Diocese of Chartres
Carnuten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chartres, France
The Diocese of Chartres is a Latin rite diocese covering the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France, with origins in the 3rd century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame in Chartres, one of the most celebrated Gothic cathedrals in the world.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Carnuten(sis)
- Patron
- Assumption of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001115
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 286,850
- Population
- 432,107
- Catholic share
- 66.4%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 5,412
- Extent
- 5,939 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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
- Philippe Christory
- Born
- 28 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Tourcoing
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, Chartres stands in Chartres, 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 Tours
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tours.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BourgesBourges
- Archdiocese of ToursTours
- Diocese of BloisBlois
- Diocese of OrléansOrléans
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tours, the Diocese of Chartres (Latin: Dioecesis Carnutensis; French: Diocèse de Chartres) is a Catholic diocese in France. Its present territory covers the department of Eure-et-Loir together with four parishes located in the department of Eure. In 2021 the diocese counted one priest for every 4,413 Catholics.
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].