Diocese of Pontoise, France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pontoise / Pontisaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1966.10.09: Established as Diocese of Pontoise / Pontisaren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Versailles and became suffragan of Paris)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.06.04 – ...):

Bishop Benoît Bertrand (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pontoise (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benoît Bertrand (64)
(2024.06.04 – ...)

Bishop of Pontoise (France)

Vobiscum sum omnibus diebus

Born:	1960.06.01 (Nantes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1991.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.03

Priest of Nantes (France) (1991.06.29 – 2019.01.17)

Bishop of Mende (France) (2019.01.17 – 2024.06.04)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (2024.06.04 – ...)

Bishop Stanislas Lalanne (76)
(2013.01.31 – 2024.06.04)

Bishop emeritus of Pontoise (France)

Born:	1948.08.03 (Metz, France)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.06.03

Priest of Versailles (France) (1975.11.08 – 2007.04.04)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France (2001 – 2007.04.04)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (2007.04.04 – 2013.01.31)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (2013.01.31 – 2024.06.04)

Bishop Jean-Yves Riocreux (78)
(2003.05.05 – 2012.06.15)

Bishop emeritus of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Duc in altum

Born:	1946.02.24 (Marlhes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.06.29

Priest of Nouméa (New Caledonia) (1974.06.22 – 2003.05.05)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (2003.05.05 – 2012.06.15)

Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (2012.06.15 – 2021.05.13)

Bishop Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin
(2000.11.30 – 2003.01.18)

Born:	1941.07.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1971.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.01.07
Died:	2003.01.18 († 61)

Priest of Paris (France) (1971.06.26 – 2000.11.30)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (2000.11.30 – 2003.01.18)

Bishop Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (81) (later Archbishop)
(1988.11.19 – 1999.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Reims (France)

Born:	1943.08.31 (Shanghai 上海, 上海, China)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.12.13

Priest of Versailles (France) (1966.12.17 – 1987.10.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pontoise (France) (1987.10.06 – 1988.11.19)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (1988.11.19 – 1999.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1999.07.20 – 2018.08.18)

Bishop André Rousset
(1966.10.09 – 1988.11.19)

Born:	1918.07.13 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1944.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.30
Died:	1994.12.26 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Vaga (1963.02.07 – 1966.10.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France) (1963.02.07 – 1966.10.09)

Bishop of Pontoise (France) (1966.10.09 – 1988.11.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (81) (later Archbishop) (1987.10.06 – 1988.11.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Maclou, Pontoise, Val-d’Oise, Île-de-France
Minor Basilica: Basilique Saint-Denys, Argenteuil, Val-d’Oise, Île-de-France
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Évreux (←), Beauvais (↑), Meaux (→), Saint-Denis (↘), Nanterre (↓), Versailles (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,249 km²

Population: 885,000 Catholics (70.7% of 1,251,804 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes, 131 missions

Personnel: 148 priests (105 diocesan, 43 religious), 30 deacons, 132 religious (56 brothers, 76 sisters), 4 seminarians