Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
| Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Diocesan bishop | Gilbert Aubry |
| Vicar General | Daniel Gavard Lilian Payet |
| founding | 1712 |
| surface | 2,512 km² |
| Parishes | 72 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 849,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 672,700 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 79.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 57 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 64 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,560 |
| Permanent deacons | 22 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 68 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 247 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Denis |
| address |
Devêché de Saint-Denis-de-La-Reunion 36 Rue de Paris BP 55 97461 St.-Denis-de-La-Reunion CEDEX La Reunion |
| Website | www.eglisealareunion.org |
The diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion ( Latin Dioecesis S. Dionysii Reunionis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the French overseas department (département d'outre-mer) Réunion in the Indian Ocean . The seat is in the island's capital Saint-Denis .
history
In 1712 the Apostolic Prefecture of the Islands in the Indian Ocean was founded by Pope Clement XI. founded out of the then diocese of Malacca . Pope Pius VII renamed it to the Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon in 1818. In 1826 and on January 10, 1830, the Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefectures of Batavia and the South Sea Islands . Gregory XVI. founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Madagascar in 1841 ; Pius IX 1850 raised the prefecture of Bourbon to today's diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion. On February 26, 1860, the Pope founded the Zanguebar Apostolic Prefecture from parts of the territory of the diocese.
The diocese is immediately and directly subordinate to the Holy See .
Bishops
- Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez (1850-1857)
- Armand-René Maupoint (1857–1871)
- Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy (1872–1876)
- Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé (1876–1880)
- Joseph Coldefy (1881-1887)
- Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet (1887-1892)
- Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre (1892-1919)
- Georges-Marie Bonnin de La Bonninière de Beaumont (1919–1934)
- François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant (1934-1960)
- Georges Guibert (1960–1975)
- Gilbert Aubry (since 1975)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- Website of the Diocese of Reunion Island (French)