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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez

Diocese of Rodez-Vabres
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
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez (Latin: Dioecesis Ruthenensis) 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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