Roman Catholic Diocese of Sées
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Diocese of Séez Dioecesis Sagiensis Diocèse de Séez |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rouen |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rouen |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,103 km2 (2,356 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 300,387 279,000 (92.9%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Sées |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jacques Habert |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Charles Marie Descubes |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Séez (Latin: Dioecesis Sagiensis; French: Diocèse de Séez) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Originally established in the 3rd century, the diocese encompasses the department of Orne, in the Region of Normandy. The episcopal see is the cathedral in Sées, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen.
The current bishop of Séez is Mgr. Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert. He was appointed to the post on October 28, 2010 and formally installed and ordained as bishop on January 9, 2011. Bishop Habert was previously a priest of the Diocese of Créteil.
Saint Ebrulf, a native of the Diocese of Bayeux, founded, after 560, several monasteries in the Diocese of Séez; one of them became the important Abbey of Saint-Martin-de-Séez, which, owing to the influence of Richelieu, its administrator-general, was reformed in 1636 by the Benedictines of Saint-Maur. Rotrou II, Count of Perche, in fulfillment of a vow, established in 1122, at Soligny, the Abbey of La Trappe, in favour of which Bulls were issued by popes Eugene III (1147), Alexander III (1173) and Innocent III (1203), and which was reformed in 1662 by Abbot Amand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé.
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