Diocese of Amiens
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Reims |
| Diocesan bishop | Olivier Leborgne |
| surface | 6,277 km² |
| Parishes | 49 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 583,641 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 509,500 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 87.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 62 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,384 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 21 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 115 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame |
| Website | www.amiens.catholique.fr |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens ( Latin Dioecesis Ambianensis , French Diocèse d'Amiens ) is an in France situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Amiens .
history
The diocese of Amiens was established in the 3rd century and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Reims as a suffragan . On November 29, 1801 parts of the area of the Beauvais diocese were annexed to the diocese of Amiens . The diocese of Amiens gave up on October 6, 1822 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Beauvais.
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Amiens - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Amiens (French)
- Entry on the Diocese of Amiens on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
