The former French Catholic diocese of Vabres existed from 1317 to the French Revolution

French Revolution

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. After the Concordat of 1801

Concordat of 1801

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 its territory was divided between the diocese of Cahors and the diocese of Montpellier.

The Benedictine Abbey of Vabres, founded in 862 by Raymond I, Count of Toulouse, was raised to episcopal rank in 1317, and its diocesan territory was taken from the southeastern portion of the Diocese of Rodez. Its see was Vabres Cathedral

Vabres Cathedral

Vabres Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vabres-l'Abbaye, France.It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Vabres, established in 1317 and abolished under the Concordat of 1801.-Sources:*...

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Bishops

• Pierre d'Olargues (1317–1329)
• Raymond d'Olargues (1329–1347)
• Pierre d'Aigrefeuille (1347–1349)
• Guy de Ventadour (1349–1352)
• Bertrand de Pébrac (1352–1360)
• Guillaume Bragosse (1361)
• Etienne de Vassignac (1362–1409)
• Mathieu Proti (1409–1413)
• Guillaume de Bastidos (1413–1421)
• Jean de Pierre (1421–1453)
• Bernard de Blanc (1453–1485)
• Antoine Pierre de Narbonne (1486–1499)
• Louis de Narbonne (1499–1518)
• Réginal de Marigny (1519–1536)
• Georges d'Armagnac
  Georges d'Armagnac
  Georges d'Armagnac was a French humanist, patron of arts, Cardinal and diplomat deeply embroiled in the Italian Wars and in the French Wars of Religion.-Biography:...
  
   (1536–1547) (administrator, also Bishop of Rodez)
• Jacques de Corneillan (1547–1561) (administrator, also Bishop of Rodez)
• François I. de la Valette-Cormusson (1561–1585)
• Thomas de Lauro (1585–1593)
• François II. de la Valette-Cormusson (1600–1622)
• François III. de la Valette-Cormusson (1622–1644)
• Isaac Hubert (1645–1668)
• Louis de la Vermhe Montemard de Tressan (1669–1671)
• Louis de Baradat (1673–1710)
• Charles-Alexandre le Filleul de la Chapelle (1710–1764)
• Jean de la Croix de Castrie (1764–1796)