Suffragan diocese Blois, France
Diocese of Blois
Blesen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Blois is a Latin rite diocese covering the Loir-et-Cher department in central France, erected on 1 July 1697 from the Diocese of Chartres. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Louis in Blois.
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- Established
- 1697
- Catholics
- 187,000
- Priests
- 50
- Territory
- 6,422 km²
Parishes and churches
35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Secteur pastoral de Thoré-la-RochetteTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur pastoral de Vendôme Notre-Dame des RottesTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur pastoral de Vendôme-MadeleineTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur pastoral de Vernou-en-SologneTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur pastoral de Villefranche-Châtres-sur-CherTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francis Bestion
- Born
- 8 May 1957
- Birthplace
- Fontans
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Louis, Blois stands in Blois, 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.
History
In western France, the department of Loir-et-Cher forms the territory of the Diocese of Blois (Latin: Dioecesis Blesensis; French: Diocèse de Blois), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church that has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours since 2002. The episcopal seat is presently vacant, following the appointment of Jean-Pierre Batut as auxiliary bishop of Toulouse on 26 June 2023. In 2022 the diocese counted one priest for every 2,833 Catholics.