Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis) Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dijon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Dijon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,575 km2 (3,311 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 574,229 547,000 (95.3%) |
| Parishes | 48 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century (as Diocese of Autun) United: 15 December 1962 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Lazarus in Autun |
| Patron saint | St. Lazarus of Bethany |
| Secular priests | 124 (Diocesan) 6 (Religious Orders) 33 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Benoît Rivière |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Antoine Hérouard |
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| Website | |
| autun.catholique.fr | |
The Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: Diocesis Aeduensis, Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis); French: Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)), more simply known as the Diocese of Autun, is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the entire Department of Saone et Loire, in the Region of Bourgogne.
The diocese was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyon under the Ancien Régime, and the Bishop of Autun held the post of Vicar of the Archbishop.[1] The bishopric of Chalon-sur-Saône (since Roman times) and (early medieval) bishopric of Mâcon, also suffragans of Lyon, were united to Autun after the French Revolution by the Concordat signed by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII.[2] For a short time, from 1802 to 1822, the enlarged diocese of Autun was suffragan to the Archbishop of Besançon. In 1822, however, Autun was again subject to the Archbishop of Lyon. The diocese of Autun is now, since 8 December 2002, suffragan to the Archbishop of Dijon.[3] The current bishop of Autun is Benoît Rivière.
- ^ This was confirmed by Pope Lucius III in a bull of 21 March 1143 as an old privilege of Bishop Humbert de Baugé: A. Chaumasse, ed. (1880). Cartulaire de l'évêché d'Autun connu sous le nom de Cartulaire rouge (in French and Latin). Autun: Dejussieu. pp. 9–11.
- ^ As a child, in 1779 Napoleon had studied at the preparatory school of Autun. Sevestre, p. 33 n. 1. Norwood Young (1910). The Growth of Napoleon: A Study in Environment. London: J. Murray. pp. 96–97.
- ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Archdiocese of Dijon[self-published source]