Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
S. Dionysii Reunionis
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion, Réunion
Latin-rite diocese covering the French overseas department of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, erected in 1850 from the earlier Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon (origins 1712). It is immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat at the Cathedral of Saint Denis in Saint-Denis.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 September 1850
- Latin
- S. Dionysii Reunionis
- Patron
- São Francisco Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001002805
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 644,000
- Population
- 806,000
- Catholic share
- 79.9%
- Priests
- 125
- Catholics per priest
- 5,152
- Extent
- 2,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 248
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
- Pascal Chane-Teng
- Born
- 4 July 1971
- Birthplace
- Le Tampon
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 Denis, Saint-Denis stands in Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion, 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.
History
On the island of Réunion, the Catholic Church maintains the Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii Reunionis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion), a Latin Church diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. Belonging to no ecclesiastical province, it is instead a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean, alongside Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles. Its cathedral church is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis (French: Cathédrale de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) in Saint-Denis.
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].