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Suffragan diocese Gap-Embrun, France

Diocese of Gap-Embrun

Vapincen(sis)-Ebrodunen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Gap-Embrun is a Latin rite diocese covering the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France; the ancient see of Gap (5th century) was renamed Gap-Embrun on 5 July 2022, recalling the suppressed archdiocese of Embrun. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Marseille. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and St. Arnoux in Gap.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Notre-Dame and St. Arnoux, Gap, in Gap-Embrun, France.

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Catholics
121,700
Priests
43
Territory
5,643 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Xavier Malle
Born
14 September 1965
Birthplace
Valenciennes

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Notre-Dame and St. Arnoux, Gap stands in Gap-Embrun, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southern France, the Diocese of Gap and Embrun (Latin: Dioecesis Vapincensis et Ebrodunensis; French: Diocèse de Gap et d'Embrun) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Gap Cathedral, in the city of Gap, is the episcopal see, with the Co-cathédrale of Notre Dame in Embrun serving as co-cathedral; the diocese also counts a minor basilica, the Basilique Notre-Dame du Laus in Saint-Étienne-le-Laus. It is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille, and Xavier Malle is the current bishop.

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