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List of Catholic dioceses in France

January 01, 1970

The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of

  • fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses (15)
    • with a total of 80 suffragans: seven non-Metropolitan Archdioceses, 72 bishoprics and a Territorial Prelature
  • two exempt non-Metropolitan Archdioceses
  • the (exempt) Military Ordinariate.

Furthermore, it has four exempt Eastern Catholic jurisdictions : three rite-specific (of which two are transnational) and a national Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all others without rite-proper Ordinary.

The French overseas departments and territories, although administratively and constitutionally part of the French republic, are not part of the French church under canon law but exempt and/or part of an episcopal conference in their respective continent.

There is also an Apostolic Nunciature (as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level) to France in the national capital Paris. the country also hosts three multilateral Holy See Representations: to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to the Council of Europe in Strasburg and to the International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS).

The following contains the list of the French Catholic Roman Catholic dioceses of France as since 2002. See also the List of Ancien Régime dioceses of France and the List of French dioceses in the 19th and 20th century for information prior to 2002.

Dioceses of metropolitan France. Provinces are demarcated by bold lines and their sees (Metropolitan archdioceses) written in bold letters.

Pope John Paul II completely redrew the map of French ecclesiastical provinces in December 2002, in order to coincide more closely with the map of French administrative regions, but losing in several instances remaining boundaries surviving from late Roman times. This meant the creation of a few new Metropolitan archbishoprics and ecclesiastical provinces. This also entailed, for several archbishoprics, the loss of their metropolitan status (symbolised by the wearing of the pallium): their bishops nevertheless retained the title of archbishop.

As a result of history, many former episcopal sees were united, mainly as a consequence of the French Revolution; hence many dioceses bear the names of several cities, in which case, only the first one is the cathedral see where the bishop still actually resides.

In France, most dioceses coincide with a department of France, but there are a few exceptions, where some arrondissements are attached to a diocese outside the department, or form a separate diocese within the department (this happens mainly in departments with numerous populations, such as Nord or Bouches-du-Rhône). Along with the list of the new ecclesiastical provinces and their suffragan dioceses, this list also gives the equivalent of the diocesan jurisdiction in departmental terms.

Current European French Dioceses edit

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See edit

Exempt Latin edit

Eastern Catholic (exempt) jurisdictions edit

Episcopal Conference of ('Metropolitan', European) France edit

Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon edit

(Franche-Comté and part of Lorraine)

Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux edit

(Aquitaine)

Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont edit

(Auvergne)

Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon edit

(Burgundy)

Ecclesiastical Province of Lille edit

(Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon edit

(Rhône-Alpes)

Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille edit

(Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Corsica)

Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier edit

(Languedoc-Roussillon)

Ecclesiastical Province of Paris edit

(Ile-de-France)

Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers edit

(Poitou-Charentes and Limousin)

Ecclesiastical Province of Reims edit

(Champagne-Ardenne and Picardy)

Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes edit

(Brittany and Pays de la Loire)

Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen edit

(Upper and Lower Normandy)

Eccleasiastical Province of Toulouse edit

(Midi-Pyrénées)

Eccleasiastical Province of Tours edit

(Centre-Val de Loire)

Defunct jurisdictions in European France edit

Titular sees edit

There were titular metropolitan sees that were both united with another diocese, such as the Archdiocese of Arles and the Archdiocese of Embrun.

