Diocese of Moulins
Molinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Moulins, France
The Diocese of Moulins is a Latin rite diocese covering the Allier department in central France, erected on 27 July 1817 and today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Clermont. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Moulins.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 July 1817
- Latin
- Molinen(sis)
- Patron
- Notre Dame
- Annuario code
- 001002306
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 201,580
- Population
- 335,065
- Catholic share
- 60.2%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 4,480
- Extent
- 7,381 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Marc Beaumont
- Born
- 14 September 1961
- Birthplace
- Cambrai
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 Basilica of Notre Dame in Moulins, Allier stands in Moulins, 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 Clermont
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Clermont.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ClermontClermont
- Diocese of Le Puy-en-VelayLe Puy-en-Velay
- Diocese of Saint-FlourSaint-Flour
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
All of the department of Allier, in the region of Auvergne, forms the territory of the Diocese of Moulins (Latin: Dioecesis Molinensis; French: Diocèse de Moulins), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its episcopal see is in the city of Moulins.
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].