Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon
Foroiulien(sis)-Tolonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fréjus-Toulon, France
The Diocese of Frejus-Toulon is a Latin rite diocese covering the Var department in southeastern France; the ancient see of Frejus (4th century) took its present name on 28 April 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Marseille. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Seds in Toulon, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Leontius in Frejus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1957
- Latin
- Foroiulien(sis)-Tolonen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Leontius of Frejus and St. Mary Magdalene
- Annuario code
- 001001445
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 545,100
- Population
- 1,090,200
- Catholic share
- 50.0%
- Priests
- 210
- Catholics per priest
- 2,596
- Extent
- 6,022 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francois Touvet
- Born
- 13 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Paris
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Seds, Toulon stands in Fréjus-Toulon, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Leontius, Frejus.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Marseille
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Marseille.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AvignonAvignon
- Archdiocese of Aix–ArlesAix–Arles
- Diocese of AjaccioAjaccio
- Diocese of DigneDigne
- Diocese of Gap-EmbrunGap-Embrun
- Archdiocese of MarseilleMarseille
- Diocese of NiceNice
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the Mediterranean coast of southeastern France lies the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon (Latin: Dioecesis Foroiuliensis-Tolonensis; French: Diocèse de Fréjus-Toulon), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. Its present territory joins that of the ancient Diocese of Fréjus with that of the ancient Diocese of Toulon, and the see received the name Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in 1957.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].