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: ''Dioecesis Versaliensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Versailles'') is a
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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
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and the
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. 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 ...
corresponded to the département of
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, new dioceses were established on 9 October 1966. The diocese of Versailles was therefore modified to correspond to the département of
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, Saint-Denis,
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,
Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dépa ...
.


Bishops of Versailles

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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 ...
(1832–1844) # Jean-Nicaise Gros (1844–1857) #
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The native bishops of Versailles

* Thierry Jordan, archbishop of
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*
Stanislas Lalanne Monsignor Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne (born 3 August 1948 in Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the pref ...
, bishop of Coutances et Avranches * Olivier de Berranger, bishop of Saint-Denis * Pascal Roland, bishop of Moulins * Albert Malbois, bishop emeritus of Évry


References


Sources

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External links

* * Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24.
Official site of the diocese


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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 ...
1801 establishments in France