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Suffragan diocese Le Havre, France

Diocese of Le Havre

Portus Gratiae

Latin Church

The Diocese of Le Havre is a Latin Catholic diocese erected in 1974 from the western portion of the former Archdiocese of Rouen, covering the arrondissement of Le Havre in Seine-Maritime, Normandy. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rouen and led by Bishop Jean-Luc Brunin since 2011.

On the map

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Le Havre, France, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1974
Catholics
326,600
Priests
36
Territory
1,902 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jean-Luc Brunin
Born
14 January 1951
Birthplace
Roubaix

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Le Havre stands in Le Havre, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Normandy's arrondissement of Le Havre, in the department of Seine-Maritime, sets the boundaries of the Diocese of Le Havre (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Gratiae; French: Diocèse du Havre [djɔsɛz dy ɑvʁ(ə)]). A creation of 1974, this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France keeps its episcopal see at Le Havre Cathedral in the city of Le Havre.

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