Diocese of Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) Dioecesis Valentinensis (–Diensis–Sancti Pauli Tricastinorum) Diocèse de Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lyon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lyon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,522 km2 (2,518 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 516,762  298,000 (est.) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Apollinaris of Valence |
| Patron saint | St. Apollinaris of Valence |
| Secular priests | 68 diocesan 59 (Religious Orders) 37 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | François Durand |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Olivier de Germay |
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The Diocese of Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) (Latin: Dioecesis Valentinensis (–Diensis–Sancti Pauli Tricastinorum); French: Diocèse de Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in southern France.[1] The contemporary diocese is co-extensive with the department of Drôme.