Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard, France 🇫🇷

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Belfort–Montbéliard / Belfortien(sis)–Montis Beligardi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Besançon

Neighbouring Dioceses: Besançon (↙), Strasbourg (↗), Basel (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul en sa conversion (January 25)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1979.11.03: Established as Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard / Belfortien(sis)–Montis Beligardi (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon and became suffragan of Besançon)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.10.02 – ...):

Bishop Denis Jachiet (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Belfort–Montbéliard (Roman Rite)

Bishop Denis Jachiet (63)
(2021.10.02 – ...)

Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France)

Heureux les invités au repas des noces de l’Agneau

Born:	1962.04.21 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1996.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.09.09

Priest of Paris (France) (1996.06.29 – 2016.06.25)

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia (2016.06.25 – 2021.10.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (2016.06.25 – 2021.10.02)

Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France) (2021.10.02 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Saint-Dié (France) (2022.09.05 – 2023.02.26)

Bishop Dominique Blanchet (60)
(2015.05.21 – 2021.01.09)

Bishop of Créteil (France)
Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Mets ta joie dans le Seigneur

Born:	1966.02.15 (Cholet, France)
Ordained Priest:	1999.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.07.12

Priest of Angers (France) (1999.06.27 – 2015.05.21)

Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France) (2015.05.21 – 2021.01.09)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2019.04.03 – 2025.04.02)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (2021.01.09 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (2025.05.21 – ...)

Bishop Claude-Pierre-Charles Schockert (86)
(2000.03.01 – 2015.05.21)

Bishop emeritus of Belfort–Montbéliard (France)

Born:	1940.01.26 (Foug, France)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.05.14

Priest of Nancy (France) (1965.06.29 – 2000.03.01)

Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France) (2000.03.01 – 2015.05.21)

Bishop Eugène-Georges-Joseph Lecrosnier
(1979.11.03 – 2000.03.01)

Born:	1923.04.20 (Maupertuis, France)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.06.21
Died:	2013.10.15 († 90)

Titular Bishop of San Leone (1969.04.21 – 1979.11.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (1969.04.21 – 1979.11.03)

Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France) (1979.11.03 – 2000.03.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilique-Cathédrale Saint-Christophe, Belfort, Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (36)

Besançon (↙), Strasbourg (↗), Basel (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,471 km²

Population: 239,100 Catholics (76.1% of 314,194 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (50 diocesan, 3 religious), 14 deacons, 20 religious (3 brothers, 17 sisters), 1 seminarian