Catholic-Hierarchy DC

France

Statistics by Province

by General Population


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#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicProvinceDiocesesSuffragansDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishes
16,364,00010,954,00058.10%Paris8Créteil, Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, Meaux, Nanterre, Pontoise, Saint-Denis, Versailles1,4991,2942,7933132,0315,2741,489
25,440,0006,133,00088.70%Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Melo)9Angers, Laval, Le Mans, Luçon, Nantes, Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), Vannes3,0874853,5722251,37110,1591,358
34,096,0005,668,00072.27%Lyon (-Vienne)8Annecy, Belley-Ars, Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), Viviers1,6403541,9941766424,3601,284
43,516,0004,774,00073.65%Marseille8Aix (-Arles-Embrun), Ajaccio, Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), Fréjus-Toulon, Gap, Nice1,0265011,5271277122,3621,580
53,144,0004,049,00077.65%Cambrai3Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), Lille1,1472001,3471123701,6451,156
62,715,0003,203,00084.76%Reims7Amiens, Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), Châlons, Langres, Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), Troyes721858061051881,187337
72,505,0003,201,00078.26%Rouen6Bayeux (-Lisieux), Coutances (-Avranches), Evreux, Le Havre, Sées9571501,1071182172,057286
82,261,0002,941,00076.88%Bordeaux (-Bazas)5Agen, Aire (-Dax), Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), Périgueux (-Sarlat)9023051,207484471,7401,092
91,960,0002,562,00076.50%Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux)8Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), Cahors, Montauban, Pamiers, Rodez (-Vabres), Tarbes et Lourdes1,0752631,338764903,2062,332
101,876,0002,455,00076.42%Tours5Blois, Bourges, Chartres, Orléans561107668851941,474809
112,185,0002,398,00091.12%Besançon6Belfort-Montbéliard, Nancy (-Toul), Saint-Claude, Saint-Dié, Verdun1,092831,175861471,8581,106
121,885,0002,348,00080.28%Poitiers5Angoulême, La Rochelle (-Saintes), Limoges, Tulle66986755631321,3031,177
131,580,0002,305,00068.55%Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)5Carcassonne, Mende, Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), Perpignan-Elne655192847583161,2761,290
141,308,0001,614,00081.04%Dijon5Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), Mission de France o Pontigny, Nevers, Sens (-Auxerre)556136692763371,028983
151,216,0001,307,00093.04%Clermont4Le Puy-en-Velay, Moulins, Saint-Flour57435609522431,2361,126

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may be excluded which will lower the totals for its Province.

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Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2005; code: v2.3.4, 17 Nov 05; data: 20 Nov 05