Diocese of Rodez–Vabres
Ruthenen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rodez–Vabres, France
The Diocese of Rodez and Vabres is a Latin Church diocese in southern France covering the department of Aveyron, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Its bishop since 2022 is Luc Meyer.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1875
- Latin
- Ruthenen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Amans (Amandus of Rodez)
- Annuario code
- 001002764
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 273,595
- Population
- 279,595
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 3,553
- Extent
- 8,743 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Luc Meyer
- Born
- 13 September 1968
- Birthplace
- La Ferté-Macé
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
Rodez Cathedral stands in Rodez–Vabres, 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 Toulouse
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toulouse.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AlbiAlbi
- Archdiocese of AuchAuch
- Archdiocese of ToulouseToulouse
- Diocese of CahorsCahors
- Diocese of MontaubanMontauban
- Diocese of PamiersPamiers
- Diocese of Tarbes et LourdesTarbes et Lourdes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see in Rodez, the Diocese of Rodez (-Vabres) (Latin: Dioecesis Ruthenensis (-Vabrensis); French: Diocèse de Rodez (-Vabres)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in France. Its boundaries match exactly those of the Department of Aveyron, the former Rouergue. Luc Meyer has held the see since 7 July 2022, appointed by Pope Francis.
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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.