There were also titular episcopal sees, 41 of which were united and 18 were not united with other dioceses, these included: Accia, Agde (united), Aléria, Alès (united), Alet, Apt, Arisitum, Auxerre (united), Avranches (united), Bazas (united), Béziers (united), Boulogne (united), Briançonnet, Carpentras, Castres (united), Cavaillon, Châlon-sur-Saône (united), Condom (united), Couserans (united), Die (united), Dol (united), Entrevaux, Laon (united), Lavaur (united), Lectoure (united), Léon (united), Lescar (united), Lisieux (united), Lodève (united), Lombez (united), Mâcon (united), Maillezais, Mariana en Corse, Mirepoix (united), Nebbio, Noyon (united), Oloron (united), Orange, Rieux (united), Riez (united), Sagone, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (united), Saint-Malo (united), Saint-Omer (united), Saint-Papoul, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (united), Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (united), Saint-Quentin (united), Saintes (united), Sarlat (united), Senez, Senlis (united), Sisteron (united), Thérouanne, Toul (united), Tréguier (united), Uzès (united), Vabres (united), and Vaison.

There was the single titular abbacy of Cluny that became united with another diocese.

Other defunct French sees edit

There were other dioceses that no longer exist and were not united with current active dioceses, these included: Diocese of Aleth, Diocese of Antibes, Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy (alias Panthenor), Diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse, Diocese of Cimiez, Diocese of Dax (Acqs), Archdiocese of Eauze (Elusa), Diocese of Grasse, Diocese of Javols, Diocese of Limoux, Archdiocese of Narbonne, Diocese of Rezé, Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Diocese of Sospel, Archdiocese of Tarentaise, Diocese of Toulon, Diocese of Vence, Diocese of Vernay and the Archdiocese of Vienne.

Overseas French dioceses edit

all Latin (in many cases, in a conference/province(s) with non-French, mainly Anglophone, dioceses)

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See (Africa) edit

Episcopal Conference of the Antilles edit

Ecclesiastical Province of Martinique edit

(Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana; exclusively Francophone)

Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Oceania) edit

Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete edit

Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa edit

Gallery of Archdioceses edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Diocese of Lille to a Metropolitan Archdiocese. Cambrai (the former Metropolitan) became its suffragan, while retaining the title "Archdiocese" (see (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2008-03-29. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-03-30.).

Sources and external links edit

  • GCatholic.org - data for all sections.
  • Catholic-Hierarchy entry.

