Ecclesiastical province Besançon Rite Roman Rite Phone +33 3 29 86 34 81 Bishop Jean-Paul Gusching | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 6,211 km² Country France | |
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2014)
197,700
173,300 (87.7%) Established Restored on 6 October 1822 Address 9 Place Mgr Ginisty, 55100 Verdun, France Similar Douaumo Ossuary, Verdun Cathedral, Fort Douaumo, Secrétariat Interparoi, Presbytère Saint Sauveur | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. Currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon, the diocese corresponds to the department of Meuse in the Region of Lorraine. The diocese is subdivided into 577 parishes.
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History
The diocese dates back to the 4th century. Traditionally the city was first evangelized around 332 by St. Sanctinus, Bishop of Meaux, who became the first bishop. Sanctinus erected the first Christian oratory dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul
"Other bishops worthy of mention are: St. Possessor (470-86); St. Firminus (486-502); St. Vitonus (Vanne) (502-29); St. Désiré (Desideratus) (529-54), St. Agericus (Airy) (554-91), friend of St. Gregory of Tours and of Fortunatus; St. Paul (630-48), formerly Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Tholey in the Diocese of Trier; and St. Madalvaeus (Mauve) (753-76)."
Until 1801 Verdun was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Trier. On November 29, 1801 it was suppressed and added to the Diocese of Nancy. On October 6, 1822 the diocese was re-established.