Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Clermont |
| Diocesan bishop | Luc Crépy CIM |
| founding | 1823 |
| surface | 4,977 km² |
| Parishes | 284 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 233,918 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 183,769 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 78.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 126 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,392 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 340 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Notre Dame Cathedral |
| address | 2 Place du For, 43000 Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Website | www.catholique-lepuy.cef.fr |
The diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay ( Latin Dioecesis Aniciensis , French Diocèse du Puy-en-Velay ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France, which extends over the area of the Haute-Loire department . The bishopric is Le Puy-en-Velay .
history
The diocese of Le Puy is mentioned as early as the 4th century. The best- known incumbents were Godeschalk (935–955), who made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 951 , and Adhemar de Monteil (1085–1098), the spiritual leader of the first crusade . Also to be mentioned are Bernard de Castanet (1308–1317), Durandus of St. Pourçain (1318–1326) and Jean de Bourbon (1443–1485). In the course of the Concordat of 1801 between Napoleonic France and the Holy See , the diocese of Le Puy was abolished, but revived in 1817. Since 2002 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Clermont .
