Latin
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: ''Dioecesis Versaliensis'';
French
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: ''Diocèse de Versailles'') is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of the
Latin Rite
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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, in
France
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. The diocese, headed by the Bishop of Versailles, was established in 1801. Until then, its territory had mostly been part of the
Archdiocese of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...
and the
Diocese of Chartres
The Diocese of Chartres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Carnutensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Chartres'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.
The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastic ...
. It was centred on
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
.
History
On its creation, the territory of the diocese of
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
Seine-et-Oise
Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.ÃŽle-de-France
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Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Évry–Corbeil-Essones,
Nanterre
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The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering t ...
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Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...
Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul
Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul (1795, Calais - 1868) was a French Roman Catholic bishop. He worked as a lawyer for a time, before becoming the third bishop of Versailles (1832-1844) and then archbishop of Rouen (1844-1858). As bishop of ...
Jean-Pierre Mabille
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* Eugenia Pierre ...
Reims
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Founded by ...
*
Stanislas Lalanne
Monsignor Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne (born 3 August 1948 in Metz
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Olivier de Berranger
Olivier de Berranger (10 November 1938 – 23 May 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1964, de Berranger served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis ...
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...