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Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (72)

Territorial Prelatures (1)

Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite (1)

Military Ordinariates (1)

Roman Rite (95): Agen, Aire et Dax, Aix–Arles, Ajaccio, Albi–Castres–Lavaur, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arras–Boulogne–Saint-Omer, Auch–Condom–Lectoure–Lombez, Autun–Châlon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny, Avignon, Bayeux–Lisieux, Bayonne–Lescar–Oloron, Beauvais–Noyon–Senlis, Belfort–Montbéliard, Belley–Ars, Besançon, Blois, Bordeaux–Bazas, Bourges, Cahors, Cambrai, Carcassonne et Narbonne, Châlons, Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise, Chartres, Clermont, Coutances–Avranches, Créteil, Digne–Riez–Sisteron, Dijon, Diocèse aux Armées Françaises, Évreux, Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, Fréjus–Toulon, Gap–Embrun, Grenoble–Vienne, La Rochelle–Saintes, Langres, Laval, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy-en-Velay, Lille, Limoges, Luçon, Lyon, Marseille, Meaux, Mende, Metz, Mission de France, Montauban, Montpellier–Agde–Béziers–Lodève–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, Moulins, Nancy–Toul, Nanterre, Nantes, Nevers, Nice, Nîmes–Alès–Uzès, Orléans, Pamiers–Couserans–Mirepoix, Paris, Périgueux–Sarlat, Perpignan–Elne, Poitiers, Pontoise, Quimper–Léon, Reims, Rennes–Dol–Saint-Malo, Rodez–Vabres, Rouen, Saint-Brieuc–Tréguier, Saint-Claude, Saint-Denis, Saint-Dié, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Flour, Séez, Sens–Auxerre, Soissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin, Strasbourg, Tarbes et Lourdes, Toulouse–Rieux–Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Tours, Troyes, Tulle, Valence–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Vannes, Verdun, Versailles, Viviers

Armenian Church (1): Sainte-Croix-de-Paris

Maronite Church (1): Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris

Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariat des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France

Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (66)

Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (74)

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Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre (79)

Paul Poupard (94)

Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (80)

André Armand Vingt-Trois (82)

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Patron Saints: Our Lady of Assumption, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint Denis de Paris, Saint Martin de Tours, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Saints: 1110 Saints, 660 Blesseds

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Continent: West Europe

Capital: Paris

Area: 549,970 km²

Population: 67,106,161

Dependencies: French Guiana , French Polynesia , French Southern Territories , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Mayotte , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint Barthélemy , Saint Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Wallis and Futuna

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Spain , ↖ Guernsey , ↖ Jersey , ↑ England , ↑ Belgium , ↗ Luxembourg , ↗ Germany , → Switzerland , ↘ Italy , ↘ Monaco , ↓ Andorra

Religions: Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28%

Languages: French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)

Ethnic Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities

Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French) (Liberty, equality, fraternity)

Area: 551,500 km²

Catholic Population: 49,042,000 Catholics (74.9% of 65,447,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13,359 parishes, 463 mission stations (50 with resident priest, 413 without resident priest), 1,723 other centres

Clergy: 181 bishops (91 diocesan, 90 titular), 13,660 priests (9,908 diocesan, 3,752 religious), 3,038 permanent deacons (2,980 diocesan, 58 religious)

Non-Clergy: 22,572 religious (2,269 brothers, 20,303 sisters), 829 members of secular institutes (20 brothers, 809 sisters), 1,198 major seminarians, 2,340 missionaries, 39,647 catechists