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Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes

Evrien(sis)-Corbilien(sis)-Exonen(sis)

The Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the Essonne department, erected in 1966 as the Diocese of Corbeil and renamed in 1988. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paris and led by Bishop Michel Pansard since 2017.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1966
Latin
Evrien(sis)-Corbilien(sis)-Exonen(sis)
Patron
Saint Exuperius of Bayeux
Annuario code
001001385

The see in figures

Catholics
897,900
Population
1,296,130
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
69.3%
Priests
99
Catholics per priest
9,070
Extent
1,819 km²
Catholics per km²
494

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
Michel Pansard
Born
16 July 1955
Birthplace
Rennes

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

Cathedral of the Resurrection and Saint Corbinian in Évry stands in Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Saint-Spire in Corbeil-Essonnes.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Paris

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paris.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

First erected in 1966 as the Diocese of Corbeil, split off from the Diocese of Versailles, this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France took its present name, the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (Latin: Dioecesis Evriensis-Corbiliensis-Exonensis; French: Diocèse d'Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes), in 1988. It remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris. The current bishop, Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard, was appointed by Pope Francis on 1 August 2017.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.