Ancient Diocese of Béziers

The diocese of Béziers (Latin: Dioecesis Biterrensis ) was located in France Roman Catholic diocese based in Beziers.

History

The diocese of Béziers was built in the 3rd century. First bishop was Aphrodisius. Saint Dominic refused the bishopric of Béziers, in order to devote the Albigensian Crusade can.

The diocese of Béziers was dissolved on November 29, 1801 as a result of the Concordat of 1801 by Pope Pius VII with the Papal Bull Qui Christi Domini and the territory was annexed to the diocese of Montpellier.

The diocese of Béziers was the archbishopric of Narbonne is a suffragan.

It included about 100 parishes in 1671. Until 1745, the number of parishes increased to 130.