The Diocese of Saint-Étienne is a Catholic diocese in France, based in the city of Saint-Étienne in the Loire department. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Saint-Étienne ( Sant-Etiève in Arpitan) is a city in the central eastern part of France, 60 km (40 miles southwest of Lyon. Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the
It was established on 26 December 1970 out of the Archdiocese of Lyon-Vienne and consists of the arrondissements of Saint-Étienne and Montbrison, thus constituting the greater part of the department of the Loire. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An arrondissement is an Administrative division in some French or Dutch -speaking countries Montbrison is a commune of the Loire département, in France.
The seat of the bishop is Saint-Étienne Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo (Cathédrale Saint-Charles-de-Borromé de Sainte-Étienne). Saint-Étienne Cathedral ( Cathédrale Saint-Charles-de-Borromé de Saint-Étienne) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Saint-Étienne. Saint Charles Borromeo (Carlo Borromeo Latinized as Carolus Borromeus) ( October 2 1538 – November 3 1584) is an
List of bishops
- Paul-Marie François Rousset, 1971 - 1987
- Pierre Jacques Joatton, 1988 - 2006
- Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun, 2006 onwards
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