For the answer to the question above, Concordat of 1801, the agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. Napoleon took the initiative in negotiating this agreement; he recognized that reconciliation with the church was politic. In the agreement the first consul (Napoleon) was given the right to nominate bishops; the bishoprics and parishes were redistributed, and the establishment of seminaries was allowed. The pope (Pius VII) condoned the actions of those who had acquired church property, and by way of compensation, the government engaged to give the bishops and curés suitable salaries. After having been the law of the church of France for a century, it was denounced by the French government in 1905, when by the “Separation Law” church and state were sundered. i hope this helps