January 01, 1970
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The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy joint in a national episcopal conference consisting of fifteen ecclesiastical provinces each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses 15 with a total of 80 suffragans seven non Metropolitan Archdioceses 72 bishoprics and a Territorial Prelature two exempt non Metropolitan Archdioceses the exempt Military Ordinariate Furthermore it has four exempt Eastern Catholic jurisdictions three rite specific of which two are transnational and a national Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all others without rite proper Ordinary The French overseas departments and territories although administratively and constitutionally part of the French republic are not part of the French church under canon law but exempt and or part of an episcopal conference in their respective continent There is also an Apostolic Nunciature as papal diplomatic representation at embassy level to France in the national capital Paris the country also hosts three multilateral Holy See Representations to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO to the Council of Europe in Strasburg and to the International Commission on Civil Status ICCS The following contains the list of the French Catholic Roman Catholic dioceses of France as since 2002 See also the List of Ancien Regime dioceses of France and the List of French dioceses in the 19th and 20th century for information prior to 2002 Dioceses of metropolitan France Provinces are demarcated by bold lines and their sees Metropolitan archdioceses written in bold letters Pope John Paul II completely redrew the map of French ecclesiastical provinces in December 2002 in order to coincide more closely with the map of French administrative regions but losing in several instances remaining boundaries surviving from late Roman times This meant the creation of a few new Metropolitan archbishoprics and ecclesiastical provinces This also entailed for several archbishoprics the loss of their metropolitan status symbolised by the wearing of the pallium their bishops nevertheless retained the title of archbishop As a result of history many former episcopal sees were united mainly as a consequence of the French Revolution hence many dioceses bear the names of several cities in which case only the first one is the cathedral see where the bishop still actually resides In France most dioceses coincide with a department of France but there are a few exceptions where some arrondissements are attached to a diocese outside the department or form a separate diocese within the department this happens mainly in departments with numerous populations such as Nord or Bouches du Rhone Along with the list of the new ecclesiastical provinces and their suffragan dioceses this list also gives the equivalent of the diocesan jurisdiction in departmental terms Contents 1 Current European French Dioceses 1 1 Exempt i e directly subject to the Holy See 1 1 1 Exempt Latin 1 1 2 Eastern Catholic exempt jurisdictions 1 2 Episcopal Conference of Metropolitan European France 1 2 1 Ecclesiastical Province of Besancon 1 2 2 Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux 1 2 3 Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont 1 2 4 Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon 1 2 5 Ecclesiastical Province of Lille 1 2 6 Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon 1 2 7 Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille 1 2 8 Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier 1 2 9 Ecclesiastical Province of Paris 1 2 10 Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers 1 2 11 Ecclesiastical Province of Reims 1 2 12 Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes 1 2 13 Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen 1 2 14 Eccleasiastical Province of Toulouse 1 2 15 Eccleasiastical Province of Tours 2 Defunct jurisdictions in European France 2 1 Titular sees 2 2 Other defunct French sees 3 Overseas French dioceses 3 1 Exempt directly subject to the Holy See Africa 3 2 Episcopal Conference of the Antilles 3 2 1 Ecclesiastical Province of Martinique 3 3 Episcopal Conference of the Pacific Oceania 3 3 1 Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete 3 3 2 Ecclesiastical Province of Noumea 4 Gallery of Archdioceses 5 See also 6 Notes 7 Sources and external linksCurrent European French Dioceses editExempt i e directly subject to the Holy See edit Exempt Latin edit Military Ordinariate of France Archdiocese of Strasbourg Bas Rhin and Haut Rhin Diocese of Metz Moselle Eastern Catholic exempt jurisdictions edit Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France vested in the Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Paris Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte Croix de Paris Armenian Rite with Cathedrale Sainte Croix de Paris des Armeniens in Paris for France immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia but not part of his province Maronite Eparchy of Notre Dame du Liban de Paris Antiochian Rite and West Syriac Rite with Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch but not part of his province also Apostolic Visitor in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris Byzantine Rite with St Vladimir s Cathedral Paris directly subject to the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv Galicia and covers for France Belgium Luxembourg the