Diocese of Meaux
Melden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Meaux, France
The Diocese of Meaux is a Latin rite diocese covering the Seine-et-Marne department east of Paris, erected in the 3rd century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Stephen in Meaux, famously the see of Bossuet.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3rd century
- Latin
- Melden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Stephen
- Annuario code
- 001002206
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 884,860
- Population
- 1,423,607
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 62.2%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 7,762
- Extent
- 5,931 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 149
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
- Jean-Yves Nahmias
- Born
- 16 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Saint-Mandé
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 Basilica of St. Stephen in Meaux stands in Meaux, 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 Paris
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paris.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CréteilCréteil
- Diocese of NanterreNanterre
- Archdiocese of ParisParis
- Diocese of PontoisePontoise
- Diocese of Saint-DenisSaint-Denis
- Diocese of VersaillesVersailles
- Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-EssonnesÉvry–Corbeil-Essonnes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The entire department of Seine-et-Marne forms the territory of the Diocese of Meaux (Latin: Dioecesis Meldensis; French: Diocèse de Meaux), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Until 1622 it stood as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sens, and afterward of the Archdiocese of Paris.
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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.