Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon
| Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Marseille |
| Diocesan bishop | Dominique Rey |
| Vicar General | Jean-Yves Molinas |
| founding | 1817 |
| surface | 6,022 km² |
| Parishes | 198 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 1,106,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 664,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 60% |
| Diocesan priest | 189 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 118 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.163 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 171 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 410 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède |
| Co-cathedral | Saint-Léonce |
| address | BP 3022 68 Impasse Beaulieu 83059 Toulon CEDEX France |
| Website | www.diocese-frejus-toulon.com |
| Ecclesiastical province | |
Ecclesiastical province of Marseille |
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The diocese of Fréjus-Toulon ( Latin : Dioecesis Foroiuliensis-Tolonensis ) located in France , with its seat in Toulon , was founded as the diocese of Fréjus as early as the 2nd half of the 4th century, but fell victim to secularization . After its abolition, it was rebuilt on October 6, 1822, with its territory being separated from the diocese of Avignon . Subordinate to the Archdiocese of Aix as a suffragan , it came with the diocese reform on December 16, 2002 as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Marseille . The bishopric and location of the cathedral is Toulon.
On April 28, 1957, it changed its name from Fréjus to Fréjus-Toulon and thus revived the name of the diocese of Toulon, which perished with the French Revolution .
Territorial development since 1790
In 1790 the old dioceses of Fréjus, Toulon, Grasse and Vence (enriched by some parishes from the dioceses of Aix, Marseille and Riez ) were combined to form the diocese of Var. In 1801 this diocese of Var was combined with the dioceses of Aix, Marseille and Arles to form the diocese of Aix. From 1822 the restored diocese of Fréjus comprised the entire then department of Var (including the former diocese of Toulon and the arrondissement of Grasse ; the eastern border was the river Var ). After the Var département was reduced in size in 1860 in favor of the newly created Alpes-Maritimes département around the Grasse arrondissement (so that since then the Var river has flowed outside the Var département), the ecclesiastical territory was adjusted to this situation in 1886. The Arrondissement of Grasse has been part of the Diocese of Nice since then . The front of Cannes located Lérins Abbey belongs to the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon.
See also
literature
- Louis Porte: Histoire du diocèse de Fréjus-Toulon . Editions du Lau 2017 (on territorial change: pp. 100, 111 and 117).
Web links
Sainte-Marie Cathedral at Toulon
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