Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise

The Diocese of Pontoise (Latin: Dioecesis Pontisarensis; French: Diocèse de Pontoise) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the Diocese of Pontoise was split off from the Diocese of Versailles. As of 2013, the diocese was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris.

Diocese of Pontoise

Dioecesis Pontisarensis

Diocèse de Pontoise
Pontoise Cathedral
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceParis
Statistics
Area1,248 km2 (482 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2015)
1,184,957
861,102 (est.) (72.7%)
Parishes204
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 October 1966
CathedralCathedral of St. Malo in Pontoise
Secular priests116 (diocesan)
68 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopStanislas Lalanne
Metropolitan ArchbishopLaurent Ulrich
Bishops emeritusJean-Yves Riocreux
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Church Saint-Maclou became the Diocese of Pontoise's cathedral when the diocese was created in 1966. As of 2013, the diocese had one priest for every 4,677 Catholics.

On Thursday 31 January 2013 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Stanislas Lalanne of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances, in Coutances, France, to be Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise.

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