Diocese of Nancy
Nanceien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nancy, France
The Diocese of Nancy (Nancy-Toul) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in Lorraine, erected on 19 November 1777 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besancon. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation in Nancy.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 November 1777
- Latin
- Nanceien(sis)
- Patron
- The Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Heaven
- Annuario code
- 001002347
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 670,270
- Population
- 734,400
- Catholic share
- 91.3%
- Priests
- 124
- Catholics per priest
- 5,405
- Extent
- 5,275 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 127
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
- Pierre-Yves Michel
- Born
- 17 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Roanne
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-de-l'Annonciation in Nancy stands in Nancy, 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 Besancon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Besancon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BesançonBesançon
- Diocese of Belfort–MontbéliardBelfort–Montbéliard
- Diocese of Saint-ClaudeSaint-Claude
- Diocese of Saint-DiéSaint-Dié
- Diocese of VerdunVerdun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope Pius VI erected the Diocese of Nancy and Toul (Latin: Dioecesis Nanceiensis et Tullensis; French: Diocèse de Nancy et de Toul) on 17 December 1777, after a considerable political struggle involving Louis XV, Louis XVI, and the Dukes of Lorraine. A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, it stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon.
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].