Diocese of Nîmes
| Diocese of Nîmes | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montpellier |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert Wattebled |
| Vicar General | Serge Cauvas |
| founding | 1821 |
| surface | 5,880 km² |
| Parishes | 392 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 623.125 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 364,523 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 58.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 135 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.157 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 90 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 274 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor |
| Website | www.nimes.catholique.fr |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes ( lat. : Dioecesis Nemausensis ) is in France located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Nîmes .
history
The diocese was established in the 5th century and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Narbonne as a suffragan . In 1694 the diocese of Nîmes gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Alès . On November 29, 1801, the Diocese of Nîmes was dissolved and the area was incorporated into the Diocese of Avignon . The diocese of Nîmes was re-established on October 6, 1822 by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Paternae charitatis . On April 27, 1877, the diocese of Nîmes was again subordinated to the Archdiocese of Avignon as a suffragan, since December 16, 2002 to the Archdiocese of Montpellier .
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