The Diocese of Saint-Claude (

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: ''Dioecesis Sancti Claudii''; French: ''Diocèse de Saint-Claude'') is a

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of the

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. The diocese corresponds in territory to the '' department'' of Jura. It was created in 1742, as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the

Abbey of Saint-Claude Condat Abbey was founded in the 420s in the valley of Bienne, in the Jura mountains, in modern-day France. Condat became the capital of '' Haut Jura''. The founders were local monks, Romanus (died c. 463), who had been ordained by St. Hilary of Arl ...

. Under the

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the diocese was suppressed and its territory included in the

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; in 1822 it was again made an independent diocese. The Diocese of Saint-Claude is a suffragan diocese in the

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of the metropolitan

, and formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its cathedra is

Saint-Claude Cathedral Saint-Claude Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Saint-André de Saint-Claude) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, and a national monument of France, located in the town of ...

, in the episcopal see of

Saint-Claude, Jura Saint-Claude () is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture of the Jura (department), Jura Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. It lie ...

Bishops

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, 1742–1785 *Jean-Baptiste Chabot, 1785–1801 *

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), 1791–1793,

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*''Vacant'' *

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, 1823–1851 *

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, 1851–1858, also

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, 1858–1862, also

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* Louis Anne Nogret, 1862–1880 * César-Joseph Marpot, 1880–1898 * François-Alexandre Maillet, 1898–1925 * Rambert-Irénée Faure, 1926–1948 * Claude-Constant Marie Flusin, 1948–1975 * Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne, 1975–1994 * Yves François Patenôtre, 1994–2004, also Archbishop of Sens * Jean-Marie-Henri Legrez, O.P., 2005–2011; named

Archbishop of Albi The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi (–Castres–Lavaur) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Albiensis (–Castrensis–Vauriensis)''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Albi (–Castres–Lavaur)''), usually referred to simply as the Archdiocese of Albi, is a ...

on February 2, 2011 * Vincent Jordy, 2011–2019 * Jean-Luc Gérard Garin, 2020–present

References

External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24.
Diocesan page
{{Authority control Saint-Claude Religious organizations established in 1742 Dioceses established in the 18th century 1742 establishments in France

Bishops

See also

References

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