Diocese of Créteil
Christolien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Créteil, France
The Diocese of Créteil is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Val-de-Marne department, erected in 1966 from territory of the Archdiocese of Paris. It is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris and led by Bishop Dominique Blanchet since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 October 1966
- Latin
- Christolien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001233
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 817,750
- Population
- 1,396,913
- Catholic share
- 58.5%
- Priests
- 104
- Catholics per priest
- 7,863
- Extent
- 245 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,338
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
- Dominique Blanchet
- Born
- 15 February 1966
- Birthplace
- Cholet
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 of Notre-Dame in Créteil stands in Créteil, 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 Paris
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paris.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MeauxMeaux
- Diocese of NanterreNanterre
- Archdiocese of ParisParis
- Diocese of PontoisePontoise
- Diocese of Saint-DenisSaint-Denis
- Diocese of VersaillesVersailles
- Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-EssonnesÉvry–Corbeil-Essonnes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Territory carved in 1966 from portions of the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Versailles became the Diocese of Créteil (Latin: Dioecesis Christoliensis; French: Diocèse de Créteil), a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in France. Paris remains its metropolitan: Créteil continues as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Paris.
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].