Ancient Diocese of Agde
Ancient Diocese of Agde Dioecesis Agathensis | |
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| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th century |
| Dissolved | 1791 (1801) |
| Archdiocese | Narbonne |
The former French Roman Catholic diocese of Agde (Lat.: Agathensis) was in existence by the beginning of the 6th century. It was a suffragan of the diocese of Narbonne. Agde was in Languedoc, in the south of France, in what is now the department of Hérault. It was bounded on the east by the diocese of Montpellier, and on the north and west by the diocese of Béziers. The sea formed its southern boundary, and it was one of the principal ports of the Septimania.
The diocese of Agde was suppressed in 1791 during the French Revolution, and, in the Concordat of 1801 between First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII, the diocese was not revived.
The seat of the bishop was the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne, originally dedicated to Saint Andrew. The diocese had only twenty-six parishes. The territory of the former diocese is now part of the diocese of Montpellier.