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The Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Claudii; French: Diocèse de Saint-Claude) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic ChurchinFrance. The diocese corresponds in territory to the departmentofJura. It was created in 1742,[1] as a smaller area, mostly consisting of some parishes previously controlled by the Abbey of Saint-Claude.[2] Under the Concordat of 1802 the diocese was suppressed and its territory included in the Archdiocese of Besançon; in 1822 it was again made an independent diocese.
Diocese of Saint-Claude
Dioecesis Sancti Claudii
Diocèse de Saint-Claude
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Besançon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Besançon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,499 km2 (1,737 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 263,600 188,800 (71.6%) |
| Parishes | 67 'new parishes' |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 22 January 1742 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Peter, Paul and Andrew |
| Patron saint | St. Claudius of Besançon |
| Secular priests | 91 (diocesan) 7 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jean-Luc Gérard Garin |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
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The Diocese of Saint-Claude is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon, and formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its cathedraisSaint-Claude Cathedral, in the episcopal seeofSaint-Claude, Jura.
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