Diocese of Toul

History

The diocese was erected in 338 AD by St. Mansuetus. The diocese was a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Trier. In 550 AD, the Frankish Council of Toul was held in the city.

By the high Middle Ages, the diocese was located at the western edge of the Holy Roman Empire; it was bordered by France, the Duchy of Bar, and the Duchy of Lorraine. In 1048 it become a state of the Empire while that city of Toul itself became a Free Imperial City.

In 1552, both states were annexed by King Henry II of France; the annexations were formally recognized by the Empire in 1648 by the Peace of Westphalia. By then, they were part of the French province of the Three Bishoprics.

In 1766, the Duchy of Lorraine became part of France. In 1777 and 1778, territory was carved out of Toul to form two new dioceses: Saint Dié and Nancy, both of them suffragans of Trier. By the terms of the Concordat of 1802, Toul was suppressed. Its territory was merged with that of Nancy to form a new diocese — the Diocese of Nancy-Toul with its seat in Nancy: after 1824 the bishops of Nancy have indeed borne the title of Bishops of Nancy and Toul, since nearly all of the territory of the ancient Diocese of Toul is united with that of Nancy.

The geographic remit included three Departments of France: Meurthe, Meuse, and Vosges but now the Diocese of Nancy-Toul includes only the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.

List of bishops and prince-bishops

Bishops

Mansuetus 338–375, first bishop

Amon c. 400?

Alchas c. 423?

Gelsimus c. 455?

Auspicius c. 478?

Ursus around 490

Aprus (Aper) 500–507

Aladius 508–525?

Trifsorich 525–532

Dulcitius 532?–549

Alodius c. 549

Premon

Antimund

Eudolius c. 602

Theofred 640–653

Bodo of Toul c. 660

Eborinus around 664

Leudinus 667?–669

Adeotatus 679–680

Ermentheus c. 690?

Magnald c. 695?

Dodo c. 705

Griboald 706–739?

Godo 739?–756

Jakob 756–767

Borno 775–794

Wannich 794?–813

Frotar 814–846

Arnulf 847–871

Arnald 872–894

Ludhelm 895–905

Drogo 907–922

Gosselin 922–962

Gerard I 963–994 (Saint Gerard)

Stephen 994–995

Robert 995–996

Berthold 996–1019

Herman 1020–1026

Prince-Bishops

Bruno Egisheim-Dagsburg † (1026 - 12 February 1049; elected as Pope Leo IX, served until his death in 1054)

Sede Vacant 1049-1051

Odo 1052–1069

Pippo 1070–1107

Richwin of Commercy 1108–1126

Henry I of Lorraine 1127-1167

Peter of Brixey 1168–1192

Odo of Vaudemont 1192–1197

Matthias of Lorraine 1197–1206, † 1217

Reinald of Chantilly 1210–1217

Gerard II of Vaudemont 1218–1219

Odo II of Sorcy 1219–1228

Garin 1228–1230

Roger of Marcey 1231–1251

Giles of Sorcy 1253–1271

Conrad II of Tübingen 1272–1296

John I of Sierck 1296–1305

Vito Venosa 1305–1306

Odo III of Grançon 1306–1308

Giacomo Ottone Colonna 1308–1309

John II of Arzillières 1309–1320

Amatus of Geneva 1320–1330

Thomas of Bourlemont 1330–1353

Bertrand de la Tour 1353–1361

Pietro di la Barreria 1361–1363

John III of Hoya 1363–1372

John IV of Neufchatel 1373–1384, † 1398

Savin de Floxence 1384–1398

Philip II de la Ville-sur-Illon 1399–1409

Henry II de la Ville-sur-Illom 1409–1436

Louis de Haraucourt 1437–1449

Guillaume Fillastre 1449–1460

John V de Chevrot 1460

Anthony I of Neufchatel 1461–1495

Ulric of Blankenberg 1495–1506

Hugh des Hazards 1506–1517

John, Cardinal of Lorraine 1517–1524, † 1544 (Bishop of Verdun 1523–1544)

Hector de Ailly-Rochefort 1526–1532

John, Cardinal of Lorraine (again) 1532–1537

Anthony II Pellagrin 1537–1542

John of Lorraine-Guise (again) 1542–1543, † 1544

Bishops after the French annexation

Toussaint de Hossey 1543–1565

Peter III de Châtelet 1565–1580

Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont 1580–1587 (Bishop of Verdun 1585–1587)

Christopher de la Vallée 1589–1607

John VII Porcelet de Maillane 1609–1624

Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine 1625–1634

Charles Christian de Gournay 1634–1637

Henri Arnauld 1637-1643

Paolo Fiesco 1643–1645

Jacques Lebret 1645

Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy 29 March 1687 to 10 May 1704 (Bishop of Meaux 1704–1737)

François Blouet de Camilly 1706–1723

Scipion-Jérôme Begon 1723–1753

Claude Drouâs de Boussey 1754–1773

Etienne-François-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin (Stephen-Francis-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin), last bishop, 1773–1802

Since 1824 the bishops of Nancy have borne the title of Bishops of Nancy and Toul, since nearly all of the territory of the ancient Diocese of Toul is united with that of Nancy.