The Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard (
Latin
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: ''Dioecesis Belfortiensis–Montis Beligardi'';
French: ''Diocèse de Belfort–Montbéliard'') is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
France
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. Erected in November 1979, the diocese was split off from the
metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
and remains a
suffragan diocese in its
ecclesiastical province
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.
Ordinaries
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Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier (3 November 1979 – 1 March 2000)
*Claude Pierre Charles Schockert (1 March 2000 – 21 May 2015)
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Dominique Blanchet (21 May 2015
– 9 January 2021)
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Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet (2 October 2021-)
See also
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Catholic Church in France
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in France
1979 establishments in France
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