The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 seated at Toul

Toul

Toul is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:Toul is located between Commercy and Nancy, and situated between the Moselle River and the Canal de la Marne au Rhin....

 in present-day France. It existed from 365 until 1824. From 1048 until 1552 (de jure

De jure

De jure is an expression that means "concerning law", as contrasted with de facto, which means "concerning fact".De jure = 'Legally', De facto = 'In fact'....

until 1648), it was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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History

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. It was annexed to France by King Henry II

Henry II of France

Henry II was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559.-Early years:Henry was born in the royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, the son of Francis I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany .His father was captured at the Battle of Pavia in 1525 by his sworn enemy,...

 in 1552, and that was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Peace of Westphalia

Peace of Westphalia

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 of 1648. It then was part of the province of the Three Bishoprics

Three Bishoprics

The Three Bishoprics constituted a province of pre-Revolutionary France consisting of the prince-bishoprics of Verdun, Metz, and Toul within the Lorraine region....

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After the Duchy of Lorraine also became part of France in the 18th century, the Diocese of Toul was merged with the Diocese of Nancy into the Diocese of Nancy-Toul.

The Diocese of Toul belonged to the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Trier.

To 1000

• Mansuetus 338–375 (Saint Mansuy), first bishop
• Amon ca. 400?
• Alchas ca. 423?
• Gelsimus ca. 455?
• Auspicius
  Auspicius of Toul
  Auspicius of Toul was a bishop of Toul and poet of the later fifth century.He is known for iambic verse based on stress ; this was an innovation of his time. A verse letter of his from around 470 survives, praising Arbogast, count of Trier....
  
   ca. 478?
• Ursus around 490
• Aprus
  Aprus
  Saint Aprus was a bishop of Toul from 500 to 507. The brother of Saint Apronia , he was born near Trier. He may have studied as a lawyer. After entering the priesthood, Aprus was appointed bishop of Toul.-Veneration:...
  
   (Aper) 500–507
• Aladius 508–525?
• Trifsorich 525–532
• Dulcitius 532?–549
• Alodius around 549
• Premon
• Antimund
• Eudolius around 602
• Theofred 640–653
• Bodo ca. 660
• Eborinus around 664
• Leudinus
  Leudinus
  Leudinus Bodo was a seventh century bishop of Toul, successor to Eborinus, or Elbonirus. He was a Benedictine. He occurs in hagiographies.He is traditionally known as the founder of Bodonis Monasterium , later called Bon-Moutier...
  
   667?–669
• Adeotatus 679–680
• Ermentheus ca. 690?
• Magnald ca. 695?
• Dodo ca. 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
  Gauzelin of Toul
  Gauzelin was a French bishop of Toul.He was from a noble Frankish family, and made his way at court as a notary in the royal chancery. The king Charles the Simple made him bishop of Toul, and he was consecrated on 17 March 922....
  
   922–962
• Gerard I 963–994 (Saint Gerard
  Gerard of Toul
  Saint Gerard of Toul, also Saint Gerald of Toul was a German priest who was appointed bishop of Toul in 963. He ruled for 31 years.Unlike some other saints he was born into a very wealthy, noble family....
  
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(1026–51)

• Stephen 994–995
• Robert 995–996
• Berthold 996–1019

1000 to 1300

• Hermann 1020–1026
• Bruno of Eguisheim, later Pope Leo IX
• Odo 1052–1069
• Poppo 1070–1107
• Richwin de Commercy 1108–1126
  • Konrad I von Schwarzburg 1118–1124
• Heinrich I von Lothringen 1127–1167 (Châtenois
  Châtenois
  Châtenois may refer to:* Châtenois, Bas-Rhin, a commune of the French region of Alsace* Châtenois, Haute-Saône, a commune of the French region of Franche-Comté* Châtenois, Jura, a commune of the French region of Franche-Comté...
  
  )
• Pierre de Brizey 1168–1192
• Eudes I von Vaudemont 1192–1197
• Matthias von Lothringen 1197–1206, † 1217
• Reinald de Chantilly 1210–1217
• Gerard II de Vaudemont 1218–1219
• Eudes II de Sorcy 1219–1228
• Garinus 1228–1230
• Rogier de Marcey 1231–1251
• Giles de Sorcy 1253–1271
• Konrad II von Tübinghen 1272–1296
• Johann I. von Sierck
  John II van Sierck
  John van Sierck was a bishop of Utrecht from 1291 to 1296.John van Sierck was archdeacon in Treis-Karden in the Archbishopric of Trier, and papal chaplain. In 1291 he was named bishop of Utrecht by Pope Nicholas IV, without prior election by the Utrecht Chapters...
  
   1296–1305

1300 to 1500

• Vito Venosa 1305–1306
• Eudes III de Grançon 1306–1308
• Giacomo Ottone Colonna 1308–1309
• Jean II de Arzillières 1309–1320
• Amatus von Genf 1320–1330
• Thomas de Bourlemont 1330–1353
• Bertram de la Tour 1353–1361
• Pietro di la Barreria 1361–1363
• Johann III von Hoya 1363–1372
• Johann IV von Neuenburg 1373–1384, † 1398
• Savin de Floxence 1384–1398
• Philipp II de la Ville-sur-Illon 1399–1409
• Heinrich II de la Ville-sur-Illom 1409–1436
• Louis de Haraucourt 1437–1449
• Guillaume Fillatre 1449–1460
• Jean V de Chevrot 1460
• Anton I von Neuenburg 1461–1495
• Ulrich von Blankenberg 1495–1506

From 1500

• Hugh des Hazards 1506–1517
• John, Cardinal of Lorraine
  John, Cardinal of Lorraine
  Jean de Lorraine was a French cardinal, who was archbishop of Reims, Lyon and Narbonne, bishop of Metz, Toul, Verdun, Thérouanne, Luçon, Albi, Valence, Nantes and Agen...
  
    1517–1524, † 1544 (Bishop of Verdun 1523–1544)
• Hector de Ailly-Rochefort 1526–1532
• John, Cardinal of Lorraine (again) 1532–1537
• Antoine II Pellagrin 1537–1542
• Johann von Lothringen-Guise (again) 1542–1543, † 1544
• Toussaint de Hossey 1543–1565
• Pierre III de Châtelet 1565–1580
• Karl von Lothringen-Vaudémont (Mercœur) 1580–1587 (Bishop of Verdun 1585–1587)
• Christopher de la Vallée 1589–1607
• Jean VII Porcelet de Maillane 1609–1624
• Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine
  Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine
  Nicholas Francis , also known as Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his own resignation...
  
    1625–1634
• Charles Chretien de Gournay 1634–1637
• Henri Arnauld
  Henri Arnauld
  Henri Arnauld was a French Catholic bishop.He was first destined for the Bar, but was taken to Rome by Cardinal Bentivoglio and during this absence, which lasted five years, the court granted him the Abbey of Saint-Nicholas...
  
  
• 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, last bishop, 1773–1802