Bishop of Meaux
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Diocese of Meaux Dioecesis Meldensis Diocèse de Meaux |
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Cathedral of St.-Étienne, Meaux
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paris |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Paris |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,931 km2 (2,290 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 1,315,000 829,000 (63.0%) |
| Parishes | 523 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Stephen in Meaux |
| Patron saint | Saint Stephen |
| Secular priests | 112 (diocesan) 43 (religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jean-Yves Nahmias |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Cardinal André Vingt-Trois |
| Emeritus Bishops | Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon Bishop Emeritus (1999-2012) Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1979-1986) |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux (Lat. Meldensis), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne. It was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sens until 1622, and subsequently of Archdiocese of Paris.
The Concordat of 1801 gave to the Diocese of Meaux the department of Marne, but in 1821 and 1822 the territory of the department of Marne was separated from Meaux and distributed to the diocese of Reims and the diocese of Chalôns.
The present Diocese of Meaux is made up of the greater part of the former Diocese of Meaux, a large part of the former Diocese of Sens, a part of the former Diocese of Paris, and a few parishes of the former Dioceses of Troyes, Soissons and Senlis. Hildegar, who lived in the ninth century, says in his "Life of St. Faro" (Burgundofaro), that this bishop was the twentieth since St. Denis.
According to the tradition accepted by Hildegaire, St. Denis was the first Bishop of Meaux, and was succeeded by his disciple Saint Saintin, who in turn was succeeded by St. Antoninus; and another saint, named Rigomer, occupied the See of Meaux at the close of the fifth century. In 876 or 877, Hincmar showed Charles the Bald a document which he claimed had been transcribed from a very old copy and according to which St. Antoninus and Saint Saintin, disciples of Saint Denis, had brought to Pope Anacletus the account of the martyrdom of St. Denis, and on their return to Gaul had successively occupied the See of Meaux.
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