Diocese of Nanterre, France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nanterre / Nemptoduren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Geneviève de Paris (January 3), Saint Denis de Paris (October 9)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 3

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History

1966.10.09: Established as Diocese of Nanterre / Nemptoduren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris and Diocese of Versailles and became suffragan of Paris)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.06.05 – ...):

Bishop Matthieu Rougé (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nanterre (Roman Rite)

Bishop Matthieu Rougé (59)
(2018.06.05 – ...)

Bishop of Nanterre (France)

Sursum corda

Born:	1966.01.07 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.09.16

Priest of Paris (France) (1994.06.25 – 2018.06.05)

Bishop of Nanterre (France) (2018.06.05 – ...)

Bishop Michel Christian Alain Aupetit (74) (later Archbishop)
(2014.04.04 – 2017.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France)
Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1951.03.23 (Versailles, France)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.19

Priest of Paris (France) (1995.06.24 – 2013.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Maxita (2013.02.02 – 2014.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (2013.02.02 – 2014.04.04)

Bishop of Nanterre (France) (2014.04.04 – 2017.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (2017.12.07 – 2021.12.02)

Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (2018.01.08 – 2021.12.02)

Bishop Gérard Antoine Daucourt (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.11.14 – 2014.04.04)

Bishop Gérard Antoine Daucourt (83)
(2002.06.18 – 2013.11.14)

Bishop emeritus of Nanterre (France)

Born:	1941.04.29 (Délémont, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.04.14

Priest of Besançon (France) (1966.06.26 – 1991.02.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes (France) (1991.02.01 – 1992.04.04)

Bishop of Troyes (France) (1992.04.04 – 1998.07.02)

Bishop of Orléans (France) (1998.07.02 – 2002.06.18)

Bishop of Nanterre (France) (2002.06.18 – 2013.11.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Nanterre (France) (2013.11.14 – 2014.04.04)

Bishop François-Marie-Christian Favreau
(1983.09.08 – 2002.06.18)

Born:	1929.11.15 (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, France)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.01.20
Died:	2021.09.07 (Poitiers, France † 91)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bayonne (France) (1972.11.24 – 1977.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ (1972.11.24 – 1979)

Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1977.10.07 – 1979.08.17)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1979.08.17 – 1983.09.08)

Bishop of Nanterre (France) (1983.09.08 – 2002.06.18)

Bishop Jacques Marie Delarue
(1966.10.09 – 1982.08.23)

Born:	1914.08.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1939.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.11.20
Died:	1982.08.23 († 67)

Bishop of Nanterre (France) (1966.10.09 – 1982.08.23)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicolas Brouwet (62) (2008.04.11 – 2012.02.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Geneviève et Saint-Maurice, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Selne, Île-de-France
Minor Basilica: Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Boulogne, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Selne, Île-de-France
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (112)

Versailles (↙), Pontoise (↑), Saint-Denis (→), Paris (↘), Créteil (↘), Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 176 km²

Population: 973,550 Catholics (59.9% of 1,625,917 total)

Pastoral Centres: 75 parishes, 11 missions

Personnel: 258 priests (160 diocesan, 98 religious), 66 deacons, 397 religious (173 brothers, 224 sisters), 12 seminarians