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Diocese of Mende

Dioecesis Mimatensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Mende (erected) (or 4th Century)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Alès (Alais) (suppressed) Diocese of Avignon
Diocese of Mende
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Viviers (Aps) (suppressed) Diocese of Mende
6 October 1822Territory LostDiocese of Mende Diocese of Viviers
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Mende (from Albi)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
194980,00095,00084.2%40015415192690213ap1951
196970,00076,17591.9%2842230622875578133ap1971
198063,30075,10084.3%235323826518400138ap1981
199066,00079,00083.5%190119134526370138ap1991
199963,00073,50085.7%1546160393319233135ap2000
200061,00073,50083.0%1557162376319232135ap2001
200160,00073,50081.6%1524156384313225135ap2002
200260,00073,50081.6%1423145413212218135ap2003
200360,00073,50081.6%1345139431314202135ap2004
200458,00073,83078.6%1224126460414183135ap2005
201360,80078,40077.6%7517680054126135ap2014
201660,66776,70079.1%66669195294135ap2017
201955,00076,30072.1%591609164483135ap2020
202155,00076,52071.9%52521,0574252135ap2022

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 341, and Page 342
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 192
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 244
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 242
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 268
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 289
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 576, to Page 578

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