Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude

Diocese of Saint-Claude

*Dioecesis Sancti Claudii*

Diocèse de Saint-Claude
Diocese of Saint-Claude; Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; Diocèse de Saint-Claude
	Saint-Claude Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Besançon
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Besançon
Statistics
Area	4,499 km2 (1,737 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 263,600; 188,800 (71.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 January 1742
Cathedral	Cathedral of Sts Peter, Paul and Andrew
Patron saint	St Claudius of Besançon
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vincent Jordy
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jean-Luc Bouilleret
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese corresponds in territory to the department of Jura. It was created in 1742,^[1] as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the Abbey of Saint-Claude.^[2] Under the Concordat of 1802 it was included in the Archdiocese of Besançon; in 1822 it was again independent.

It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon, having in the past been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its see is Saint-Claude Cathedral. Current bishop - Vincent Jordy - appointed on July 22, 2011.

Bishops

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