Diocese of Saint-Denis, France 🇫🇷

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint-Denis / Sancti Dionysii in Francia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Neighbouring Dioceses: Paris (↙), Nanterre (←), Pontoise (↖), Meaux (→), Créteil (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Denis de Paris (October 9)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 11

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1966.10.09: Established as Diocese of Saint-Denis / Sancti Dionysii in Francia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris and Diocese of Versailles and became suffragan of Paris)

Papal Visits

Pope Zachary (752)
Pope John Paul II (1980.05)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.11.15 – ...):

Bishop Étienne Guillet (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint-Denis (Roman Rite)

Bishop Étienne Guillet (49)
(2024.11.15 – ...)

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Ma puissance se déploie dans la faiblesse

Born:	1976.10.28 (Abbeville, France)
Ordained Priest:	2006.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.02.16

Priest of Versailles (France) (2006.06.25 – 2024.11.15)

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (2024.11.15 – ...)

Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (68) (later Archbishop)
(2009.03.10 – 2024.02.28)

Archbishop of Strasbourg (France)

Avec humilité et confiance

Born:	1957.04.02 (Comines, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.12

Priest of Lille (France) (1989.06.04 – 2004.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Usinaza (2004.06.30 – 2009.03.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France) (2004.06.30 – 2009.03.10)

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (2009.03.10 – 2024.02.28)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2013.07.01 – 2019.04.03)

Archbishop of Strasbourg (France) (2024.02.28 – ...)

Bishop Olivier de Berranger, Prado
(1996.09.06 – 2009.01.15)

Vous n’êtes plus des étrangers mais des frères

Born:	1938.11.10 (Courbevoie, France)
Ordained Priest:	1964.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.10.19
Died:	2017.05.23 (Versailles, France † 78)

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (1996.09.06 – 2009.01.15)

Bishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix
(1978.04.01 – 1996.01.08)

Born:	1927.06.10 (La Madeleine-lès-Lille, France)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.11.21
Died:	1996.01.08 (Saint-Denis, France † 68)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (1976.10.02 – 1978.04.01)

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (1978.04.01 – 1996.01.08)

Bishop Jacques Le Cordier
(1966.10.09 – 1978.04.01)

Pour vous je suis apôtre

Born:	1904.03.08 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.06.23
Died:	2003.02.17 (Saint-Denis, France † 98)

Titular Bishop of Priene (1956.05.15 – 1966.10.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1956.05.15 – 1966.10.09)

Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions (1965 – 1967)

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (1966.10.09 – 1978.04.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix (1976.10.02 – 1978.04.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Royale Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France

Churches by City (112)

Paris (↙), Nanterre (←), Pontoise (↖), Meaux (→), Créteil (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 236 km²

Population: 720,500 Catholics (43.3% of 1,662,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 82 parishes

Personnel: 97 priests (78 diocesan, 19 religious), 23 deacons, 221 religious (28 brothers, 193 sisters)