Diocese of La Rochelle-Saintes
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Poitiers |
| Diocesan bishop | Georges Colomb MEP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Bernard Housset |
| founding | 1852 |
| surface | 7,106 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 646,988 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 405,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 62.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 73 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,273 |
| Permanent deacons | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 104 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Louis in La Rochelle |
| Co-cathedral | Co-cathédrale Saint-Pierre in Saintes |
| Website | www.catholique-larochelle.cef.fr |
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The Diocese of La Rochelle-Saintes ( Latin Dioecesis Rupellensis-santonensis , French Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes ) is an in France situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Rochelle .
history
Pope John XXII. 1317 elevated Maillezais Abbey and its area of influence to a diocese, the abbot became an abbot-bishop and the abbey church became a cathedral. Pope Innocent X moved the diocese on May 4, 1648 with the Apostolic Constitution In supereminenti in the city of La Rochelle, which had long been a stronghold of the Huguenots , and subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux as a suffragan . In 1790, the civil constitution of the clergy merged the dioceses of La Rochelle and Saintes to form the diocese of Charente-Inférieure , which was under the Constitutional Church . On November 29, 1801, the diocese of La Rochelle-Saintes was re-established as a result of the Concordate of 1801 by Pope Pius VII with the papal bull Qui Christi Domini . In addition to the diocese of La Rochelle, it also included parts of the old dioceses of Saintes and Luçon . The latter, however, was re-established on October 6, 1822, so that the diocese of La Rochelle-Saintes corresponded to the area of the Charente-Maritime department (until 1941 Charente-Inférieure ). On December 16, 2002 it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Poitiers as a suffragan.
On March 1, 2018, the territory of the repealed Vicariate Apostolic Saint-Pierre and Miquelon in the French overseas territories was incorporated into the diocese.
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of La Rochelle (French)
- Entry for the Diocese of La Rochelle-Saintes on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Diocese of La Rochelle on gcatholic.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia del Vicario Apostolico di Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon e accorpamento del Vicariato nella Diocesi di La Rochelle (Francia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 1, 2018, accessed March 1, 2018 (Italian).
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