Diocese of Versailles
Versalien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Versailles, France
The Diocese of Versailles is a Latin rite diocese erected on 29 November 1801 under the Concordat, today corresponding to the Yvelines department in the Ile-de-France. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saint-Louis in Versailles.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 November 1801
- Latin
- Versalien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Louis IX of France
- Annuario code
- 001000092
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 929,000
- Population
- 1,441,398
- Catholic share
- 64.5%
- Priests
- 176
- Catholics per priest
- 5,278
- Extent
- 2,270 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 409
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
- Luc Crepy
- Born
- 12 May 1958
- Birthplace
- Lille
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI GESÙ E MARIA (EUDISTI) (C.I.M. / Eud.)
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-Louis, Versailles stands in Versailles, 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 Saint-DenisSaint-Denis
- Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-EssonnesÉvry–Corbeil-Essonnes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centred on Versailles and headed by the Bishop of Versailles, the Diocese of Versailles (Latin: Dioecesis Versaliensis; French: Diocèse de Versailles) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It was established in 1801; before then, its territory had belonged mostly to the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Chartres.
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].