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	(as of 2022) 318,000 242,300 (76.2%)
Parishes	36
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 November 1979
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Christopher
Patron saint	St. Paul
Secular priests	50 (Diocesan) 4 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jean-Luc Bouilleret
Bishops emeritus	Claude Pierre Charles Schockert
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

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

Ordinaries

• Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier (3 November 1979 – 1 March 2000)
• Claude Pierre Charles Schockert (1 March 2000 – 21 May 2015)
• Dominique Blanchet (21 May 2015 – 9 January 2021)
• Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet (2 October 2021-)

See also

• Catholic Church in France

External links

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