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII, the diocese of Lescar was not revived, and the territory of the diocese was divided between the diocese of Agen and the diocese of Bayonne.
Bishops of Lescar
= to 1200
== 1200 to 1400
== 1400 to 1600
== 1600 to 1800
=1600–1609: Jean-Pierre d'Abadie
1609–1632: Jean VI. de Salettes
1632–1658: Jean-Henri de Salettes
1658–1681: Jean VII. du Haut de Salies
1681–1716: Dominique Deslaux de Mesplès
1716–1729: Martin de Lacassaigne
1730–1762: Hardouin de Châlons
1763–1790 (1801): Marc-Antoine de Noé
See also
Catholic Church in France
List of Catholic dioceses in France
Notes
Bibliography
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= Studies
=Combes, P. (abbé) (1885). Les évêques d'Agen: essai historique (in French). Agen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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