Diocese of Saint-Etienne
Sancti Stephani
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Etienne, France
The Diocese of Saint-Etienne is a Latin rite diocese covering the southern Loire department, erected on 26 December 1970 from the Archdiocese of Lyon, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Charles Borromeo in Saint-Etienne; per catholic-hierarchy (May 2026) the see is currently vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 December 1970
- Latin
- Sancti Stephani
- Patron
- Saint Stephen
- Annuario code
- 001002809
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 475,000
- Population
- 603,000
- Catholic share
- 78.8%
- Priests
- 62
- Catholics per priest
- 7,661
- Extent
- 3,035 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 157
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Charles Borromeo in Saint-Étienne stands in Saint-Etienne, 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 Lyon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lyon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et TarentaiseChambéry
- Archdiocese of LyonLyon
- Diocese of AnnecyAnnecy
- Diocese of Belley-ArsBelley-Ars
- Diocese of Grenoble-VienneGrenoble-Vienne
- Diocese of ValenceValence
- Diocese of ViviersViviers
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the left, western bank of the Loire River, opposite Vienne, sits the base of the Diocese of Saint-Étienne (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Stephani; French: Diocèse de Saint-Étienne), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France located in the Loire department. By road, 51 km (32 mi) separate Vienne from Saint-Étienne.
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].