Summary
The Diocese of Pontoise (Latin: Dioecesis Pontisarensis; French: Diocèse de Pontoise) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the Diocese of Pontoise was split off from the Diocese of Versailles. As of 2013[update], the diocese was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris.
Diocese of Pontoise Dioecesis Pontisarensis Diocèse de Pontoise | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paris |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,248 km2 (482 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,184,957 861,102 (est.) (72.7%) |
| Parishes | 204 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 9 October 1966 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Malo in Pontoise |
| Secular priests | 116 (diocesan) 68 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Stanislas Lalanne |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Ulrich |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
The Church Saint-Maclou became the Diocese of Pontoise's cathedral when the diocese was created in 1966. As of 2013[update], the diocese had one priest for every 4,677 Catholics.
On Thursday 31 January 2013 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Stanislas Lalanne of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances, in Coutances, France, to be Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise.
Ordinaries edit
- André Rousset † (9 Oct 1966 Appointed – 19 Nov 1988 Resigned)
- Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (19 Nov 1988 Succeeded – 20 Jul 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
- Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin † (30 Nov 2000 Appointed – 18 Jan 2003 Died)
- Jean-Yves Riocreux (5 May 2003 Appointed – 15 June 2012 Appointed, Bishop of Basse-Terre)
- Stanislas Lalanne (31 January 2013 Appointed – present); previously, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances, in Coutances, France
References edit
External links edit
- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
- Catholic Hierarchy page
- Official Website page
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