Diocese of Nanterre
Nemptoduren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nanterre, France
The Diocese of Nanterre is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the Hauts-de-Seine department, erected in 1966 from territory of Versailles and the Archdiocese of Paris. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paris and led by Bishop Matthieu Rougé since 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 October 1966
- Latin
- Nemptoduren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002350
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 973,550
- Population
- 1,625,917
- Catholic share
- 59.9%
- Priests
- 160
- Catholics per priest
- 6,085
- Extent
- 175 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5,563
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
- Matthieu Rougé
- Born
- 7 January 1966
- Birthplace
- Noully-sur-Seine
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 Saint-Geneviève and Saint-Maurice in Nanterre stands in Nanterre, 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 Paris
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paris.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CréteilCréteil
- Diocese of MeauxMeaux
- Archdiocese of ParisParis
- Diocese of PontoisePontoise
- Diocese of Saint-DenisSaint-Denis
- Diocese of VersaillesVersailles
- Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-EssonnesÉvry–Corbeil-Essonnes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In 1966 territory split off from the Diocese of Versailles and the Archdiocese of Paris became the Diocese of Nanterre (Latin: Dioecesis Nemptodurensis; French: Diocèse de Nanterre). This Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France still answers to Paris, remaining a suffragan of that archdiocese.
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].