Diocese of Le Havre
Portus Gratiae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Le Havre, France
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1974
- Latin
- Portus Gratiae
- Annuario code
- 001001980
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 326,600
- Population
- 395,930
- Catholic share
- 82.5%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 9,072
- Extent
- 1,902 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 172
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
- Jean-Luc Brunin
- Born
- 14 January 1951
- Birthplace
- Roubaix
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 Le Havre stands in Le Havre, 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 Rouen
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rouen.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RouenRouen
- Diocese of Bayeux-LisieuxBayeux-Lisieux
- Diocese of CoutancesCoutances
- Diocese of SéezSéez
- Diocese of ÉvreuxÉvreux
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].