Diocese of Séez
Sagien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Séez, France
The Diocese of Seez is a Latin rite diocese covering the Orne department in Normandy, erected in the 3rd century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen; the bishop's seat is in the town of Sees. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Sees.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3rd century
- Latin
- Sagien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Latium
- Annuario code
- 001003020
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 268,050
- Population
- 279,942
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.8%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 4,622
- Extent
- 6,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
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
- Bruno Feillet
- Born
- 16 November 1959
- Birthplace
- Caudéran
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 Basilica of Notre Dame in Sées stands in Séez, 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 Rouen
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rouen.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RouenRouen
- Diocese of Bayeux-LisieuxBayeux-Lisieux
- Diocese of CoutancesCoutances
- Diocese of Le HavreLe Havre
- Diocese of ÉvreuxÉvreux
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First established in the 3rd century, the Diocese of Séez (Latin: Dioecesis Sagiensis; French: Diocèse de Séez) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France covering the department of Orne in the region of Normandy. Its episcopal see is the cathedral in Sées, and the diocese answers to the Archdiocese of Rouen as suffragan. In 2022 there was one priest for every 2,836 Catholics in the diocese.
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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.