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

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 (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.05.18 – ...):

Bishop Sylvain Bataille (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint-Étienne (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sylvain Bataille (58)
(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

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

Bishop Dominique Lebrun (65) (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

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)

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Statistics

Area: 3,035 km²

Population: 472,950 Catholics (78.6% of 601,941 total) (2020)

Statistics: 30 parishes, 2 missions, 96 priests (78 diocesan, 18 religious), 35 deacons, 125 lay religious (42 brothers, 83 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Stephen

History

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