Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; French: Diocèse de 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 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
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
DenominationRoman Catholic
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
Metropolitan ArchbishopJean-Luc Bouilleret
Website
Website of the Diocese
Bishop Vincent Jordy

The diocese of Saint-Claude 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.

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] – 4 November 2019)[4]
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