Diocese of Perpignan–Elne Dioecesis Elnensis
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montpellier |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Montpellier |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,143 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 482,368 315,940 (65.5%) |
| Parishes | 231 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6 October 1822 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Perpignan |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Eulalia and St. Julia in Elne |
| Patron saint | Saint John the Baptist Saint Eulalia Saint Julia |
| Secular priests | 57 (Diocesan) 11 (Religious Orders) 23 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Thierry Scherrer |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Norbert Turini |
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The Diocese of Perpignan–Elne (Latin: Dioecesis Elnensis; French: Diocèse de Perpignan–Elne; Catalan: Bisbat de Perpinyà–Elna) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1][2] The diocese comprises the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales. This see continues the old Diocese of Elne,[3] which was renamed and had its see relocated at Perpignan, in 1601 after a papal bull of Pope Clement VIII.[4] Its territory brought together the Diocese of Elne, part of the Spanish Diocese of Urgel known as French Cerdagne, three cantons of the Diocese of Alet, and two villages of the Diocese of Narbonne.
The Diocese of Elne was a suffragan of the Diocese of Narbonne until 1511. Pope Julius II made the Diocese of Elne directly subject to the Holy See in 1511, but on 22 January 1517 Pope Leo X reversed the policy, and the Diocese of Elne became again a suffragan of the Diocese of Narbonne.[5] In 1482, by virtue of a Decree of the Council of Trent, Pope Gregory XIII made it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona.[6] After 1678 it was again a suffragan of the Diocese of Narbonne.
The department of Pyrénées-Orientales was united in 1802 to the Diocese of Carcassonne. The diocese was to be reestablished by the Concordat of 11 June 1817, but the French Parliament did not approve the treaty. The Diocese of Perpignan was therefore re-established by papal bull in 1822, and was made suffragan to the Archdiocese of Albi. Its see is the Perpignan Cathedral (French: Basilique-Cathédrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan; Catalan: Catedral de Sant Joan Baptista de Perpinyà).
- ^ "Diocese of Perpignan-Elne" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Perpignan-Elne" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ Or diocese of Elna, Catalan name.
- ^ Perpignan-Elne (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy][self-published source]
- ^ Gallia christiana VI (1739), Instrumenta, pp. 492-497.
- ^ Gallia christiana VI (1739), p. 1030.