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Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans

Diocese of Orléans
Dioecesis Aurelianensis
Diocèse d'Orléans
France Orleans Cathedrale 02.jpg
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%)
Information
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)
Map
Loiret departement locator map.svg
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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