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Suffragan diocese Saint-Claude, France

Diocese of Saint-Claude

Sancti Claudii

The Diocese of Saint-Claude is a Latin rite diocese covering the Jura department in eastern France, erected on 22 January 1742 from the ancient abbey of Saint-Claude and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besancon. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew in Saint-Claude.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew, in Saint-Claude, France.

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Established
1742
Catholics
185,000
Priests
56
Territory
4,499 km²

Parishes and churches

11 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-Luc Garin
Born
27 October 1969
Birthplace
La Bassée

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew stands in Saint-Claude, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Established in 1742, the Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; French: Diocèse de Saint-Claude) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in France whose bounds match the civil department of Jura. The city lies 62 km (39 mi) north-northwest of Geneva and 120 km (75 mi) south of Besançon. Once a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon, the diocese now belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon. Its cathedra is Saint-Claude Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Saint-Claude, Jura.

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