Diocese of Beauvais
Bellovacen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Beauvais, France
The Diocese of Beauvais (Beauvais, Noyon and Senlis) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Oise department in northern France, with origins in the 3rd century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims. Its seat is St. Peter's Cathedral in Beauvais, famous for the tallest Gothic choir vault ever built.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3rd century
- Latin
- Bellovacen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Lucian of Beauvais
- Annuario code
- 001000865
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 569,000
- Population
- 831,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.5%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 6,774
- Extent
- 5,855 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 97
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jacques Benoit-Gonnin
- Born
- 24 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Thoiry
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral, Beauvais stands in Beauvais, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Reims
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reims.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ReimsReims
- Diocese of AmiensAmiens
- Diocese of ChâlonsChâlons
- Diocese of LangresLangres
- Diocese of Soissons–Laon–Saint-QuentinSoissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin
- Diocese of TroyesTroyes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The department of Oise, in the region of Hauts-de-France, forms the territory of the Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis (Latin: Dioecesis Bellovacensis, Noviomensis et Silvanectensis; French: Diocèse de Beauvais, Noyon et Senlis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims. Jacques Benoit-Gonnin, appointed in 2010, is the current bishop. In 2022 the diocese counted one priest for every 5,747 Catholics.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.