Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende

Diocese of Mende
Dioecesis Mimatensis
Diocèse de Mende

Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Montpellier
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier
Statistics
Area 5,180 km2 (2,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
73,830
58,000 (78.6%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame and St Privat in Mende
Patron saint Saint Privat
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop François Jacolin
Metropolitan Archbishop Pierre-Marie Carré
Emeritus Bishops Paul Bertrand (since 2001)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende (Latin: Dioecoesis Mimatensis), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese covers the department of Lozère.

A suffragan of Bourges under the Ancien Régime, it was re-established by the Concordat of 1801 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyons and united with the department of Ardèche, which however it lost again in 1822 by the creation of the Diocese of Viviers, when Mende became suffragan to Albi. On December 16, 2002, Mende was made a suffragan to Montpellier. The Bishop has his seat at the Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame and St Privat in Mende. Funds to begin the cathedral were supplied by Pope Urban V. Before the French Revolution, the Cathedral Chapter consisted of a Praepositus (Provost), the Archdeacon and the Precentor; there were fifteen canons. There were approximately 200 parishes, and one abbey[1]

In 2013, the diocese, which is mostly rural, had a total population of 78,400, of whom 77.6% were claimed as Roman Catholics. They are served by 76 priests, and there were 135 parishes.[2]

St Privatus, patron of the diocese
Bishop François Joseph Marie Jacolin

List of bishops

Pre-Revolutionary (12th to 18th centuries)

Post-Revolutionary

References

  1. ↑ Gallia christiana I, pp. 85-86.
  2. ↑ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Diocese of Mende. Retrieved: 2016-07-17.
  3. ↑ In June 1296 he was serving as Rector of the Marches of Ancona and Romandiola, of the City of Bologna, and the County of Spoleto: Fantuzzi, Marco (1802). Monumenti ravennati de' secoli di mezzo per la maggior parte inediti. (in Italian and Latin). Tomo III. Venezia. pp. 170–171.
  4. ↑ Eubel, I, p. 342.
  5. ↑ Gams, p. 577.
  6. ↑ Eubel, II, p. 192 and n. 1.
  7. ↑ Michel Perronet (1990), "Jean Arnaud de Castellane, évêque-comte du Gévaudan, in: Bardy-Chabrol-Duthu, pp. 76-90.
  8. ↑ Laurent, Gustave (1904). "L'arrestation et la mort de Jean-Arnaud de Castellane". La Revolution Francaise. 46: 29–56, at p. 50.
  9. ↑ Paul Pisani (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802). (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. pp. 345–349.
  10. ↑ Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905) (in French). Paris: Librairie des Saints-Pères. pp. 351–352.
  11. ↑ Nephew of the Bishop of Viviers. Dominique Javel (2000). Transmettre la foi au diocèse d'Avignon: XIXe-XXe siècle (in French). Avignon: Barthélemy. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-2-87923-124-2.
  12. ↑ Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905) (in French). Paris: Librairie des Saints-Pères. pp. 355–356.
  13. ↑ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Archbishop Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B. Retrieved: 2016-07-17.

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Coordinates: 44°31′19″N 3°29′50″E / 44.52194°N 3.49722°E / 44.52194; 3.49722

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