Diocese of Langres
Lingonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Langres, France
The Diocese of Langres is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the Haute-Marne department, an ancient see dating to roughly the fourth century. Since 2002 it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims and is led by Bishop Joseph de Metz-Noblat since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3rd century
- Latin
- Lingonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Mammes of Caesarea
- Annuario code
- 001001946
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,000
- Population
- 173,041
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 74.0%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 3,556
- Extent
- 6,250 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Joseph de Metz-Noblat
- Born
- 6 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Cherbourg
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
Cathedral of Saint-Mammès in Langres stands in Langres, 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 Reims
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reims.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ReimsReims
- Diocese of AmiensAmiens
- Diocese of BeauvaisBeauvais
- Diocese of ChâlonsChâlons
- Diocese of Soissons–Laon–Saint-QuentinSoissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin
- Diocese of TroyesTroyes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Comprising the département of Haute-Marne in France, the Diocese of Langres (Latin: Dioecesis Lingonensis; French: Diocèse de Langres) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Once a suffragan of Lyon, it has belonged since 2002 to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Reims. Joseph Marie Edouard de Metz-Noblat, who succeeded Bishop Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley on 21 January 2014, is the current bishop. The diocese extends over 6,250 km2 with an estimated Catholic population of 128,000, and in 2021 it counted one priest for every 2,782 Catholics.
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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.