Diocese of Mende
| Diocese of Mende | |
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| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montpellier |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montpellier |
| Diocesan bishop | Benoît Bertrand |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul Bertrand |
| surface | 5,180 km² |
| Parishes | 135 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 76,700 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 60,667 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 79.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 66 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 919 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 94 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Latin , French |
| cathedral | Saint-Privat |
| address | 7 rue Mgr. De Ligonnes 48000 Mende France |
| Website | catholozere.cef.fr |
The French diocese of Mende ( Latin : Dioecesis Mimatensis ) with the bishopric in Mende in today's Lozère department is the former diocese of Javols and was created in the middle of the 10th century when the seat was moved from Javols to Mende, after the previous bishopric in the 5th century The 19th century had been badly affected by the great migration and did not recover from it.
The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Bourges , later to the ecclesiastical province of Albi ; today the diocese of Mende belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Montpellier .
The city of Mende belonged to the Bishop of Mende , who ceded part of it to the King of France in 1307 through a Traité de Pariage .
The Saint-Privat Cathedral was rebuilt in the mid-14th century by Pope Urban V (who came from Gévaudan ) and rebuilt in the 17th century.
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