Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude

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
Saint-Claude Cathedral
Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical provinceBesançon
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Besançon
Statistics
Area4,499 km2 (1,737 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2014)
263,600
188,800 (71.6%)
Parishes67 'new parishes'
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established22 January 1742
CathedralCathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew
Patron saintSt. Claudius of Besançon
Secular priests91 (diocesan)
7 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJean-Luc Gérard Garin
Metropolitan ArchbishopJean-Luc Bouilleret
Website
Website of the Diocese
Bishop Vincent Jordy

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
  • 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

References
  1. Saint-Claude (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
  2. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint-Claude
  3. "Resignations and appointments, 04.11.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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