Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
Diocese of Perpignan-Elne | |
Basic data | |
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Country | France |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montpellier |
Diocesan bishop | Norbert Turini |
founding | 1817 |
surface | 4,116 km² |
Parishes | 244 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 422,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 278,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 65.9% |
Diocesan priest | 84 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,752 |
Permanent deacons | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Friars | 20 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 72 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Perpignan Cathedral |
Co-cathedral | Ste-Eulalie-et-Ste-Julie d'Elne |
Website | catholique-perpignan.cef.fr |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne ( Latin Dioecesis Elnensis ) is in the south of France located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Perpignan .
history
Elne , a French town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department , has been a bishopric since the 6th century . By Pope Clement VIII the diocese was renamed in 1601 under the bishop Onofre Reart to the diocese of Perpignan-Elne and subordinated to the metropolitan diocese of Narbonne . On November 29, 1801, the diocese was given up with the Concordat of 1801 by Pope Pius VII and assigned to the diocese of Carcassonne .
However, Pius VII founded the diocese of Perpignan-Elne again in 1822; Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel became bishop . In 2002 it was assigned to the Metropolitan Diocese of Montpellier by John Paul II .
See also
- List of the bishops of Elne
- former Ste-Eulalie-et-Ste-Julie d'Elne cathedral