Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude
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Diocese of Saint-Claude Dioecesis Sancti Claudii Diocèse de Saint-Claude | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Besançon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Besançon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,499 km2 (1,737 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 258,000 185,000 (71.7%) |
| Parishes | 65 'new parishes' |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 22 January 1742 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew |
| Patron saint | St. Claudius of Besançon |
| Secular priests | 56 (diocesan) 12 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jean-Luc Gérard Garin |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; French: Diocèse de Saint-Claude) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese corresponds in territory to the civil department of Jura. The city is 62 km (39 mi) north-northwest of Geneva, and 120 km (75 mi) south of Besançon. It was established in 1742.
The Diocese of Saint-Claude is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon, and formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its cathedra is Saint-Claude Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Saint-Claude, Jura.
History
[edit]The diocese was created in 1742,[1][2] as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the Abbey of Saint-Claude.[3] Under the Concordat of 1802 the diocese was suppressed and its territory included in the Archdiocese of Besançon; in 1822 it was reestablished as an independent diocese.
A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Joseph de Méallet de Fargues (1742–1785) on 1 August 1759, and the statutes were published.[4] In September 1901, Bishop François-Alexandre Maillet presided over a diocesan synod, and had the statutes published.[5]
Bishops
[edit]- 1742–1785 : Joseph de Méallet de Fargues[6]
- 1785–1801 : Jean-Baptiste Chabot[7]
- Constitutional bishop of Jura (schismatic)
- 1791–1801 : François-Xavier Moïse, constitutional bishop[8]
- 1801–1823 : Suppressed
- 1823–1851 : Antoine Jacques de Chamon[9]
- 1851–1858 : Jean Pierre Mabile[10]
- 1858–1862 : Charles Jean Fillion[11]
- 1862–1880 : Louis Anne Nogret[12]
- 1880–1898 : César-Joseph Marpot[13]
- 1898–1925 : François-Alexandre Maillet[14]
- 1926–1948 : Rambert-Irénée Faure
- 1948–1975 : Claude-Constant Marie Flusin
- 1975–1994 : Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne
- 1994–2004 : Yves François Patenôtre[15]
- 2005–2011 : Jean-Marie-Henri Legrez, O.P.[16]
- 2011–2019 : Vincent Jordy[17]
- 2020–present Jean-Luc Gérard Garin
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Benoît, pp. 717-719.
- ^ Saint-Claude (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
- ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint-Claude
- ^ Joseph de Meallet de Fargues, Statuts, ordonnances et réglemens lus et publiés au synode général de St Claude le 31 août 1759, (in French), (Sainte-Calude: Pierre Delhorme 1759).
- ^ Statuts diocésains de Saint-Claude, publiés par Mgr François-Alexandre Maillet, évêque de Saint-Claude, dans le synode de septembre 1901. (Lyon-Paris: Vitte 1902.
- ^ Born at the chateau de Fargues in 1708, Méallet held a doctorate in theology (Paris). He was a canon-count of Lyon from 1725 and abbot of Saint-Ambroise in Bourges from 1736. He was appointed Grand-Vicar of Lyon in 1739. He died on 19 March 1785. Jean, pp. 237-238. Ambroise Tardieu, Dictionnaire iconographique de l'ancienne Auvergne... (Clermont-Ferrand: P. Raclot, 1904), p. 144. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 169 with note 2.
- ^ Chabot: Jean, p. 238.Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 169 with note 3.
- ^ In 1797, Moïse (Moyse) was elected metropolitan of Vosges, but he refused the transfer and remained bishop of Jura. Moyse died on 7 February 1813. Pisani, pp. 263-270.
- ^ Chamon had been vicar-general of Carcassonne. He was nominated by a royal ordonnance of King Louis XVIII of 13 January 1823, and approved by Pope Pius VII on 16 May 1823. He was consecrated a bishop on 13 July. Almanach du clergé de France, pour l'an 1851, (in French), (Paris: M.-P. Guyot, 1851), p. 227. Brune, p. 555. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 153.
- ^ Mabilee was transferred to the diocese of Versailles in 1858, by Pope Pius IX. Brune, pp. 554-555; p. 685.
- ^ Fillion was transferred to the diocese of Le Mans on 7 April 1862, by Pope Pius IX. Brune, p. 555-556.
- ^ Nogret: Brune, p. 556.Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 208.
- ^ Marpot: Brune, p. 557.
- ^ Maillet: Brune, p. 557.
- ^ also Archbishop of Sens
- ^ Bishop Legrez was named Archbishop of Albi on 2 February 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI.
- ^ "Resignations and appointments, 04.11.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.. On 4 November 2019, Bishop Jordy was appointed archbishop of Tours by Pope Francis.
Sources
[edit]- Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi. Vol. 6 (Tomus VI) (1730–1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio.
- Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. VII (1800–1846). Monasterii: Libreria Regensburgiana.
- Remigius Ritzler; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. VIII (1846–1903). Il Messaggero di S. Antonio.
- Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. IX (1903–1922). Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. ISBN 978-88-250-1000-8.
Studies
[edit]- Benoît, Joseph Paul Augustin (1892). Histoire de l'abbaye et de la terre de Saint-Claude. (in French). Volume 2. Montreuil-sur-mer: Imprimerie de la Chartreuse de Nôtre-Dame-des-Prés 1892.
- Brune, P. (1907). L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905). (in French). Paris: Société bibliographique (France), Librairie des Saints-Pères, 1907. [pp. 554-557]
- Ferroul-Montgaillard, Jean Joseph Gratien de (1855). Histoire de l'abbaye de St-Claude depuis sa fondation jusqu'à son érection en évêché. (in French). Volume 2. Lons-le-Saunier: Frédéric Gauthier, 1855.
- Hours, Bernard. "La création du diocèse de Saint-Claude, ou les vicissitudes d'une sécularisation (1634-1742)," (in French) in: Revue historique de l'église de France 70 (Turnholt: Brepols 1984). pp. 317-334.
- Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'a 1801. (in French). Paris: A. Picard, 1891. Pp. 237-239.
- Pisani, Paul (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802) (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils.
- Rey, Maurice (1977). Les Diocèses de Besançon et de Saint-Claude. (in French). Paris: Beauchesne, 1977.
- Richard, Jean François Nicolas (1851). Histoire des diocèses de Besançon et de Saint-Claude. (in French). Volume 2. Besançon: Librairie ecclésiastique de Cornu, 1851. [pp. 416-504]
External links
[edit]- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24. [dead link]
- (in French) Diocesan page [dead link]
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