Bishopric of Orléans
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Diocese of Orléans Dioecesis Aurelianensis Diocèse d'Orléans |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Territory | Loiret |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tours |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Tours |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,811 km2 (2,630 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 656,000 445,000 (67.8%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Cross in Orléans |
| Patron saint | Saint Aignan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jacques André Blaquart |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin |
| Emeritus Bishops | André Louis Fort Bishop Emeritus (2003-2010) |
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| Website | |
| catholique-orleans.cef.fr | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans (Lat:Diocesis Aurelianum), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese currently corresponds to the Départment of Loiret. The current bishop is Jacques André Blaquart, appointed in 2010.
The diocese has experienced a number of transfers among different metropolitans. In 1622, the diocese was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris; previously the diocese had been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sens. From 1966 until 2001 it was under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Bourges, but since the provisional reorganisation of French ecclesiastical provinces, it is now subject to the Archdiocese of Tours.
After the Revolution it was re-established by the Concordat of 1802. It then included the Departments of Loiret and Loir et Cher, but in 1822 Loir et Cher was moved to the new Diocese of Blois.
The present Diocese of Orléans differs considerably from that of the old regime; it has lost the arrondissement of Romorantin which has passed to the diocese of Blois and the canton of Janville, now in the diocese of Chartres. It includes the arrondissement of Montargis, formerly subject to the archdiocese of Sens, the arrondissement of Gien, once in the Burgundian diocese of Auxerre, and the canton of Châtillon sur Loire, once belonging to the archdiocese of Bourges.
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