Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
| Diocese of Perpignan-Elne | |
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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
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