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Suffragan diocese Langres, France

Diocese of Langres

Lingonen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Langres is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the Haute-Marne department, an ancient see dating to roughly the fourth century. Since 2002 it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims and is led by Bishop Joseph de Metz-Noblat since 2014.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint-Mammès in Langres, in Langres, France.

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Catholics
128,000
Priests
36
Territory
6,250 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Joseph de Metz-Noblat
Born
6 February 1959
Birthplace
Cherbourg

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint-Mammès in Langres stands in Langres, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Comprising the département of Haute-Marne in France, the Diocese of Langres (Latin: Dioecesis Lingonensis; French: Diocèse de Langres) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Once a suffragan of Lyon, it has belonged since 2002 to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Reims. Joseph Marie Edouard de Metz-Noblat, who succeeded Bishop Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley on 21 January 2014, is the current bishop. The diocese extends over 6,250 km2 with an estimated Catholic population of 128,000, and in 2021 it counted one priest for every 2,782 Catholics.