Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude
| Diocese of Saint-Claude Dioecesis Sancti Claudii Diocèse de Saint-Claude | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Besançon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Besançon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,499 km2 (1,737 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 258,000 183,000 (70.9%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 22 January 1742 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Sts Peter, Paul and Andrew |
| Patron saint | St Claudius of Besançon |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vincent Jordy |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman 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 Sainte-Claude.[2] Under the Concordat of 1802 it was included in the Archdiocese of Besançon; in 1822 it was again independent.
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon, having in the past been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its see is Saint-Claude Cathedral. Current bishop - Vincent Jordy - appointed at July 22, 2011.
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 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi, France on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
- Vincent Jordy 2011–present[3]
Bishop Vincent Jordy
External links
- (French) Diocesan page