Bishopric of Rodez
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Diocese of Rodez (–Vabres) Dioecesis Ruthenensis (–Vabrensis) Diocèse de Rodez (–Vabres) |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Toulouse |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,743 km2 (3,376 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 279,400 (est.) 271,400 (est.) (97.1%) |
| Parishes | 36 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century (As Diocese of Rodez) 27 May 1875 (As Diocese of Rodez-Vabres) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Rodez |
| Patron saint | St. Amandus |
| Secular priests | 142 (diocesan) 18 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | François Fonlupt |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Robert Jean Louis Le Gall |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez (–Vabres) (Latin: Dioecesis Ruthenensis (–Vabrensis); French: Diocèse de Rodez (–Vabres)) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Episcopal seat is in Rodez. The diocese corresponds exactly to the Department of Aveyron (formerly Rouergue).
Originally erected in the 5th century, the Diocese of Rodez lost territory when the Diocese of Vabres was created by Pope John XXII on 11 July 1317. In 1801, the diocese was suppressed and its territory split and merged with the Diocese of Cahors and the Diocese of Saint-Flour.
In 1817, the diocese was restored and given jurisdiction over the ancient Diocese of Rodez, with the exception of (1) the deanery of Saint Antonin, which was incorporated with the Diocese of Montauban; (2) the ancient Diocese of Vabres; and (3) a few scattered communes of the Diocese of Cahors.
It was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges until 1676, then of the Archdiocese of Albi, until 2002, when the diocese became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse.
Modern tradition attributes to St. Martial the foundation of the church of Rodez and the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ceignac, for according to Cardinal Bourret, the church of Rodez honoured St. Martial as early as the sixth century. There were evidently bishops of Rodez before 475, since Sidonius Apollinaris, in a letter of AD 475, mentions that the Goths left it at that date without bishops.
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