Diocese of Saint-Denis
Sancti Dionysii in Francia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Denis, France
The Diocese of Saint-Denis, erected in 1966, is a Latin Church diocese covering the department of Seine-Saint-Denis in the Ile-de-France region, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paris. Etienne Guillet has been its bishop since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 October 1966
- Latin
- Sancti Dionysii in Francia
- Patron
- Saint Denis of Paris
- Annuario code
- 001002804
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 717,000
- Population
- 1,654,000
- Catholic share
- 43.3%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 9,076
- Extent
- 236 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,038
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
- Étienne Guillet
- Born
- 28 October 1976
- Birthplace
- Abbeville
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
Basilica of Saint-Denis stands in Saint-Denis, 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 PontoisePontoise
- Diocese of VersaillesVersailles
- Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-EssonnesÉvry–Corbeil-Essonnes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Saint-Denis in Île-de-France (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii in Francia; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis-en-France) in 1966, carving it from the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Versailles. A Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France, it covers the department of Seine-Saint-Denis and remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris. As of 2020 it was preparing to twin with the Archdiocese of Owando in the Republic of Congo, a step that followed Mgr Pascal Delannoy's visit to Owando in July 2020.
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].