Diocese of Nîmes
Nemausen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nîmes, France
The Diocese of Nimes is a Latin rite diocese covering the Gard department in southern France, an ancient see erected in the 5th century and today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montpellier. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady and St. Castor in Nimes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 500
- Latin
- Nemausen(sis)
- Patron
- Notre Dame
- Annuario code
- 001002394
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 423,000
- Population
- 728,600
- Catholic share
- 58.1%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 4,453
- Extent
- 5,853 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 72
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
- Nicolas Brouwet
- Born
- 31 August 1962
- Birthplace
- Suresnes
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 Our Lady and St. Castor in Nîmes stands in Nîmes, 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 Montpellier
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montpellier.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MontpellierMontpellier
- Diocese of Carcassonne et NarbonneCarcassonne et Narbonne
- Diocese of MendeMende
- Diocese of Perpignan-ElnePerpignan-Elne
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
All of the department of Gard belongs to the Diocese of Nîmes (Latin: Dioecesis Nemausensis; French: Diocèse de Nîmes), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. When the Concordat of 1801 reorganized the French church, Nîmes was not among the sees restored, and the lands of the former Diocese of Gard passed instead to the Diocese of Avignon.
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].