Diocese of Verdun
Virodunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Verdun, France
The Diocese of Verdun is a Latin rite diocese covering the Meuse department in Lorraine, France, with origins in the 4th century (St. Sanctinus traditionally first bishop around 332). Suppressed during the French Revolution, it was restored on 6 October 1822 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besancon. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Verdun. The see is currently vacant (sede vacante).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1822
- Latin
- Virodunen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001000090
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 170,120
- Population
- 194,100
- Catholic share
- 87.6%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 4,149
- Extent
- 6,211 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Joseph de Metz-Noblat
- Born
- 6 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Cherbourg
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 de Verdun stands in Verdun, 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 Saint-DiéSaint-Dié
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Matching the département of Meuse in the région of Lorraine, the Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in France. It stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon, and its territory is divided into 577 parishes.
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].