The Diocese of Créteil (
Latin
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: ''Dioecesis Christoliensis'';
French
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* The French (band), ...
: ''Diocèse de Créteil'') is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
France
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. Erected in 1966 from a subdivision of the
Archdiocese of Paris
In 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 provinces were administratively associated ...
and the
Diocese of Versailles, the Diocese of Créteil remains a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan
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Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
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* Metropolitan ar ...
Archdiocese of Paris.
Ordinaries
*Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères (9 October 1966 – 13 August 1981)
*François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. (13 August 1981 – 3 May 1997)
*
Daniel Labille (25 March 1998 – 4 September 2007)
*
Michel Santier (4 September 2007
[ – 9 January 2021)][ – present)
]
See also
*Catholic Church in France
The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
References
External links
* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
*
Creteil
1966 establishments in France
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