Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion, Réunion
Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
S. Dionysii Reunionis
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 644,000
- Priests
- 125
- Territory
- 2,600 km²
Parishes and churches
72 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Sainte-Anne (Sainte-Anne)Sainte-AnneView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Catherine Labouré (La Rivière des Galets)La PossessionView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-ClotildeSainte-ClotildeView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Famille (Butor, Saint-Joseph)Saint-JosephView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Geneviève (Les Lianes, Saint-Joseph)Saint-JosephView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc (Le Port)Le PortView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Rose de Lima (Sainte-Rose)Sainte-RoseView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-SuzanneTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus (Plaine des Cafres)Plaine des CafresView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus (Savannah)Saint-PaulView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Thérèse d’Avila (La Saline les Hauts)La Saline les HautsView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Thérèse d’Avila (Sainte-Thérèse)La PossessionView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pascal Chane-Teng
- Born
- 4 July 1971
- Birthplace
- Le Tampon
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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.