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Suffragan diocese Versailles, France

Diocese of Versailles

Versalien(sis)

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.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint-Louis, Versailles, in Versailles, France.

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Established
1801
Catholics
929,000
Priests
176
Territory
2,270 km²

Parishes and churches

133 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Luc Crepy
Born
12 May 1958
Birthplace
Lille
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DI GESÙ E MARIA (EUDISTI) (C.I.M. / Eud.)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint-Louis, Versailles stands in Versailles, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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