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Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun

Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)
Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)
Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)
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Location
Country  France
Ecclesiastical province Dijon
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dijon
Statistics
Area 8,575 km2 (3,311 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
575,000
548,000 (95.3%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established United: 15 December 1962
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Lazarus in Autun
Patron saint St. Lazarus of Bethany
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Benoît Rivière
Metropolitan Archbishop Roland Minnerath
Emeritus Bishops Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy Bishop Emeritus (1987-2006)
Map
Diocèse d'Autun.svg
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis); French: Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the entire Department of Saone et Loire, in the Region of Bourgogne.

The diocese was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyon under the Ancien Régime, and the Bishop of Autun held the post of Vicar of the Archbishop. The bishopric of Chalon-sur-Saône (since Roman times) and (early medieval) bishopric of Mâcon, also suffragans of Lyon, were united to Autun after the French Revolution by the Concordat signed by Napoleon, Emperor of the French, and Pope Pius VII. For a short time, from 1802 to 1822, the enlarged diocese of Autun was suffragan to the Archbishop of Besançon. In 1822, however, Autun was again subject to the Archbishop of Lyon. The diocese of Autun is now, since 8 December 2002, suffragan to the Archbishop of Dijon. The current bishop of Autun is Benoit Rivière.

Christian teaching reached Autun at a very early period, as is known from the famous funeral inscription, in classical Greek, of a certain Pectorius which dates from the 3rd century. It was found in 1839 in the cemetery of St. Peter l'Estrier at Autun, and makes reference to baptism and the Holy Eucharist.


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