Diocese of Versailles, France 🇫🇷

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Versailles / Versalien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chartres (↙), Pontoise (↑), Nanterre (↗), Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Louis of France

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1801.11.29: Established as Diocese of Versailles / Versalien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen, from the suppressed Diocese of Chartres and Diocese of Senlis and became suffragan of Paris)
1822.10.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chartres
1966.10.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Corbeil, Diocese of Créteil, Diocese of Nanterre, Diocese of Pontoise and Diocese of Saint-Denis

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.06 – ...):

Bishop Luc Crepy, C.I.M. (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Versailles (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luc Crepy, C.I.M. (67)
(2021.02.06 – ...)

Bishop of Versailles (France)

Delectare in Domino

Born:	1958.05.12 (Lille, France)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.12

Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France) (2015.02.12 – 2021.02.06)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (2021.02.06 – ...)

Bishop Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier (80)
(2001.01.11 – 2020.12.17)

Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France)

Duc in altum

Born:	1946.02.22 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.10.11

Priest of Paris (France) (1971.07.22 – 1996.07.12)

Titular Bishop of Malliana (1996.07.12 – 2001.01.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1996.07.12 – 2001.01.11)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (2001.01.11 – 2020.12.17)

Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas
(1988.06.04 – 2001.01.11)

Comprendre, aimer, servir

Born:	1929.12.16 (Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, France)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.01
Died:	2023.10.14 (Machecoul, France † 93)

Priest of Luçon (France) (1953.07.05 – 1972.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1972.03.13 – 1974.02.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) (1972.03.13 – 1974.02.04)

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (1974.02.04 – 1986.12.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles (France) (1986.12.23 – 1988.06.04)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (1988.06.04 – 2001.01.11)

Bishop Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux
(1967.09.30 – 1988.06.04)

In evangelium pacis

Born:	1916.01.19 (Servon-sur-Vilaine, France)
Ordained Priest:	1946.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.11.26
Died:	2009.01.22 (Versailles, France † 93)

Priest of Rennes (France) (1946.03.10 – 1967.09.30)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (1967.09.30 – 1988.06.04)

Bishop Alexandre-Charles Renard (later Cardinal)
(1953.08.19 – 1967.05.28)

In fidem ex fide

Born:	1906.06.07 (Avelin, France)
Ordained Priest:	1931.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.10.19
Created Cardinal:	1967.06.26
Died:	1983.10.08 (Paris, France † 77)

Priest of Lille (France) (1931.07.12 – 1953.08.19)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (1953.08.19 – 1967.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1967.05.28 – 1981.10.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1976.05.24)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1976.05.24 – 1983.10.08)

Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin (later Archbishop)
(1931.04.03 – 1952.04.12)

In cruce spes mea

Born:	1870.12.17 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1895.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.08.12
Died:	1952.05.22 (Versailles, France † 81)

Priest of Paris (France) (1895.12.21 – 1919.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1919.07.03 – 1926.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis (1919.07.03 – 1931.04.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles (France) (1926.03.12 – 1931.04.03)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (1931.04.03 – 1952.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Sigus (1952.04.12 – 1952.04.23)

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria (1952.04.23 – 1952.05.22)

Bishop Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier
(1906.02.21 – 1931.04.03)

Ora et labora

Born:	1849.12.24 (Artenay, France)
Ordained Priest:	1873.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.02.25
Died:	1931.04.03 († 81)

Priest of Orléans (France) (1873.06.07 – 1906.02.21)

Bishop of Versailles (France) (1906.02.21 – 1931.04.03)

Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux
(1877.09.21 – 1904.04.29)

Born:	1827.03.13 (Toulouse, France)
Ordained Priest:	1851.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.11.14
Died:	1904.04.29 († 77)

Bishop of Versailles (France) ([1877.07.14] 1877.09.21 – 1904.04.29)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Mabile
(1858.03.15 – 1877.05.07)

Born:	1800.09.20 (Rurey, France)
Ordained Priest:	1829.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.11.11
Died:	1877.05.07 († 76)

Bishop of Saint-Claude (France) ([1851.07.30] 1851.09.05 – 1858.03.15)

Bishop of Versailles (France) ([1858.01.23] 1858.03.15 – 1877.05.07)

Bishop Jean-Nicaise Gros
(1844.06.17 – 1857.12.13)

In laborem requies

Born:	1794.10.07 (Reims, France)
Ordained Priest:	1818.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.02.26
Died:	1857.12.13 († 63)

Bishop of Saint-Dié (France) ([1842.07.15] 1843.01.27 – 1844.06.17)

Bishop of Versailles (France) ([1844.03.03] 1844.06.17 – 1857.12.13)

Archbishop Louis-Marie-Edmont Blanquart de Bailleul
(1832.12.17 – 1844.06.17)

Born:	1795.09.08 (Calais, France)
Ordained Priest:	1824.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1833.01.27
Died:	1868.12.30 († 73)

Bishop of Versailles (France) ([1832.09.10] 1832.12.17 – 1844.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) ([1844.03.03] 1844.06.17 – 1858.01.27)

Bishop Jean-François-Etienne Borderies
(1827.06.25 – 1832.08.04)

Born:	1764.01.24 (Montauban, France)
Ordained Priest:	1788.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1827.07.29
Died:	1832.08.04 († 68)

Bishop of Versailles (France) ([1827.03.29] 1827.06.25 – 1832.08.04)

Bishop Louis Charrier de La Roche
(1802.05.09 – 1827.03.17)

Born:	1738.05.17 (Lyon, France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1791.04.10
Died:	1827.03.17 (Versailles, France † 88)

Bishop of Versailles (France) ([1802.04.09] 1802.05.09 – 1827.03.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas (1986.12.23 – 1988.06.04)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin (later Archbishop) (1926.03.12 – 1931.04.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bruno Valentin (54) (2018.12.14 – 2022.07.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop André Rousset (1963.02.07 – 1966.10.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois (1961.03.09 – 1966.10.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Elie Vandewalle (1958.08.23 – 1960.12.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager (later Archbishop) (1955.06.23 – 1961.12.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henri Audrain (later Archbishop) (1938.10.22 – 1954.02.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul-Marie Richaud (later Cardinal) (1933.12.19 – 1938.07.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Louis, Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Chartres (↙), Pontoise (↑), Nanterre (↗), Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,271 km²

Population: 933,400 Catholics (64.5% of 1,448,207 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes

Personnel: 208 priests (178 diocesan, 30 religious), 61 deacons, 223 religious (31 brothers, 192 sisters), 23 seminarians