The department was united in 1802 to the diocese of Carcassonne; by the Concordat of 1817 the diocese of Perpignan as it was re-established in 1817 was suffragan to the archdiocese of Albi.
The department was united in 1802 to the diocese of Carcassonne. The diocese of Perpignan was therefore re-established by papal bull in 1822, and was made suffragan to the archdiocese of Albi.