Diocese of Nanterre Dioecesis Nemptodurensis Diocèse de Nanterre | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Paris |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Paris |
Statistics | |
Area | 175 km2 (68 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,623,149 972,380 (59.9%) |
Parishes | 78 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 October 1966 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Genevieve and Saint Maurice in Nanterre |
Secular priests | 169 (Diocesan) 91 (Religious Orders) 63 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Matthieu Rougé |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Ulrich |
Bishops emeritus | Gérard Daucourt Bishop Emeritus (2002-2013) |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Nanterre (Latin: Dioecesis Nemptodurensis; French: Diocèse de Nanterre) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the diocese was split off from the Diocese of Versailles and the Archdiocese of Paris. Currently the diocese remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris.