Parishes 67 'new parishes' Rite Roman Rite Area 4,499 km² Patron saint Claudius of Besançon Bishop Vincent Jordy | Denomination Roman Catholic Established 22 January 1742 Cathedral Saint-Claude Cathedral Country France Metropolitan archbishop Jean-Luc Bouilleret | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2014)
263,600
188,800 (71.6%) Secular priests 91 (diocesan)
7 (Religious Orders) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; French: Diocèse de Saint-Claude) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese corresponds in territory to the department of Jura. It was created in 1742, as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the Abbey of Saint-Claude. Under the Concordat of 1802 the diocese was suppressed and its territory included in the Archdiocese of Besançon; in 1822 it was again made an independent diocese.
The diocese of Saint-Claude is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon, having in the past been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its see is Saint-Claude Cathedral.
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