Roman Catholic Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard

Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard Dioecesis Belfortiensis–Montis Beligardi Diocèse de Belfort–Montbéliard
Cathedral Basilica of St. Christopher
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Besançon
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Besançon
Statistics
Area	1,472 km2 (568 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 325,364 247,400 (76%)
Parishes	133
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 November 1979
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Christopher
Patron saint	St. Paul
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop
Bishops emeritus	Claude Pierre Charles Schockert
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard (Latin: Dioecesis Belfortiensis–Montis Beligardi; French: Diocèse de Belfort–Montbéliard) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected in November 1979, the diocese was split off from the Archdiocese of Besançon and remains a suffragan of the parent diocese.

Ordinaries[]

• Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier (3 November 1979 – 1 March 2000)
• Claude Pierre Charles Schockert (1 March 2000 – 21 May 2015)
• (21 May 2015^[1] – 9 January 2021)

See also[]

• Catholic Church in France

References[]

External links[]

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}

Coordinates: 47°38′19″N 6°51′50″E / 47.63861°N 6.86389°E / 47.63861; 6.86389

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