DIOCÈSE DE VALENCE
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The diocese bears the name of the city where the bishop resides (Valencia) and corresponds to the department of the Drôme. The Catholic Church in Valencia is organized in 22 parishes, grouped into 6 pastoral units and 3 regions; many monasteries and communities are established there. The gospel may have arrived in Valencia at the end of the iie century. In 325, Nicaise, Bishop of Die, participated in the Council of Nicea. The Reform was mainly in the south of the department. Pope Pip VI, a prisoner of the Revolution, died in Valencia in 1799. Valencia is divided into 2 parishes, Saint-Emilien de Valence (Church Notre-Dame, 43 Berthelot Street) 04 75 43 13 32) and its Cathedral Saint-Apollinaire, and Notre-Dame des Peoples de Valence (50, De Lattre-de-Tassigny) 04 75 42 29 57). The Bishop of Valencia, who works for the Diocese of Valencia but also the dioceses of Die and Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, is currently Bishop Pierre-Yves Michel, who succeeded Bishop Jean-Christophe Lagleize in 2014.
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