Diocese of Soissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin
Suessionen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Soissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin, France
The Diocese of Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin is a Latin Church diocese coterminous with the department of Aisne in northern France, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims. Renauld de Dinechin has been its bishop since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1828
- Latin
- Suessionen(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Gervasius and Protasius
- Annuario code
- 001003082
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 386,000
- Population
- 536,136
- Catholic share
- 72.0%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 7,283
- Extent
- 7,378 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Soissons Cathedral stands in Soissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin, 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 Reims
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reims.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ReimsReims
- Diocese of AmiensAmiens
- Diocese of BeauvaisBeauvais
- Diocese of ChâlonsChâlons
- Diocese of LangresLangres
- Diocese of TroyesTroyes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Except for two hamlets, the entire Department of Aisne belongs to the Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Latin: Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis; French: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims. Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin, appointed on 30 October 2015, is the current bishop. In 2022 the Diocese of Soissons counted one priest for every 5,594 Catholics.
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].