Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes
Evrien(sis)-Corbilien(sis)-Exonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, France
The Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the Essonne department, erected in 1966 as the Diocese of Corbeil and renamed in 1988. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paris and led by Bishop Michel Pansard since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1966
- Latin
- Evrien(sis)-Corbilien(sis)-Exonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Exuperius of Bayeux
- Annuario code
- 001001385
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 897,900
- Population
- 1,296,130
- Catholic share
- 69.3%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 9,070
- Extent
- 1,819 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 494
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
- Michel Pansard
- Born
- 16 July 1955
- Birthplace
- Rennes
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 the Resurrection and Saint Corbinian in Évry stands in Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Saint-Spire in Corbeil-Essonnes.
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 CréteilCréteil
- Diocese of MeauxMeaux
- Diocese of NanterreNanterre
- Archdiocese of ParisParis
- Diocese of PontoisePontoise
- Diocese of Saint-DenisSaint-Denis
- Diocese of VersaillesVersailles
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected in 1966 as the Diocese of Corbeil, split off from the Diocese of Versailles, this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France took its present name, the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (Latin: Dioecesis Evriensis-Corbiliensis-Exonensis; French: Diocèse d'Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes), in 1988. It remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris. The current bishop, Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard, was appointed by Pope Francis on 1 August 2017.
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].