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Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay

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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Restored: 6 October 1822
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Clermont
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 4,977 (1,922 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Centre-Est
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catholique-lepuy.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, 2 Place du For, 43000 Le Puy-en-Velay, France
  • Telephone: 4.71.05.54.69

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (erected)
29 November 1801SuppressedDiocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (suppressed) Diocese of Clermont
Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
6 October 1822RestoredDiocese of Saint-Flour Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (from Bourges)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
1950220,000228,07696.5%457264834553701,571280ap1951
1970201,735208,33796.8%40294114901861,325277ap1971
1980199,000207,70095.8%357103675421591,111279ap1981
1990201,000210,00095.7%28562916903110894284ap1991
1999190,000206,00092.2%20892178757101686282ap2000
2000190,000209,11390.9%2029211900893661282ap2001
2001190,000209,04790.9%1949203935994650284ap2002
2002190,000209,04790.9%1969205926993620284ap2003
2003189,000208,00090.9%18810198954894574284ap2004
2004190,000209,04790.9%1829191994884553284ap2005
2013181,700231,87778.4%137101471,2361053406284ap2014
2016183,769233,91878.6%12661321,3921337340284ap2017
2019183,850234,00078.6%108101181,5581416279284ap2020
2021182,500232,90078.4%10181091,6741533212279ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 91, and Page 92
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 89
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 110
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 85
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 87
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 85
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 603, to Page 605

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