Diocese of Limoges
Lemovicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limoges, France
The Diocese of Limoges is a Latin rite diocese covering the Haute-Vienne and Creuse departments in central France, an ancient see traditionally founded by St. Martial. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Poitiers. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Limoges. Bishop Benoit Aubert was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 8 April 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1st century
- Latin
- Lemovicen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Martial
- Annuario code
- 001002007
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 400,180
- Population
- 494,885
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.9%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 7,696
- Extent
- 11,085 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Benoit Aubert
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 St. Stephen, Limoges stands in Limoges, 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 Poitiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Poitiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PoitiersPoitiers
- Diocese of AngoulêmeAngoulême
- Diocese of La RochelleLa Rochelle
- Diocese of TulleTulle
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two départments, Haute-Vienne and Creuse, together make up the territory of the Diocese of Limoges (Latin: Dioecesis Lemovicensis; French: Diocèse de Limoges), a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in France.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.