The diocese was extremely small, containing around fifty parishes, scattered around a territory which was almost completely rural.Gallia christiana VI, p. 223. There were only two monasteries in the diocese, the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Chignan, and the Premonstratensian abbey of Fontcaude. There was also a convent of Récollets.Jean, p. 277. In 1713 the episcopal seat of Saint-Pons contained some 2000 inhabitants, a number which had not increased by 1770.Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 319, note 1; VI, p. 343, note 1.
