Diocese of Valence
Valentinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Valence, France
The Diocese of Valence is a Latin rite diocese covering the Drome department in southeastern France, with bishops first attested in 347. Suppressed at the Concordat of 1801 and recreated absorbing Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux (and earlier united with Die), it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Apollinaris in Valence.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 347
- Latin
- Valentinen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Apollinaris of Valence
- Annuario code
- 001000064
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 298,000
- Population
- 516,762
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 57.7%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 4,382
- Extent
- 6,522 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
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
- Francois Durand
- Born
- 14 November 1973
- Birthplace
- Le Puy-en-Velay
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 St. Apollinaris, Valence stands in Valence, 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 Lyon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lyon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et TarentaiseChambéry
- Archdiocese of LyonLyon
- Diocese of AnnecyAnnecy
- Diocese of Belley-ArsBelley-Ars
- Diocese of Grenoble-VienneGrenoble-Vienne
- Diocese of Saint-EtienneSaint-Etienne
- Diocese of ViviersViviers
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see 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.