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Diocese of Orléans

Dioecesis Aurelianensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jacques André Blaquart, Bishop
  • André Louis Fort, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3rd Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tours
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 6,775 (2,616 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Centre
  • Official Web Site: http://www.orleans.catholique.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, 14 Cloitre Saint Aignan, 45057 Orleans CEDEX 1, France
  • Telephone: 2.38.78.86.00
  • Fax: 2.38.54.36.93

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Orléans (erected)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Blois (suppressed) Diocese of Orléans
6 October 1822Territory LostDiocese of Orléans Diocese of Blois
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Orléans (from Bourges)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950300,000346,91886.5%3963643269462830338ap1951
1970395,500430,50091.9%320393591,10163694310ap1971
1980455,000495,00091.9%260443041,496578460293ap1981
1990472,000566,00083.4%198342322,0341666339294ap1991
1999448,200623,60071.9%159361952,2982463231294ap2000
2000448,200617,17672.6%158341922,3342663233294ap2001
2001448,200618,12672.5%155341892,3713064237294ap2002
2002448,200618,12672.5%153341872,3962964209294ap2003
2003448,200632,55770.9%153301832,4493053223294ap2004
2004448,200632,55770.9%146301762,5463151227294ap2005
2013445,000656,00067.8%101341353,2964059139294ap2014
2016446,769681,08665.6%96371333,3593959128294ap2017
2019450,400682,71966.0%78351133,9853960116294ap2020
2021447,840678,84566.0%76281044,3063049114278ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 118
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 99
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 124
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 102
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 106
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 107
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 592, to Page 594

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