Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanterre
Diocese of Nanterre Dioecesis Nemptodurensis Diocèse de Nanterre | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Paris |
Statistics | |
Area | 175 km2 (68 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,586,434 950,463 (59.9%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 October 1966 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Genevieve and Saint Maurice in Nanterre |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Matthieu Rougé |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Ulrich |
Bishops emeritus | Gérard Daucourt Bishop Emeritus (2002-2013) |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Nanterre (Latin: Dioecesis Nemptodurensis; French: Diocèse de Nanterre) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the diocese was split off from the Diocese of Versailles and the Archdiocese of Paris. Currently the diocese remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris.
Bishops
[edit]- Jacques Marie Delarue † (20 Nov 1966 Ordained – 23 August 1982 Died)
- François-Marie-Christian Favreau (1983 – 18 June 2002 Resigned)
- Gérard Antoine Daucourt (22 Sep 2002 Installed – 14 November 2013 Resigned)
- Michel Christian Alain Aupetit (4 Apr 2014 Appointed – 7 dec 2017)
- Matthieu Rougé (5 Jun 2018 Appointed[1] - )
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Italian) Rinunce e nomine
External links
[edit]- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnanr.html [self-published]
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