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Diocese of Limoges Dioecesis Lemovicensis Diocèse de Limoges | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Poitiers |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Poitiers |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 11,085 km2 (4,280 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 494,885 406,000 (guess) (82%) |
| Parishes | 30 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Stephen in Limoges |
| Patron saint | Saint Martial |
| Secular priests | 52 (Diocesan) 6 (Religious Orders) 24 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Pierre-Antoine Bozo |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pascal Wintzer |
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| Website | |
| limoges-catholique.fr | |
The Diocese of Limoges (Latin: Dioecesis Lemovicensis; French: Diocèse de Limoges)[pronunciation?] is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the départments of Haute-Vienne and Creuse. After the Concordat of 1801, the See of Limoges lost twenty-four parishes from the district of Nontron which were annexed to the Diocese of Périgueux, and forty-four from the district of Confolens, transferred to the Diocese of Angoulême; but until 1822 it included the entire ancient Diocese of Tulle, when the latter was reorganized.
Since 2002, the diocese has been suffragan to the Archdiocese of Poitiers, after transferral from the Archdiocese of Bourges. Until 20 September 2016 the see was held by François Michel Pierre Kalist, who was appointed on 25 Mar 2009. He was promoted to the See of Clermont.[1] Since May 2017, the bishop of Limoges is Pierre-Antoine Bozo.
In 2021, in the Diocese of Limoges there was one priest for every 6,766 Catholics.
- ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Diocese of Limoges. Retrieved: 2016-05-31.