Diocese of Amiens
Ambianen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Amiens, France
The Diocese of Amiens is a Latin rite diocese covering the Somme department in northern France, with origins in the 3rd century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame in Amiens, the largest Gothic cathedral in France.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Ambianen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Firmin of Amiens
- Annuario code
- 001000677
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 498,000
- Population
- 569,662
- Catholic share
- 87.4%
- Priests
- 63
- Catholics per priest
- 7,905
- Extent
- 6,277 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 79
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gerard Le Stang
- Born
- 28 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Saint-Renan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame, Amiens stands in Amiens, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Reims
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reims.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ReimsReims
- Diocese of BeauvaisBeauvais
- Diocese of ChâlonsChâlons
- Diocese of LangresLangres
- Diocese of Soissons–Laon–Saint-QuentinSoissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin
- Diocese of TroyesTroyes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The department of Somme, whose capital is the city of Amiens, constitutes the Diocese of Amiens (Latin: Dioecesis Ambianensis; French: Diocèse d'Amiens), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. An estimate for 2022 put the ratio at one priest for every 6,916 Catholics in the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].