The Concordat of 11 June 1817 was a concordat between the kingdom of France and the Holy See, signed on 11 June 1817. Not having been enacted into law by the French parlement, it never came into force in France. The country remained under the regime outlined in the Concordat of 1801 until the 1905 law on the Separation of the Churches and the State was enacted.
Representatives Representing Pope Pius VII was Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, the papal secretary of state. He had already negotiated the 1801 Concordat, and was designated the plenipotentiary for the 1817 negotiations. King Louis XVIII chose his favorite, the ambassador to Rome, the Comte de Blacas, who had previously served as the prime minister of France, to negotiate the Concordat of 1817.
Text The Concordat's introduction (1st article) was a repetition of that of the Concordat of Bologna, but the other articles laid down restrictions on this "re-establishment" of the Concordat of Bologna.
A revised ecclesiastical geography One of the accord's objectives was to increase the number of dioceses in France. Another important article (article 4) stipulated that the dioceses in the kingdom of France suppressed by the bull of the Holy See of 29 November 1801 were to be re-established in such a number as both sides would agree on as the most advantageous for the good of religion.
+ Organisation of dioceses envisaged by the French Concordat of 1817 Ecclesiastical provinces (*) Dioceses (**) TerritoryAix, with the title of Embrun Aix-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône (Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence) Digne Basses-Alpes FréjusVar GapHautes-Alpes Albi AlbiTarn (arrondissements of Albi and of Gaillac)Cahors Lot CastresTarn (arrondissements of Castres and of Lavaur)Mende Lozère RodezAveyron ArlesAjaccio Corsica Arles Bouches-du-Rhône (arrondissement of Arles)Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône (arrondissement of Marseille) AuchAireLandes AuchGers Bayonne Basses-Pyrénées TarbesHautes-Pyrénées AvignonAvignonVaucluse (arrondissements of Apt and of Avignon) OrangeVaucluse (arrondissements of Carpentras and of Orange)Besançon Belley AinBesançonDoubs, Haute-SaôneMetzMoselleNancy Meurthe Saint-DiéVosges StrasbourgBas-Rhin, Haut-RhinVerdunMeuse Bordeaux Agen Lot-et-Garonne Angoulême Charente Bordeaux Gironde La Rochelle Charente-InférieureLuçonVendée PérigueuxDordogne Poitiers Vienne and Deux-Sèvres Bourges Bourges Cher and Indre Clermont Puy-de-Dôme Le PuyHaute-LoireLimoges Creuse and Haute-Vienne Saint-Flour Cantal TulleCorrèze CambraiArras Pas-de-Calais (arrondissements of Arras, of Béthune and of Saint-Pol)BoulognePas-de-Calais (arrondissements of Boulogne, of Montreuil and of Saint-Omer)Cambrai Nord Lyon Autun Saône-et-Loire (arrondissements of Autun and of Charolles) Chalon-sur-SaôneSaône-et-Loire (arrondissements of Chalon, of Louhans and of Mâcon)Dijon Côte-d'Or LangresHaute-Marne Lyon Rhône and Loire Saint-ClaudeJura NarbonneBéziersHérault (arrondissements of Béziers and of Saint-Pons)Carcassonne Aude (arrondissement of Castelnaudary and, in the arrondissement of Carcassonne, the cantons of Alzonne, of Capendu, of Carcassonne 1 & 2, of Conques, of the Mas-Cabardès, of Peyriac and of Saissac)Montpellier Hérault (arrondissements of Lodève and of Montpellier)NarbonneAuof (arrondissements of Limoux and of Narbonne and, in the arrondissement of Carcassonne, the cantons of Lagrasse, Mouthoumet and of Tuchan)NîmesGard PerpignanPyrénées-Orientales Paris BloisLoir-et-Cher ChartresEure-et-Loir Meaux Seine-et-Marne Orléans Loiret Paris SeineVersailles Seine-et-Oise ReimsAmiens Somme BeauvaisOise (arrondissements of Beauvais and of Senlis)Châlons-sur-MarneMarne (arrondissements of Châlons-sur-Marne, of Épernay, of Sainte-Menehould and of Vitry)LaonAisne (arrondissements of Laon, of Saint-Quentin and of Vervins)NoyonOise (arrondissements of Clermont and of Compiègne)ReimsArdennes and Marne (Arrondissement of Reims)Soissons Aisne (arrondissements of Château-Thierry and of Soissons) Rouen Bayeux Calvados Coutances Manche Évreux Eure Rouen Seine-Inférieure Sées Orne SensAuxerreYonne (arrondissements of Auxerre, of Avallon and of Tonnerre) MoulinsAllier NeversNièvre SensYonne (arrondissements of Joigny and of Sens)Troyes Aube Toulouse MontaubanTarn-et-Garonne PamiersAriège Toulouse Haute-GaronneTours Angers Maine-et-LoireLe Mans Mayenne, Sarthe Nantes Loire-Inférieure Quimper Finistère Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine (arrondissements of Montfort, of Redon, of Rennes and of Vitré) Saint-Brieuc Côtes-du-Nord Saint-MaloIlle-et-Vilaine (arrondissements of Fougères and of Saint-Malo)Vannes Morbihan Tours Indre-et-LoireVienneGrenoble Isère (arrondissements of Grenoble and of Saint-Marcelin)Valence Drôme VienneIsère (arrondissements of La Tour-du-Pin and of Vienne)ViviersArdèche
(*)In italics, dioceses elevated to the rank of archdioceses. (**)In bold, dioceses and archdioceses that were foreseen to be created or re-established. Not all of them were.
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External links French text of the Concordat