Suffragan diocese Orléans, France
Diocese of Orléans
Aurelianen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Orleans is a Latin rite diocese covering the Loiret department in north-central France, erected in the 3rd century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours; it is closely associated with St. Joan of Arc and the annual Johannine festivals. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Cross in Orleans.
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- Catholics
- 450,320
- Priests
- 72
- Territory
- 6,811 km²
Parishes and churches
43 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse NOTRE-DAME de la BIONNETown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame des Apôtres (GIENNOIS-PUISAYE-BERRY)Town not recordedView parish
- Paroisse ORLEANS NORDTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse SAINT JEAN BOSCO à ORLEANSTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph en Rives du LoiretOrléansView parish
- Paroisse SAINT LAURENT à ORLEANSTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse SAINT MARC à ORLEANSTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse SAINT VINCENT à ORLEANSTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse SAINT-PAUL - NOTRE-DAME DE RECOUVRANCE à ORLEANSTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse SAINTE JEANNE D'ARC à OrléansTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur de BELLEGARDE - LORRIS - VARENNES - CHANGYTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur ORLEANS OUESTTown not recordedView parish
- Secteur pastoral du MONTARGOIS RURAL (Corbeilles-Ladon Lombreuil)Town not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jacques Blaquart
- Born
- 19 December 1951
- Birthplace
- Roumazières
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Cross in Orléans stands in Orléans, 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.
History
Corresponding today to the Départment of Loiret, the Diocese of Orléans (Latin: Dioecesis Aurelianensis; French: Diocèse d'Orléans) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its city lies 133 kilometers (83 miles) south-southwest of Paris. Over the centuries the see has passed between metropolitans more than once: before 1622 it was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sens, and in that year it became suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris.
This see in the wire
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- Diocese of Orléans publishes letter from Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne
- Diocese of Orléans announces La Fraternité Saint Raphaël 2026-2027
- Diocese of Orléans announces Parcours Biblique with Communauté de l'Emmanuel
- Diocese of Orléans opens Christian bookstore
- Diocese of Orléans hosts Yann Arthus-Bertrand photo exhibit
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