Monsignor Jean-Yves Riocreux (born 24 February 1946 at
Marlhes
Marlhes () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
, Twin towns
Marlhes is twinned with:
* Féouda, Togo
* Charette, Quebec, Canada
Personalities
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) is the French Roman Catholic
Bishop of Basse-Terre
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre ( la, Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis; ), more simply known as the Diocese of Basse-Terre, is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean.
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Mgr Riocreux was appointed
Bishop 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 th ...
on 5 May 2003 and consecrated on 29 June 2003. He was appointed Bishop of Basse-Terre on 15 June 2012, leaving Pontoise on 16 September, and was installed on 30 September 2012.
See also
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Catholic Church in France
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List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of France
The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of
* fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses (15)
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References
Sources
Catholic Hierarchy: Jean-Yves Riocreux
1946 births
Living people
Bishops of Pontoise
Roman Catholic bishops of Basse-Terre
People from Loire (department)
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in France
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