Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles

Diocese of Versailles
Dioecesis Versaliensis
Diocèse de Versailles

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
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
Emeritus Bishops 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

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

The native bishops of Versailles

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