Netherlands and Switzerland Episcopal Conference of Metropolitan European France edit Ecclesiastical Province of Besancon edit Franche Comte and part of Lorraine Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besancon Haute Saone and Doubs minus Montbeliard arrondissement Diocese of Belfort Montbeliard Territoire de Belfort and Montbeliard arrondissement Diocese of Nancy and Toul Meurthe et Moselle Diocese of Saint Claude Jura Diocese of Saint Die Vosges Diocese of Verdun Meuse Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux edit Aquitaine Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux Gironde Diocese of Agen Lot et Garonne Diocese of Aire and Dax Landes Diocese of Bayonne Lescar and Oloron Pyrenees Atlantiques Diocese of Perigueux and Sarlat Dordogne Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont edit Auvergne Metropolitan Archdiocese of Clermont Puy de Dome New archdiocese 2002 Diocese of Le Puy en Velay Haute Loire Diocese of Moulins Allier Diocese of Saint Flour Cantal Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon edit Burgundy Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dijon Cote d Or New archdiocese 2002 Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre Yonne Diocese of Autun Saone et Loire Diocese of Nevers Nievre Territorial Prelature of the Mission de France at Pontigny Pontigny Ecclesiastical Province of Lille edit Nord Pas de Calais Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille 1 Nord arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille New archdiocese 2008 Archdiocese of Cambrai Nord arrondissements of Avesnes sur Helpe Cambrai Douai Valenciennes Diocese of Arras Pas de Calais Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon edit Rhone Alpes Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon Rhone and the arrondissement of Roanne in the departement of the Loire Archdiocese of Chambery Saint Jean de Maurienne and Tarentaise Savoie Diocese of Annecy Haute Savoie Diocese of Belley Ars Ain Diocese of Grenoble Vienne les Allobroges Isere Diocese of Saint Etienne Loire minus the arrondissement of Roanne Diocese of Valence Drome Diocese of Viviers Ardeche Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille edit Provence Alpes Cote d Azur and Corsica Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille Bouches du Rhone arrondissement of Marseille New archdiocese 2002 Archdiocese of Aix en Provence and Arles Bouches du Rhone minus the arrondissement of Marseille Arles is in the Bouches du Rhone Archdiocese of Avignon Vaucluse Diocese of Ajaccio Upper Corsica and South Corsica Diocese of Digne Alpes de Haute Provence Diocese of Frejus Toulon Var Diocese of Gap and Embrun Hautes Alpes Diocese of Nice Alpes Maritimes Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier edit Languedoc Roussillon Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier Herault New archdiocese 2002 Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne Aude Diocese of Mende Lozere Diocese of Nimes Gard Diocese of Perpignan Elne Pyrenees Orientales Ecclesiastical Province of Paris edit Ile de France Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris City departement of Paris Diocese of Creteil Val de Marne Diocese of Evry Corbeil Essonnes Essonne Diocese of Meaux Seine et Marne Diocese of Nanterre Hauts de Seine Diocese of Pontoise Val d Oise Diocese of Saint Denis in France Seine Saint Denis Diocese of Versailles Yvelines Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers edit Poitou Charentes and Limousin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poitiers Vienne and Deux Sevres New archdiocese 2002 Diocese of Angouleme Charente Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes Charente Maritime also with jurisdiction at the French overseas collectivity Saint Pierre and Miquelon Diocese of Limoges Haute Vienne and Creuse Diocese of Tulle Correze Ecclesiastical Province of Reims edit Champagne Ardenne and Picardy Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims arrondissement of Reims in the Marne and departement of the Ardennes Diocese of Amiens Somme Diocese of Beauvais Noyon and Senlis Oise Diocese of Chalons Marne minus the arrondissement of Reims Diocese of Langres Haute Marne Diocese of Soissons Laon and Saint Quentin Aisne Diocese of Troyes Aube Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes edit Brittany and Pays de la Loire Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rennes Dol and Saint Malo Ille et Vilaine Diocese of Angers Maine et Loire Diocese of Laval Mayenne Diocese of Le Mans Sarthe Diocese of Lucon Vendee Diocese of Nantes Loire Atlantique Diocese of Quimper and Leon Finistere Diocese of Saint Brieuc and Treguier Cotes d Armor Diocese of Vannes Morbihan Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen edit Upper and Lower Normandy Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen Seine Maritime minus the arrondissement of Le Havre Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux Calvados Diocese of Coutances Manche Diocese of Evreux Eure Diocese of Le Havre arrondissement of Le Havre in Seine Maritime Diocese of Sees Orne Eccleasiastical Province of Toulouse edit Midi Pyrenees Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse Haute Garonne Archdiocese of Albi Tarn Archdiocese of Auch Gers Diocese of Cahors Lot Diocese of Montauban Tarn et Garonne Diocese of Pamiers Ariege Diocese of Rodez Aveyron Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes