Diocese of Rodez–Vabres
Ruthenen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rodez–Vabres, France
The Diocese of Rodez and Vabres is a Latin Church diocese in southern France covering the department of Aveyron, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Its bishop since 2022 is Luc Meyer.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1875
- Latin
- Ruthenen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Amans (Amandus of Rodez)
- Annuario code
- 001002764
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 273,595
- Population
- 279,595
- Catholic share
- 97.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 3,553
- Extent
- 8,743 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Luc Meyer
- Born
- 13 September 1968
- Birthplace
- La Ferté-Macé
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
Rodez Cathedral stands in Rodez–Vabres, 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 Toulouse
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toulouse.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AlbiAlbi
- Archdiocese of AuchAuch
- Archdiocese of ToulouseToulouse
- Diocese of CahorsCahors
- Diocese of MontaubanMontauban
- Diocese of PamiersPamiers
- Diocese of Tarbes et LourdesTarbes et Lourdes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see in Rodez, the Diocese of Rodez (-Vabres) (Latin: Dioecesis Ruthenensis (-Vabrensis); French: Diocèse de Rodez (-Vabres)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in France. Its boundaries match exactly those of the Department of Aveyron, the former Rouergue. Luc Meyer has held the see since 7 July 2022, appointed by Pope Francis.
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].