Ecclesiastical province Lyon Denomination Roman Catholic Established 26 December 1970 Phone +33 4 77 59 30 00 Patron saint Saint Stephen | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon Rite Roman Rite Area 3,035 km² Country France | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2014)
591,628
464,000 (est.) (78.4%) Address 1 Rue Hector Berlioz CS 13061, 42030 Saint Etienne Cedex 2, France Similar Paroisse Saint Benoît, Cathédrale Saint‑Ch de Saint, Eglise Saint‑Enn, Grand'Egl, Paroisse Saint Etienne Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Étienne (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Stephani; French: Diocèse de Saint-Etienne) is a Latin Rite Catholic diocese in France, based in the city of Saint-Étienne in the Loire department.
It was established on 26 December 1970 out of the Archdiocese of Lyon-Vienne and consists of the arrondissements of Saint-Étienne and Montbrison, thus constituting the greater part of the department of the Loire.
The seat of the bishop is Saint-Étienne Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo (Cathédrale Saint-Charles-de-Borromé de Sainte-Étienne).
List of bishops
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Étienne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA