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Diocese of Rodez–Vabres

Ruthenen(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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.