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Diocese of Nancy

Diocese of Nancy and Toul
Dioecesis Nanceiensis et Tullensis
Diocèse de Nancy et de Toul
Nancy Cathedral BW 2015-07-18 16-31-28.jpg
Location
Country  France
Ecclesiastical province Besançon
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon
Statistics
Area 5,275 km2 (2,037 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
755,200
672,000 (89%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established United: 20 February 1824
Cathedral Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation in Nancy
Patron saint The Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Heaven
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jean-Louis Papin
Metropolitan Archbishop Jean-Luc Bouilleret
Map
locator map of diocese of Nancy
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancy and Toul (Latin: Dioecesis Nanceiensis et Tullensis; French: Diocèse de Nancy et de Toul) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. After a considerable political struggle between Louis XV, Louis XVI, and the Dukes of Lorraine, the diocese was erected by Pope Pius VI on 17 December 1777. The diocese is currently suffragan to the Archdiocese of Besançon.

The title of count and the rights of sovereignty of the medieval Bishops of Toul originated in certain grants which Henry the Fowler gave St. Gauzelin in 927. During the Conflict of Investitures in 1108, the chapter became divided: the majority elected Riquin of Commercy as bishop; the minority chose Conrad of Schwarzenburg. Henry V granted Conrad the title of bishop, with the stipulation that he did not exercise episcopal office.

In 1271 grave differences broke out again in the chapter of Toul. In 1278 Pope Nicholas III personally appointed Conrad of Tübingen as bishop. Thereafter, it was generally the Holy See which appointed the bishops, alleging various reasons as vacancies arose. As a result, many Italian prelates held this important see until 1552, when Toul was occupied by France. In 1597 Charles III, duke of Lorraine asked Pope Clement VIII for the dismemberment of the See of Toul and the creation of a see at Nancy; this failed through the opposition of Arnaud d'Ossat, Henry's ambassador at Rome. In the end, Clement VIII decided that Nancy was to have a primatial church and that its prelate would have the title of Primate of Lorraine and wear episcopal insignia, but should not exercise episcopal jurisdiction.


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