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Suffragan diocese Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes

Evrien(sis)-Corbilien(sis)-Exonen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Resurrection and Saint Corbinian in Évry, in Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, France.

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Established
1966
Catholics
897,900
Priests
99
Territory
1,819 km²

Parishes and churches

125 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
Michel Pansard
Born
16 July 1955
Birthplace
Rennes

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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.

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.