Bishopric of Saint-Flour

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Bishopric of Saint-Flour
Map of the Bishopric of Saint-Flour
Basic data
Country France
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Clermont
Diocesan bishop Bruno Grua
Vicar General Marcel Auriant
founding February 20, 1317
surface 5,726 km²
Parishes 32 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents 162,400 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics 141,700 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of 87.3%
Diocesan priest 68 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest 6 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest 1.915
Permanent deacons 10 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars 7 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters 118 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Flour
address BP 20
3 rue de la Frauze
15103 Saint-Flour CEDEX
France
Website www.diocese15.fr

The French diocese of Saint-Flour ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Flori , French Diocèse de Saint-Flour ) was founded on February 20, 1317 and belongs to the Archdiocese of Clermont as a suffragan. The bishopric is Saint-Flour in the Cantal department .

On October 6, 1822, the diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay was detached.

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Flour Cathedral

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