The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis in

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(

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: ''Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii in Francia'';

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: ''Diocèse de Saint-Denis-en-France'') is a

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of the

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of the

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. Erected in 1966 by

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, the diocese was split off from the

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and the

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. Its territory comprises the department of

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. As of 2011, the diocese remains a

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of the Archdiocese of Paris.

Ordinaries

*Jacques Le Cordier † (9 Oct 1966 Appointed – 1 Apr 1978 Retired) *Guy Gérard Deroubaix † (1 Apr 1978 Succeeded – 8 Jan 1996 Died) * Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado † (6 Sep 1996 – 15 Jan 2009) * Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (11 March 2009 – )

References

External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24. * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsden.html {{authority control Saint-Denis 1966 establishments in France