Diocese of Saint-Étienne, France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint-Étienne (français) / Sancti Stephani (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lyon

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Stephen

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1970.12.26: Established as Diocese of Saint-Étienne (français) / Sancti Stephani (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon and became suffragan of Lyon)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.05.18 – ...):

Bishop Sylvain Bataille (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint-Étienne (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sylvain Bataille (60)
(2016.05.18 – ...)

Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France)

Amour et vérité

Born:	1964.07.22 (Soissons, France)
Ordained Priest:	1989.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.07.03

Priest of Beauvais (France) (1989.03.11 – 2016.05.18)

Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France) (2016.05.18 – ...)

Bishop Dominique Lebrun (67) (later Archbishop)
(2006.06.28 – 2015.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Je vous appelle mes amis

Born:	1957.10.10 (Rouen, France)
Ordained Priest:	1984.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.09.09

Priest of Saint-Denis (France) (1984.06.09 – 2006.06.28)

Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France) (2006.06.28 – 2015.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (2015.07.10 – ...)

Bishop Pierre Jacques Joatton, Prado
(1988.04.20 – 2006.06.28)

Dans la foie de marie et les apôtres

Born:	1930.07.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.06.26
Died:	2013.11.22 († 83)

Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France) (1988.04.20 – 2006.06.28)

Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Prado
(1971.02.23 – 1987.09.28)

Born:	1921.08.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1945.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.03.06
Died:	2016.01.09 († 94)

Titular Bishop of Utimma (1966.01.24 – 1971.02.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) (1966.01.24 – 1971.02.23)

Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France) (1971.02.23 – 1987.09.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Charles Borromé, Saint-Étienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Le Puy-en-Velay (↙), Clermont (←), Lyon (↗), Grenoble–Vienne (→), Viviers (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,035 km²

Population: 475,000 Catholics (78.4% of 606,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 95 priests (66 diocesan, 29 religious), 39 deacons, 133 religious (55 brothers, 78 sisters), 6 seminarians

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