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Suffragan diocese Fréjus-Toulon, France

Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon

Foroiulien(sis)-Tolonen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Seds, Toulon, in Fréjus-Toulon, France.

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Established
1957
Catholics
545,100
Priests
210
Territory
6,022 km²

Parishes and churches

199 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Francois Touvet
Born
13 May 1965
Birthplace
Paris

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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.

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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.

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