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Suffragan diocese Séez, France

Diocese of Séez

Sagien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Seez is a Latin rite diocese covering the Orne department in Normandy, erected in the 3rd century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen; the bishop's seat is in the town of Sees. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Sees.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Sées, in Séez, France.

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Catholics
268,050
Priests
58
Territory
6,103 km²

Parishes and churches

10 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Bruno Feillet
Born
16 November 1959
Birthplace
Caudéran

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Sées stands in Séez, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

First established in the 3rd century, the Diocese of Séez (Latin: Dioecesis Sagiensis; French: Diocèse de Séez) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France covering the department of Orne in the region of Normandy. Its episcopal see is the cathedral in Sées, and the diocese answers to the Archdiocese of Rouen as suffragan. In 2022 there was one priest for every 2,836 Catholics in the diocese.

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