Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles
Diocese of Versailles Dioecesis Versaliensis Diocèse de Versailles | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paris |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Paris |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,270 km2 (880 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,441,147 935,000 (64.9%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 29 November 1801 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Louis in Versailles |
| Patron saint | St Louis IX of France |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Éric Aumonier |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Cardinal André Vingt-Trois |
| Bishops emeritus | Jean-Charles Thomas Bishop Emeritus (1988-2001) |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of 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.
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
- Monsignor Louis Charrier de La Roche (1802–1827)
- Monsignor Jean-François-Étienne Borderies (1827–1832)
- Monsignor Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul (1832–1844)
- Monsignor Jean-Nicaise Gros (1844–1857)
- Monsignor Jean-Pierre Mabille (1858–1877)
- Monsignor Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux (1877–1904)
- Monsignor Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier (1906–1931)
- Monsignor Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin (1931–1952)
- Monsignor Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard (1953–1967)
- Monsignor Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux (1967–1988)
- Monsignor Jean-Charles Thomas (1988–2001)
- Monsignor Éric Aumonier (2001- )
The native bishops of Versailles
- Monsignor Thierry Jordan, archbishop of Reims
- Monsignor Stanislas Lalanne, bishop of Coutances et Avranches
- Monsignor Olivier de Berranger, bishop of Saint-Denis
- Monsignor Pascal Roland, bishop of Moulins
- Monsignor Albert Malbois, bishop emeritus of Évry
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