Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Versailles
Latin:Dioecesis Versaliensis
Local:Diocèse de Versailles
Country:France
Province:Paris
Metropolitan:Archdiocese of Paris
Area Km2:2,270
Population:1,441,147
Population As Of:2014
Catholics:935,000
Catholics Percent:64.9
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Established:29 November 1801
Cathedral:Cathedral of St. Louis in Versailles
Patron:St. Louis IX of France
Metro Archbishop:Laurent Ulrich
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Archdeacon:for one-->
Emeritus Bishops:Éric Aumonier
Map:Diocèse de Versailles.svg
Map Alt:Locator map of Diocese of Versailles
Website:Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Versailles (Latin: Dioecesis Versaliensis; French: Diocèse de Versailles) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, in France. The diocese, headed by the Bishop of Versailles, was established in 1801. Until then, its territory had mostly been part of the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Chartres. It was centred on Versailles.

History

On its creation, the territory of the diocese of Versailles corresponded to the département of Seine-et-Oise. Following the boundary changes of the départements of Île-de-France, new dioceses were established on 9 October 1966. The diocese of Versailles was therefore modified to correspond to the département of Yvelines, following the creation of the Dioceses of Évry–Corbeil-Essones, Nanterre, Saint-Denis, Créteil, Pontoise.

Bishops of Versailles

  1. Louis Charrier de La Roche (1802–1827)
  2. Jean-François-Étienne Borderies (1827–1832)
  3. Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul (1832–1844)
  4. Jean-Nicaise Gros (1844–1857)
  5. Jean-Pierre Mabille (1858–1877)
  6. Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux (1877–1904)
  7. Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier (1906–1931)
  8. Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin (1931–1952)
  9. Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard (1953–1967)
  10. Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux (1967–1988)
  11. Jean-Charles Thomas (1988–2001)
  12. Éric Aumonier (2001–2020)
  13. Lucien Crepy (2021–present)

The native bishops of Versailles

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