Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude

Catholic diocese in France

Diocese of Saint-Claude Dioecesis Sancti Claudii Diocèse de Saint-Claude

Saint-Claude Cathedral
Location
Country	France
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

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.

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

References

^ 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.