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Diocese of Langres Dioecesis Lingonensis Diocèse de Langres | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Reims |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Reims |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,250 km2 (2,410 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 173,041 128,000 (74%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mammes in Langres |
Patron saint | St. Mammes of Caesarea |
Secular priests | 36 (Diocesan) 10 (Religious Orders) 17 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joseph de Metz-Noblat |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Éric de Moulins-Beaufort |
Bishops emeritus | Philippe Gueneley |
Map | |
Website | |
52.catholique.fr |
The Diocese of Langres (Latin: Dioecesis Lingonensis; French: Diocèse de Langres) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church comprising the département of Haute-Marne in France.
The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Reims, having been a suffragan of Lyon until 2002. The current bishop is Joseph Marie Edouard de Metz-Noblat, who succeeded Bishop Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley on 21 January 2014. The diocese covers a territory of 6,250 km2 and its estimated catholic population is 128,000.
In 2021, in the Diocese of Langres there was one priest for every 2,782 Catholics.