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Suffragan diocese Châlons, France

Diocese of Châlons

Catalaunen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedrale Saint-Etienne, in Châlons, France.

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Established
1822
Catholics
267,965
Priests
42
Territory
6,501 km²

Parishes and churches

33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Franck Javary
Born
31 January 1967
Birthplace
Boulogne-Billancourt

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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.

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.