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Bishop of Digne

Diocese of Digne (–Riez–Sisteron)
Dioecesis Diniensis (–Reiensis–Sistariensis)
Diocèse de Digne (–Riez–Sisteron)
Cathédrale St Jérôme Digne 04.jpg
Location
Country  France
Ecclesiastical province Marseille
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille
Statistics
Area 6,986 km2 (2,697 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
163,500
112,800 (69%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established United: 15 February 1916
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Jerome
Patron saint Saint Domnin
Saint Vincent of Digne
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jean-Philippe Nault
Metropolitan Archbishop Georges Pontier
Emeritus Bishops Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé Bishop Emeritus (1980-1987)
François-Xavier Loizeau Bishop Emeritus (1997-2014)
Website
http://eglise.catholique04.fr/

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne (Latin: Dioecesis Diniensis; French: Diocèse de Digne) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected in the 4th century as the Diocese of Digne, the diocese is now known as the Diocese of Digne (–Riez–Sisteron) (Latin: Dioecesis Diniensis (–Reiensis–Sistariensis); French: Diocèse de Digne (–Riez–Sisteron)), since 1922. The diocese comprises the entire department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The diocese used to be a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles until 2002, but is now a suffragan of Marseille. The bishops are seated at Digne-les-Bains, in Digne Cathedral.

By the Concordat of 1801, this diocese was made to include the two departments of the Hautes-Alpes and the Basses-Alpes, in addition to the former Diocese of Digne, the Archdiocese of Embrun, the dioceses of Gap, Sisteron and Senez, a very considerable part of the dioceses of Glandèves and Riez, and fourteen parishes in the Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles and the Diocese of Apt. In 1822 Gap was made an episcopal see and, thus divested of the department of the Hautes Alpes, the present Diocese of Digne covers the territory formerly included in the Dioceses of Digne, Senez, Glandèves, Riez and Sisteron.


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