The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Étienne (

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: ''Dioecesis Sancti Stephani''; French: ''Diocèse de Saint-Étienne'') is a

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, based in the city of Saint-Étienne in the Loire department. It was established on 26 December 1970 out of the Archdiocese of Lyon-Vienne and consists of the

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of Saint-Étienne and Montbrison, thus constituting the greater part of the department of the Loire. The seat of the bishop is Saint-Étienne Cathedral, dedicated to

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( French: ''Cathédrale Saint-Charles-de-Borromé de Saint-Étienne'').

List of bishops

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, 1971–1987 * Pierre Jacques Joatton, 1988–2006 * Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun, 2006–2015; named Archbishop of Rouen on 10 July 2015 * Sylvain Bataille, appointed on 18 May 2016.

References

Sources

Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Saint-Étienne

Diocese of Saint-Étienne official website
Roman Catholic dioceses in France 1970 establishments in France {{France-RC-diocese-stub