Bishopric of Saint-Etienne
| Bishopric of Saint-Etienne | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lyon |
| Diocesan bishop | Sylvain Bataille |
| founding | 1970 |
| surface | 3,035 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 591,628 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 464,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 78.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 137 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,864 |
| Permanent deacons | 34 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 59 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 122 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Charles Borromeo |
| Website | www.diocese-saintetienne.fr |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Étienne ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Stephani , French Diocèse de Saint-Etienne ) is in France located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saint-Etienne .
history
The diocese was on December 26, 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Signa temporum from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Lyon and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Saint-Etienne
- Paul-Marie Rousset IdP , 1971–1987
- Pierre Joatton IdP, 1988-2006
- Dominique Lebrun , 2006–2015
- Sylvain Bataille , since 2016
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Saint-Étienne - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Saint-Étienne (French)
- Entry for the diocese of Saint-Étienne on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Signa temporum , AAS 63 (1971), n.10, p. 724ff.