Hautes Pyrenees Eccleasiastical Province of Tours edit Centre Val de Loire Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tours Indre et Loire Archdiocese of Bourges Cher and Indre Diocese of Blois Loir et Cher Diocese of Chartres Eure et Loir Diocese of Orleans Loiret Defunct jurisdictions in European France editTitular sees edit There were titular metropolitan sees that were both united with another diocese such as the Archdiocese of Arles and the Archdiocese of Embrun There were also titular episcopal sees 41 of which were united and 18 were not united with other dioceses these included Accia Agde united Aleria Ales united Alet Apt Arisitum Auxerre united Avranches united Bazas united Beziers united Boulogne united Brianconnet Carpentras Castres united Cavaillon Chalon sur Saone united Condom united Couserans united Die united Dol united Entrevaux Laon united Lavaur united Lectoure united Leon united Lescar united Lisieux united Lodeve united Lombez united Macon united Maillezais Mariana en Corse Mirepoix united Nebbio Noyon united Oloron united Orange Rieux united Riez united Sagone Saint Bertrand de Comminges united Saint Malo united Saint Omer united Saint Papoul Saint Paul Trois Chateaux united Saint Pons de Thomieres united Saint Quentin united Saintes united Sarlat united Senez Senlis united Sisteron united Therouanne Toul united Treguier united Uzes united Vabres united and Vaison There was the single titular abbacy of Cluny that became united with another diocese Other defunct French sees edit There were other dioceses that no longer exist and were not united with current active dioceses these included Diocese of Aleth Diocese of Antibes Diocese of Bethleem a Clamecy alias Panthenor Diocese of Bourg en Bresse Diocese of Cimiez Diocese of Dax Acqs Archdiocese of Eauze Elusa Diocese of Grasse Diocese of Javols Diocese of Limoux Archdiocese of Narbonne Diocese of Reze Diocese of Saint Jean de Maurienne Diocese of Sospel Archdiocese of Tarentaise Diocese of Toulon Diocese of Vence Diocese of Vernay and the Archdiocese of Vienne Overseas French dioceses editall Latin in many cases in a conference province s with non French mainly Anglophone dioceses Exempt directly subject to the Holy See Africa edit Diocese of Saint Denis de La Reunion Reunion Episcopal Conference of the Antilles edit Ecclesiastical Province of Martinique edit Martinique Guadeloupe French Guiana exclusively Francophone Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Pierre and Fort de France Martinique Diocese of Basse Terre and Pointe a Pitre Guadeloupe Diocese of Cayenne French Guiana Episcopal Conference of the Pacific Oceania edit Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete French Polynesia minus the Marquesas Islands Taiohae o Tefenuaenata Marquesas Islands Ecclesiastical Province of Noumea edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Noumea New Caledonia Diocese of Wallis and Futuna Wallis et Futuna Diocese of Port Vila on and for Vanuatu formerly the Anglo French condominium New Hebrides Gallery of Archdioceses edit nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Besancon is Basilique Cathedrale Saint Jean l evangeliste nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux is Cathedrale Saint Andre nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Clermont is Cathedrale Notre Dame de l Assomption nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Dijon Cathedral is Cathedrale Saint Benigne nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Lille is Basilique cathedrale Notre Dame de la Treille nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Lyon is Cathedrale Saint Jean Baptiste nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Marseille is Cathedrale Sainte Marie Majeure nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Montpellier is Cathedrale Saint Pierre nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Paris is Notre Dame de Paris nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Poitiers is Cathedrale Saint Pierre nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Reims is Notre Dame de Reims nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Rennes is Cathedrale Saint Pierre nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Rouen is Notre Dame Cathedral of Rouen nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Strasbourg is Notre Dame Cathedral of Strasbourg nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Toulouse is Cathedrale Saint Etienne nbsp The seat of the Archdiocese of Tours is Cathedrale Saint Gatien See also editList of Catholic dioceses structured view List of Catholic dioceses alphabetical List of Ancien Regime dioceses of France List of French dioceses in the 19th and 20th century Primate of Gaul Primate of NormandyNotes edit Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Diocese of Lille to a Metropolitan Archdiocese Cambrai the former Metropolitan became its suffragan while retaining the title Archdiocese see Daily Bulletin Elevazione di Lille Francia a Chiesa Metropolitana e Nomina del Primo Arcivescovo Metropolita in Italian Holy See Press Office 2008 03 29 Archived from the original on 2008 06 07 Retrieved 2008 03 30 Sources and external links editGCatholic org data for all sections Catholic Hierarchy entry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Catholic dioceses in France amp oldid 1207665976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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