Diocese of Tulle
Tutelen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tulle, France
The Diocese of Tulle is a Latin rite diocese covering the Correze department in central France, erected on 11 July 1317 and today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Poitiers. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Notre Dame and St. Martin in Tulle.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 August 1317
- Latin
- Tutelen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Annuario code
- 001000015
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 219,340
- Population
- 241,000
- Catholic share
- 91.0%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 5,928
- Extent
- 5,896 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Eric Bidot
- Born
- 15 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI
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 Notre Dame and St. Martin stands in Tulle, 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 Poitiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Poitiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PoitiersPoitiers
- Diocese of AngoulêmeAngoulême
- Diocese of La RochelleLa Rochelle
- Diocese of LimogesLimoges
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole département of Corrèze falls within the Diocese of Tulle (Latin: Dioecesis Tutelensis; French: Diocèse de Tulle), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Tulle, France. The Abbey of Tulle, founded in the early 10th century, grew in influence; by the early 12th century its abbot controlled the pilgrimage church of Rocamadour. In 1317 the abbacy was raised to a diocese, though the Concordat of 1802 suppressed it and joined it to the diocese of Limoges.
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].