Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, France 🇫🇷

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes / Evrien(sis)–Corbilien(sis)–Exonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Notre Dame de Bonne Garde (May 31), Saint Corbinian (September 8), Saint Spire de Bayeux (August 1)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 8

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1966.10.09: Established as Diocese of Corbeil / Corbilien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Versailles and became suffragan of Paris)
1988.06.11: Renamed as Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes / Evrien(sis)–Corbilien(sis)–Exonen(sis) (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1997.08)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.08.01 – ...):

Bishop Michel Pansard (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michel Pansard (70)
(2017.08.01 – ...)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

À cause de l’évangile

Born:	1955.07.16 (Rennes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1982.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.05

Priest of Nanterre (France) (1982.06.19 – 2005.12.21)

Bishop of Chartres (France) (2005.12.21 – 2017.08.01)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (2017.08.01 – ...)

Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (83)
(2000.04.15 – 2017.08.01)

Bishop emeritus of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

Born:	1942.04.15 (Safi, Morocco)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.08

Titular Bishop of Oëa (1989.08.09 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of France (France) (1989.08.09 – 2000.04.15)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (2000.04.15 – 2017.08.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Lyon (France) (2019.06.24 – 2020.10.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Cayenne (French Guiana) (2021.04.07 – 2021.12.10)

Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot
(1988.06.11 – 2000.04.15)

Préparez les chemins du Seigneur

Born:	1925.03.07 (Saint-Menges, France)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.08
Died:	2021.08.01 (Athis-Mons, France † 96)

Titular Bishop of Obbi (1974.06.20 – 1978.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France) (1974.06.20 – 1978.05.12)

Bishop of Corbeil (France) (1978.05.12 – 1988.06.11)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (1988.06.11 – 2000.04.15)

Bishops of Corbeil (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot
(1978.05.12 – 1988.06.11)

(see above)

Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois
(1966.10.09 – 1977.09.13)

Born:	1915.11.17 (Versailles, France)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.04.22
Died:	2017.02.12 (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France † 101)

Titular Bishop of Altava (1961.03.09 – 1966.10.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France) (1961.03.09 – 1966.10.09)

Bishop of Corbeil (France) (1966.10.09 – 1977.09.13)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond (1971.01.26 – 1979.07.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale de la Résurrection et Saint-Corbinien, Évry, Essonne, Île-de-France
Co-Cathedral: Co-cathédrale Saint-Spire, Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, Île-de-France
Minor Basilica: Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonne-Garde, Longpont-sur-Orge, Essonne, Île-de-France
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (226)

Chartres (←), Versailles (↖), Nanterre (↑), Créteil (↗), Meaux (↗), Orléans (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,804 km²

Population: 905,200 Catholics (69.3% of 1,306,118 total)

Pastoral Centres: 95 parishes

Personnel: 142 priests (100 diocesan, 42 religious), 39 deacons, 324 religious (102 brothers, 222 sisters), 1 seminarian