Ecclesiastical province Paris Denomination Roman Catholic Established 29 November 1801 Phone +33 1 30 97 67 60 Patron saint Louis IX of France | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris Rite Roman Rite Area 2,270 km² Country France | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2014)
1,441,147
935,000 (64.9%) Address 16 Rue Mgr Gibier, 78000 Versailles, France Similar Versailles Cathedral, Eglise Saint‑Ant de Padoue, Eglise Saint Symphori, Paroisse Sainte‑Je d'Arc, Notre Dame de Versailles Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles (Latin: Dioecesis Versaliensis; French: Diocèse de Versailles) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman 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.
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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
- Louis Charrier de La Roche (1802–1827)
- Jean-François-Étienne Borderies (1827–1832)
- Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul (1832–1844)
- Jean-Nicaise Gros (1844–1857)
- Jean-Pierre Mabille (1858–1877)
- Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux (1877–1904)
- Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier (1906–1931)
- Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin (1931–1952)
- Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard (1953–1967)
- Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux (1967–1988)
- Jean-Charles Thomas (1988–2001)
- Éric Aumonier (2001- )