Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard
Belfortien(sis)-Montis Beligardi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Belfort–Montbéliard, France
The Diocese of Belfort-Montbeliard is a Latin Church see in northeastern France, erected in 1979 from territory of the Archdiocese of Besancon. It is suffragan to Besancon and has been led by Bishop Denis Jachiet since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 November 1979
- Latin
- Belfortien(sis)-Montis Beligardi
- Patron
- Saint Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000871
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 242,300
- Population
- 318,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 76.2%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 4,846
- Extent
- 1,472 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 165
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Denis Jachiet
- Born
- 21 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Paris
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Christophe stands in Belfort–Montbéliard, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Besancon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Besancon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BesançonBesançon
- Diocese of NancyNancy
- Diocese of Saint-ClaudeSaint-Claude
- Diocese of Saint-DiéSaint-Dié
- Diocese of VerdunVerdun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in November 1979 from territory taken out of the Archdiocese of Besançon, the Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard (Latin: Dioecesis Belfortiensis-Montis Beligardi; French: Diocèse de Belfort-Montbéliard) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It lies in the country's northeast, bordering Switzerland and Germany, and was constituted a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Besançon.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.