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Suffragan diocese Mende, France

Diocese of Mende

Mimaten(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Mende is a Latin rite diocese covering the Lozere department in southern France, erected in the 3rd century and today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montpellier. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame and St. Privat in Mende.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame and St. Privat in Mende, in Mende, France.

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Catholics
50,245
Priests
52
Territory
5,180 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jean Pelletier

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame and St. Privat in Mende stands in Mende, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The department of Lozère forms the territory of the Diocese of Mende (Latin: Dioecoesis Mimatensis; French: Diocèse de Mende), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The see was already in existence in 314, since Genialis, a deacon of the Church of Gabalum (Gévaudan), was present at the Council of Arles held that year.

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