Diocese of Châlons
Catalaunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Châlons, France
The Diocese of Chalons is a Latin Church see covering most of the Marne department in France, with origins in the 4th century and restored in 1822 after the French Revolution. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims and has been led by Bishop Franck Javary since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1822
- Latin
- Catalaunen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Memmius
- Annuario code
- 001001102
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 267,965
- Population
- 280,624
- Catholic share
- 95.5%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 6,380
- Extent
- 6,501 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- Franck Javary
- Born
- 31 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Boulogne-Billancourt
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
Cathedrale Saint-Etienne stands in Châlons, 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 AmiensAmiens
- Diocese of BeauvaisBeauvais
- 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
Based in Châlons-sur-Marne, France, the Diocese of Châlons (Latin: Dioecesis Catalaunensis; French: Diocèse de Châlons) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Its territory takes in the department of Marne, apart from the arrondissement of Reims, and it stands as a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims.
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].