Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres

Diocese of Langres

Dioecesis Lingonensis

Diocèse de Langres
Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical provinceReims
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Reims
Statistics
Area6,250 km2 (2,410 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
193,768
140,000 (72.3%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century
CathedralCathedral of St. Mammes in Langres
Patron saintSt. Mammes of Caesarea
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph de Metz-Noblat
Metropolitan ArchbishopÉric de Moulins-Beaufort
Map
Website
52.catholique.fr

The Diocese of Langres (Latin: Dioecesis Lingonensis; French: Diocèse de Langres) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church comprising the département of Haute-Marne in France.

The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Reims, having been a suffragan of Lyon until 2002. The current bishop is Joseph Marie Edouard de Metz-Noblat, who succeeded Bishop Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley on 21 January 2014. The diocese covers a territory of 6,250 km2 and its estimated catholic population is 140,000.


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