Diocese of Langres
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Reims |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph de Metz-Noblat |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Philippe Gueneley |
| Vicar General | Bernard Auvigne |
| surface | 6,210 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 182,136 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 134,400 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 73.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,446 |
| Permanent deacons | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Mammès |
| Website | www.catholique-hautemarne.cef.fr |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres ( Latin Dioecesis Lingonensis , French Diocèse de Langres ) is an in France situated Roman Catholic diocese . The bishop and his offices are in Chaumont . The area of the diocese corresponds to the Haute-Marne department .
history
The diocese of Langres was established as a suffragan of Lyon in the 3rd century . In the Middle Ages it was one of the most important and richest dioceses in France. Its territory extended to Dijon in the south and the gates of Auxerre in the west . The bishops of Langres held the title Peer of France . The strong presence of the Cistercians was significant for religious life .
In 1731 Dijon and its environs were separated from Langres and made a diocese . The diocese of Langres was abolished after the French Revolution and the end of the Ancien Régime in the course of the church reorganization in 1801 and divided between the dijon and Troyes . In 1822 it was rebuilt within its current borders. On December 16, 2002, Langres was reclassified from the ecclesiastical province of Lyon to the ecclesiastical province of Reims.
See also
literature
- Romuald Bauerreiß , Old Bavarian Hachilingen as Bishops of Langres in Burgundy. A contribution to the early history of Schäftlarn , in Bayerische Benediktinerakademie (Ed.), Studies and Communications on the History of the Benedictine Order and its Branches , Volume 75, 1964, pp. 254-261. available online
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Langres (French)
- Entry on the diocese of Langres on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)