Diocese of Saint-Claude
Sancti Claudii
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Claude, France
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 January 1742
- Latin
- Sancti Claudii
- Patron
- St. Claudius of Besancon
- Annuario code
- 001002802
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 185,000
- Population
- 258,000
- Catholic share
- 71.7%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 3,304
- Extent
- 4,499 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- Jean-Luc Garin
- Born
- 27 October 1969
- Birthplace
- La Bassée
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 of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew stands in Saint-Claude, 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 Besancon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Besancon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BesançonBesançon
- Diocese of Belfort–MontbéliardBelfort–Montbéliard
- Diocese of NancyNancy
- Diocese of Saint-DiéSaint-Dié
- Diocese of VerdunVerdun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].