Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez
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The Diocese of Rodez (–Vabres) (Latin: Dioecesis Ruthenensis (–Vabrensis); French: Diocèse de Rodez (–Vabres)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1][self-published source?] The episcopal see is in Rodez. The diocese corresponds exactly to the Department of Aveyron (formerly Rouergue).
Diocese of Rodez (–Vabres) Dioecesis Ruthenensis (–Vabrensis) Diocèse de Rodez (–Vabres) | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Toulouse |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,743 km2 (3,376 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 279,400 (est.) 271,400 (est.) (97.1%) |
Parishes | 36 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th century (As Diocese of Rodez) 27 May 1875 (As Diocese of Rodez-Vabres) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Rodez |
Patron saint | St. Amandus |
Secular priests | 142 (diocesan) 18 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop elect | Luc Meyer |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Guy de Kerimel |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
Originally erected in the 5th century, the Diocese of Rodez lost territory when the Diocese of Vabres was created by Pope John XXII on 11 July 1317. In 1801, the diocese was suppressed and its territory split and merged with the Diocese of Cahors and the Diocese of Saint-Flour.
In 1817, the diocese was restored and given jurisdiction over the ancient Diocese of Rodez, with the exception of (1) the deanery of Saint Antonin, which was incorporated with the Diocese of Montauban; (2) the ancient Diocese of Vabres; and (3) a few scattered communes of the Diocese of Cahors.
It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bourges until 1676,[2] then of the Archdiocese of Albi, until 2002, when the diocese became a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse.