The évêché of Fraud-of-Brittany (traditionally called Breton Bro-Zol in ) is attested like such as of the 6th century. It holds its fortune of the will of kings Nominoé and Solomon, which wanted to ensure the religious autonomy of the Brittany, up to that point attached to the ecclesiastical province of Tours, and support the erection of Fraud in archbishop's palace towards 848. The tradition gives him for founder Saint Samson.

The new ecclesiastical province comprendait old the Diocèse S of Vannes, Quimper, Leon and Alet, as well as the new dioceses of Fraud, Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier.

Long quarrels, where the other Breton dioceses tend in their turn with an independence, see to clash in front of the pope the opposite interests of Henri II Plantagenêt, which wishes the maintenance of a Breton archbishop's palace, and those of Philippe Auguste, which is due to a hierarchical relation placing the évêchés Breton ones under the authority of an archbishop of the capétien field. Papacy generally supports the claims of the seat of Turns, and the business is completed by the removal of the province of Fraud at the end of the 11th century.

Évêché was removed the shortly after the French revolution (the November 29th 1801). It is incorporated today, like that of Saint-Malo, in that of Rennes. It one of new the was évêchés historical of Brittany.

It is évêché of France which had the greatest number of enclaves in others évêchés, as well in Brittany as in Normandy.

Subdivisions

Évêché of Fraud was its clean Archidiaconé, comprised before the Révolution 90 parishes and 7 Trier in Brittany and 4 parishes of Normandy distributed on 7 deaneries:

• Fraud, gathering the parishes around the abbey-évêché and the enclaves of the évêché of Rennes
• Bobital, gathering enclaves of the évêché of Saint-Malo
• Coëtmieux, gathering enclaves of the évêché of Saint-Brieuc
• Lanvollon, for the enclaves of the évêché of remaining Saint-Brieuc
• Lannion, gathering enclaves of the évêché of Tréguier
• Lanmeur, for the enclaves of the évêché of remaining Tréguier, that of the évêché of Leon and that of the évêché of Cornwall
• the Exemption of Saint-Samson, gathering the enclaves Normans

Country of Fraud nowadays

Composed of 43 communes (in their current delimitation), the country of Fraud counted, with the census of 1999,47.434 inhabitants for an total surface area of 637 km ² (by holding account only contiguous communes).

External bonds

• List of the bishops and archbishops of Fraud
• a file on évêché of Fraud-of-Brittany with the list of the bishops
• Geography of Brittany, lists cities of the Country of Fraud

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