Diocese of Le Havre, France 🇫🇷

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Le Havre / Portus Gratiæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Rouen

Neighbouring Dioceses: Rouen (→), Évreux (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1974.07.06: Established as Diocese of Le Havre / Portus Gratiæ (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen and became suffragan of Rouen)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.24 – ...):

Bishop Jean-Luc Brunin (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Le Havre (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Luc Brunin (75)
(2011.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Le Havre (France)

Jusqu’à ce qu’il vienne

Born:	1951.01.14 (Roubaix, France)
Ordained Priest:	1981.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.05.28

Priest of Lille (France) (1981.04.11 – 2000.04.20)

Titular Bishop of Usinaza (2000.04.20 – 2004.05.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France) (2000.04.20 – 2004.05.06)

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (2004.05.06 – 2011.06.24)

Bishop of Le Havre (France) (2011.06.24 – ...)

Bishop Michel Jean Guyard
(2003.07.09 – 2011.06.24)

Born:	1936.06.19 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.10.12
Died:	2021.07.23 (Vannes, France † 85)

Priest of Paris (France) (1965.06.25 – 2003.07.09)

Bishop of Le Havre (France) (2003.07.09 – 2011.06.24)

Bishop Michel Marie Paul Saudreau
(1974.07.06 – 2003.07.09)

Avance au large

Born:	1928.03.24 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1953.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.22
Died:	2007.05.31 (Paris, France † 79)

Bishop of Le Havre (France) (1974.07.06 – 2003.07.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Havre, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandie

Churches by City (29)

Rouen (→), Évreux (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,253 km²

Population: 326,600 Catholics (82.5% of 395,930 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 42 priests (36 diocesan, 6 religious), 21 deacons, 49 religious (7 brothers, 42 sisters)