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Diocese of Saint-Flour

Dioecesis Sancti Flori



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Bishop(s)

  • Didier Fernand Gabriel Noblot, Bishop
  • Bruno Grua, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 February 1317
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Clermont
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 7,526 (2,906 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Midi
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocese15.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, B.P. 20, 3 rue de la Frauze, 15103 Saint-Flour CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 4.71.60.61.90
  • Fax: 4.71.60.02.49

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 February 1317ErectedDiocese of Clermont Diocese of Saint-Flour (erected)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Rodez (suppressed) Diocese of Cahors
Diocese of Saint-Flour
6 October 1822Territory LostDiocese of Saint-Flour Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Saint-Flour (from Bourges)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949190,888190,888100.0%3326039248660580317ap1951
1970167,000168,81498.9%261326463210495258ap1971
1980166,000168,00098.8%20742117869319302ap1981
1990160,000172,00093.0%16413177903215265302ap1991
1999149,000158,72293.9%145715298047190302ap2000
2000145,000150,56396.3%141714897949168302ap2001
2001145,000150,56396.3%12971361,066410179302ap2002
2002145,000150,56396.3%837901,611310164321ap2003
2003145,000150,56396.3%11451191,21847164321ap2004
2004145,000150,77896.2%120101301,115514165263ap2005
2010137,300157,00087.5%778851,615814137161ap2011
2014141,700162,40087.3%686741,91410711832ap2015
2017143,000164,00087.2%506562,55310123920ap2018
2020143,700164,80087.2%445492,932975420ap2021
2022125,000143,14387.3%446502,500135420ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 251
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 154, and Page 155
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 203
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 217
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 617

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