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Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice

Abbatia Territorialis S. Mauritii Agaunensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A., Abbot
  • Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B., Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Abbey
  • Erected: 515
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Square Kilometers: 9,085 (3,509 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.abbaye-stmaurice.ch/
  • Mailing Address: Abbaye des Chanoines Reguliers, Avenue d'Agaune 15, C.P. 34, CH-1890 Saint-Maurice, Valais, Suisse
  • Telephone: (024)486.04.04
  • Fax: 486.04.55

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
515ErectedTerritorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice (erected)
10 October 1933Territory AddedTerritorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice (Boundaries adjusted)
3 March 1993Territory LostTerritorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice (Saint-Sylvestre de Choex (in Monthey en Valais); Sacré-Cœur (in Lavey-Morcles); Vérossaz; Collonges (Outer-Rhône); Evionnaz; and Aigle-Leysin) Diocese of Sion {Sitten}
3 March 1993Territory AddedDiocese of Sion {Sitten} (Saint-Sigismund (Saint Maurice en Valais) in Saint-Maurice et Méx) Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195012,88026,45048.7%1968871489122611ap1951
19703,9004,50086.7%11511533130186ap1971
19803,8304,53084.5%144458555116ap1981
19904,7505,30089.6%77776118496ap1991
19995,8516,98383.8%264668870915ap2000
20005,8516,98383.8%61619567635ap2001
20015,8516,98383.8%59599965625ap2002
20025,8517,00083.6%60609766605ap2003
20035,6706,63785.4%58589764585ap2004
20045,6706,63785.4%555510359555ap2005
20136,0877,98976.2%393915643504ap2014
20165,9597,87375.7%343417537347ap2017
20195,5008,07568.1%303018330123ap2020
20215,2008,40061.9%130311673615ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 26, Page 50, and Page 51
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 607, and Page 608

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