Diocese of Saint-Dié
Sancti Deodati
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Dié, France
The Diocese of Saint-Die, erected in 1777, is a Latin Church diocese coterminous with the department of Vosges in eastern France, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Besancon. Francois Gourdon has been its bishop since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 July 1777
- Latin
- Sancti Deodati
- Patron
- Saint Deodatus (Deodatus of Nevers)
- Annuario code
- 001002806
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 292,500
- Population
- 359,520
- Catholic share
- 81.4%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 3,611
- Extent
- 5,903 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- François Gourdon
- Born
- 24 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Angers
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
Saint-Die Cathedral stands in Saint-Dié, 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-ClaudeSaint-Claude
- Diocese of VerdunVerdun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Sharing its boundaries with the département of the Vosges, the Diocese of Saint-Dié (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Deodatiis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Dié) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in France. The bishop's cathedra remains Saint-Dié Cathedral in the town now called Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, though since 1944 the bishop has resided in Épinal, the département's capital. The see is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon.
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].