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Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)

Dioecesis Nemausensis (-Ucetiensis o Uticensis e Alesiensis)



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Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Nîmes
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Nîmes (erected)
17 May 1694Territory LostDiocese of Nîmes Diocese of Alès (Alais) (erected)
29 November 1801SuppressedDiocese of Carpentras (suppressed)
Diocese of Cavaillon (suppressed)
Diocese of Nîmes (suppressed)
Diocese of Orange (suppressed)
Diocese of Uzés (suppressed)
Diocese of Vaison (suppressed)
Diocese of Avignon
Diocese of Nîmes
6 October 1822RestoredDiocese of Avignon Diocese of Fréjus
Diocese of Nîmes
Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
27 April 1877Name ChangedDiocese of Nîmes Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès) (from Avignon)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
1950296,000395,00074.9%4074845565070300289ap1951
1969389,000478,50081.3%335193541,0982866087ap1971
1980405,000494,50081.9%269523211,26197360288ap1981
1990436,000533,00081.8%209442531,72376250303ap1991
1999360,000600,00060.0%154411951,846672178403ap2000
2000365,000623,11558.6%165362011,815656175403ap2001
2001365,000623,11558.6%155321871,951652260403ap2002
2002470,000623,11575.4%141341752,685662286403ap2003
2003368,000629,00058.5%139341732,1278101240403ap2004
2004364,523623,12558.5%135341692,156590274392ap2005
2013412,000709,70058.1%100311313,14515109146403ap2014
2016416,844725,61857.4%109221313,1822281103403ap2017
2019420,700737,02057.1%92231153,6582084111403ap2020
2021420,400724,61858.0%86161024,121236598403ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Nîmes
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 360, and Page 361
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 201
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 255
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 255
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 284
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 305
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 586, to Page 587

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