Roman Catholic Diocese of Moulins
| Diocese of Moulins Dioecesis Molinensis Diocèse de Moulins | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Clermont |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Clermont |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,381 km2 (2,850 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 351,700 349,800 (99.5%) |
| Parishes | 126 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 July 1817 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Moulins, Allier |
| Patron saint | Notre Dame |
| Secular priests |
73 (diocesan) 11 (religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Laurent Percerou |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | François Kalist |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Moulins, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The episcopal see is located in the city of Moulins. The diocese comprises all of the department of Allier in the region of Auvergne. The diocese was created in 1788, but the new bishop, although appointed by King Louis XVI, had not been approved (preconized) by Pope Pius VI before the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. There was a Constitutional Bishop of Moulins, however, or rather Constitutional Bishop of Allier. Msgr. François-Xavier Laurent had been a curé in the diocese of Autun before becoming a member of the Estates General; after his election by the voters of Allier, he was consecrated in Paris on 6 March 1791 by Constitutional Bishop Gobel.[1] In 1793 he abdicated and married. Laurent died in 1796,[2] or 10 May 1821.[3]
The appointment and consecration of Laurent, as well as the erection of the Diocese of Allier, were annulled by Pope Pius VI.[4]
Under the Concordat of 11 June 1817 the diocese of Moulins was re-established, from parts of the dioceses of Autun, Bourges, and Clermont-Ferrand, to cover the department of Allier. The first bishop was appointed in 1822, and in the same year the medieval collegiate church at Moulins was established as Moulins Cathedral, the seat of the diocese.
The current bishop is Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou, appointed in 2013.
List of bishops
- M. des Gallois de la Tour, vicar-general to the Bishop of Autun, was appointed Bishop of Moulins in 1788, but was not formally confirmed before the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789
- Antoine de La Grange de Pons 1822-1849
- Pierre-Simon-Louis-Marie de Dreux-Brézé 1849-1893
- Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg 1893-1906 (appointed Archbishop of Rennes)
- Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey 1906-1911 (appointed Bishop of Arras)
- Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Honoré Penon 1911-1926
- Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon 1926-1942
- Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin 1942-1956
- Francis-Albert Bougon 1956-1975
- André Bernard Michel Quélen 1975-1998
- Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin 1998-2002 (appointed Archbishop of Lyon)
- Pascal Roland 2003-2012 (appointed Bishop of Belley-Ars)
- Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou 2013–present
References
- ↑ Paul Pisani (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802). (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. pp. 96–97 and 456.
- ↑ Tableau des évêques constitutionnels de France, de 1791 a 1801 (in French). Paris: chez Méquignon-Havard. 1827. p. 33.
- ↑ Pisani, p. 97.
- ↑ Pius VI (1791). Lettres des évêques, députés à l'Assemblée nationale, en réponse au Bref du Pape, en date du 10 mars 1791 (in French). Aix-la-Chapelle: Guerbart. p. 53.
Books
- Fisquet, Honore (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Metropole de Sens: Troyes et Moulins (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos. pp. 163–175.
- Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 580.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Moulins. |
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Moulins
- David M. Cheney, Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Moulins. Retrieved: 2016-07-07.
- (French) Diocese of Moulins official website