Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun
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For the secular jurisdiction of the bishops in the Holy Roman Empire, see Prince-Bishopric of Verdun.
The Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon. The Diocese of Verdun corresponds to the département of Meuse in the région of Lorraine. The diocese is subdivided into 577 parishes.
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Diocese of Verdun Dioecesis Virodunensis Diocèse de Verdun | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Besançon |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Besançon |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,211 km2 (2,398 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 197,700 173,300 (87.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | Restored on 6 October 1822 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame de Verdun |
Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Heaven |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jean-Paul Gusching |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
Bishops emeritus | François Maupu |
Website | |
catholique-verdun.cef.fr |
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