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Diocese of Langres
Dioecesis Lingonensis
Diocèse de Langres
Langres Cathedral
Location
Country
France
Ecclesiastical province
Reims
Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Reims
Statistics
Area
6,250 km2 (2,410 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2004) 193,768 140,000 (72.3%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
3rd Century
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. Mammes in Langres
Patron saint
St. Mammes of Caesarea
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Joseph de Metz-Noblat
Metropolitan Archbishop
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort
Map
Website
52.catholique.fr
The Diocese of Langres (Latin: Dioecesis Lingonensis; French: Diocèse de Langres) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church comprising the département of Haute-Marne in France.
The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Reims, having been a suffragan of Lyon until 2002. The current bishop is Joseph Marie Edouard de Metz-Noblat, who succeeded Bishop Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley on 21 January 2014. The diocese covers a territory of 6,250 km2 and its estimated catholic population is 140,000.
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