Diocese of Moulins

Diocese of Moulins
Basic data
Country	France
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Clermont
Diocesan bishop	Sedis vacancy
founding	July 27, 1817
surface	7,381 km²
Parishes	18 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	342,729 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	340,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	99.2%
Diocesan priest	58 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	30 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	3,864
Permanent deacons	21 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	89 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	113 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	French
cathedral	Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Website	www.catholique-moulins.fr
Ecclesiastical province

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Moulins ( Latin Dioecesis molinensis , French Diocèse de Moulins ) is in France located Roman Catholic diocese based in Moulins .

history

The diocese of Moulins was established on July 27, 1817 by Pope Pius VII from cession of territory from the diocese of Autun and subordinated to the archdiocese of Sens as a suffragan . On December 16, 2002 the diocese of Moulins was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Clermont as a suffragan.

Bishops of Moulins

• Antoine de La Grange de Pons , 1822-1849
• Pierre de Dreux-Brézé , 1849-1893
• Auguste-René Dubourg , 1893–1906 (then Archbishop of Rennes and Cardinal)
• Emile Lobbedey , 1906–1911 (then Bishop of Arras )
• Jean Penon , 1911-1926
• Jean Gonon , 1926-1942
• Georges Jacquin , 1942–1956
• Francis-Albert Bougon , 1956-1975
• André Quélen , 1975-1998
• Philippe Barbarin , 1998–2002 (then Archbishop of Lyon and Cardinal)
• Pascal Roland , 2003–2012 (then Bishop of Belley-Ars )
• Laurent Percerou , 2013–2020 (then Bishop of Nantes )
  • Sedis vacancy since August 11, 2020

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in France

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Moulins  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Diocese of Moulins (French)
• Entry on the diocese of Moulins on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Notre Dame Cathedral in Moulins