Suffragan diocese Perpignan-Elne, France
Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
Elnen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Perpignan-Elne is a Latin rite diocese covering the Pyrenees-Orientales department; the ancient see of Elne (6th century) was transferred to Perpignan and re-erected on 6 October 1822, and is today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montpellier. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Perpignan, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Eulalia and St. Julia in Elne.
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- Established
- 1822
- Catholics
- 316,800
- Priests
- 54
- Territory
- 4,143 km²
Parishes and churches
23 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint Jean BaptisteTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Cerdagne Saint RochTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame de Font RomeuTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame de la Bonne NouvelleTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame de la Côte radieuseTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame des 3 Vallées en Haut ConflentTown not recordedView parish
- Pau i Treva de DeuTown not recordedView parish
- Sacré Coeur des AlbèresTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Antoine Marie ClaretTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Cyprien de CarthageTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Etienne du Haut RibéralTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Ferréol du Bas VallespirTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean BoscoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean Paul II du RibéralTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean-Marie Vianney des AspresTown not recordedView parish
- Saint JérômeTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Michel en ConflentTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte FamilleTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Hélène IllibérisTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Lydie en SalanqueTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Marie du Haut VallespirTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Marie Etoile de la MerTown not recordedView parish
- Transfiguration de la Haute AglyTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thierry Scherrer
- Born
- 22 January 1959
- Birthplace
- Versailles
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Perpignan stands in Perpignan-Elne, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Eulalia and St. Julia in Elne.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The Department of Pyrénées-Orientales forms the territory of the Diocese of Perpignan-Elne (Latin: Dioecesis Elnensis; French: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne; Catalan: Bisbat de Perpinyà-Elna), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its predecessor, the Diocese of Elne, remained a suffragan of the Diocese of Narbonne until 1511.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Diocese of Perpignan-Elne to celebrate saint patron at abbaye saint-Martin-du-Canigou
- Mgr Scherrer publishes pastoral letter
- Diocese of Perpignan-Elne to hold Pluie de Roses
- Diocese of Perpignan-Elne holds Aplec de Notre-Dame de Font-Romeu
- Diocese of Perpignan-Elne hosts concert
21 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.