Diocese of Lodève

The Bishopric of Lodève is a former Roman Catholic diocese in southern France. Its episcopal see was located in Lodève, in the modern department of Hérault. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Narbonne. In 1790, the diocese was suppressed by the National Constituent Assembly, and in 1801 by Pope Pius VII. Its territory is now part of the archdiocese of Montpellier.

The seat of the bishop was in the cathedral of Saint Genesius (Saint Genès), dedicated in 975.

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