Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis

Diocese of Saint-Denis in France
Diocese of Saint-Denis in France; Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii in Francia; Diocèse de Saint-Denis en France
	Cathedral Basilica of St. Denis
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Paris
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Paris
Statistics
Area	236 km2 (91 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010); 1,513,000; 660,000 (43.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9 October 1966
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Denis in Saint-Denis
Patron saint	Saint Denis of Paris
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pascal Delannoy
Metropolitan Archbishop	Michel Aupetit
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis in France (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii in Francia; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis en France) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the diocese was split off from the Diocese of Versailles, and the Archdiocese of Paris. Its territory comprises the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. As of 2011, the diocese remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris.

Bishop Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, appointed in 1996, resigned on 15 January 2009.

Ordinaries

Jacques Le Cordier † (9 Oct 1966 Appointed – 1 Apr 1978 Retired)
Guy Gérard Deroubaix † (1 Apr 1978 Succeeded – 8 Jan 1996 Died)
Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado † (6 Sep 1996 – 15 Jan 2009)
Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (11 March 2009 – )

References

External links

(in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsden.html

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