Diocese of Pontoise
Pontisaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pontoise, France
The Diocese of Pontoise is a Latin rite diocese covering the Val-d'Oise department northwest of Paris, erected on 9 October 1966 in the reorganization of the Paris region and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Maclou (St. Malo) in Pontoise.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 October 1966
- Latin
- Pontisaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002625
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 885,000
- Population
- 1,251,804
- Catholic share
- 70.7%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 8,429
- Extent
- 1,248 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 709
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
- Benoit Bertrand
- Born
- 1 June 1960
- Birthplace
- Nantes
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 St. Maclou in Pontoise stands in Pontoise, 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
- Diocese of NanterreNanterre
- Archdiocese of ParisParis
- 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
About 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Paris, north of the Seine, lies the commune of Pontoise, seat of the Diocese of Pontoise (Latin: Dioecesis Pontisarensis; French: Diocèse de Pontoise), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Created in 1966 from territory detached from the Diocese of Versailles, including a large part of the Vexin, it serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris.
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].