Diocese of Troyes
Trecen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Troyes, France
The Diocese of Troyes is a Latin Church diocese coterminous with the department of Aube in northeastern France, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims. Alexandre Joly has been its bishop since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4th century
- Latin
- Trecen(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001003285
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 216,000
- Population
- 310,242
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 69.6%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 5,400
- Extent
- 6,028 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Alexandre Joly
- Born
- 9 October 1971
- Birthplace
- Saint-Malo
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
Troyes Cathedral stands in Troyes, 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 BeauvaisBeauvais
- Diocese of ChâlonsChâlons
- Diocese of LangresLangres
- Diocese of Soissons–Laon–Saint-QuentinSoissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in the 4th century, the Diocese of Troyes (Latin: Dioecesis Trecensis; French: Diocèse de Troyes) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Troyes, France. Today it comprises the département of Aube and serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims.
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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.