Diocese of Limoges
Lemovicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limoges, France
The Diocese of Limoges is a Latin rite diocese covering the Haute-Vienne and Creuse departments in central France, an ancient see traditionally founded by St. Martial. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Poitiers. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Limoges. Bishop Benoit Aubert was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 8 April 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Lemovicen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Martial
- Annuario code
- 001002007
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 400,180
- Population
- 494,885
- Catholic share
- 80.9%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 7,696
- Extent
- 11,085 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Benoit Aubert
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 St. Stephen, Limoges stands in Limoges, 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.
The province of Poitiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Poitiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PoitiersPoitiers
- Diocese of AngoulêmeAngoulême
- Diocese of La RochelleLa Rochelle
- Diocese of TulleTulle
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two départments, Haute-Vienne and Creuse, together make up the territory of the Diocese of Limoges (Latin: Dioecesis Lemovicensis; French: Diocèse de Limoges), a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in France.
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].