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The Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; French: Diocèse de Saint-Claude) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese corresponds in territory to the department of Jura. It was created in 1742,[1] as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the Abbey of Saint-Claude.[2] Under the Concordat of 1802 the diocese was suppressed and its territory included in the Archdiocese of Besançon; in 1822 it was again made an independent diocese.
Diocese of Saint-Claude Dioecesis Sancti Claudii Diocèse de Saint-Claude | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Besançon |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Besançon |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,499 km2 (1,737 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 263,600 188,800 (71.6%) |
Parishes | 67 'new parishes' |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 22 January 1742 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew |
Patron saint | St. Claudius of Besançon |
Secular priests | 91 (diocesan) 7 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jean-Luc Gérard Garin |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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The Diocese of Saint-Claude is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon, and formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its cathedra is Saint-Claude Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Saint-Claude, Jura.
Bishops
edit- Joseph de Méallet de Fargues, 1742–1785
- Jean-Baptiste Chabot, 1785–1801
- François Xavier Moyse (François-Xavier Moïse), 1791–1793, constitutional bishop
- Vacant
- Antoine Jacques de Chamon, 1823–1851
- Jean Pierre Mabile, 1851–1858, also Bishop of Versailles
- Charles Jean Fillion, 1858–1862, also Bishop of Le Mans
- Louis Anne Nogret, 1862–1880
- César-Joseph Marpot, 1880–1898
- François-Alexandre Maillet, 1898–1925
- Rambert-Irénée Faure, 1926–1948
- Claude-Constant Marie Flusin, 1948–1975
- Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne, 1975–1994
- Yves François Patenôtre, 1994–2004, also Archbishop of Sens
- Jean-Marie-Henri Legrez, O.P., 2005–2011; named Archbishop of Albi on February 2, 2011
- Vincent Jordy, 2011–2019[3]
- Jean-Luc Gérard Garin, 2020–present
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Saint-Claude (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
- ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint-Claude
- ^ "Resignations and appointments, 04.11.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
External links
edit- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
- (in French) Diocesan page