Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion
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Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii Reunionis Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion | |
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Location | |
Country | Réunion, France |
Metropolitan | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 806,000 644,000 (79.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1712 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Islands of the Indian Ocean) 1818 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Bourbon) 27 September 1850 (As Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Denis in Saint-Denis, Réunion |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pascal Chane-Teng [fr; de] |
Bishops emeritus | Gilbert Aubry |
Website | |
http://www.eglisealareunion.org/ |
The Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii Reunionis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Réunion. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. As such, it is not part of an ecclesiastical province, but is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (with Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles). The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis (French: Cathédrale de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) located in Saint-Denis.
History
[edit ]- Established 1712 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean, on territory split off from the Diocese of Malacca (in Malaysia)
- On 8 May 1807, it lost Asian territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, now the Archdiocese of Jakarta.
- In 1818, it was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon, after the island's then colonial name.
- On 10 January 1830, it lost Oceanian territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands (New Zealand).
- In 1841, it lost Indian Ocean territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Madagascar.
- In 1850, it was promoted and renamed the Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion.
- On 26 February 1860, it lost East African territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, now the Diocese of Zanzibar).
Ordinaries
[edit ]- Apostolic Prefect of Bourbon
- Gabriel-Henri-Jérôme de Solages (1829 – 1832年12月08日), later first Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction South Seas Islands (New Zealand) (1830 – 1832年12月08日)
- Exempt Bishops of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
- Florian Desprez (1850年06月22日 – 1857年03月19日), later Bishop of Limoges (France) ([1857年02月04日] 1857年03月19日 – 1859年09月26日), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) ([1859年07月30日] 1859年09月26日 – death 1895年01月21日), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1879年09月22日 – 1895年01月21日)
- Armand-René Maupoint (1857年02月14日 – 1871年07月10日), later Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction Zanguebar (Zanzibar island, now in Tanzania) (1862 – death 1871年07月10日)
- Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy (1872年02月10日 – 1876年12月18日), later Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) ([1876年10月10日] 1876年12月18日 – death 1905年08月07日)
- Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé (1876年10月10日 – 1880年11月30日), later Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre diocese (Guadeloupe) (1892年11月21日 – 1898), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia (1893年03月21日 – 1919年04月21日)
- Joseph Coldefy (1881年02月17日 – death 1887年01月18日)
- Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet (1887年10月12日 – 1893年01月19日), later Bishop of Beauvais (Picardy, France) ([1892年11月26日] 1893年01月19日 – 1899年12月07日), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (Normandy, France) (1899年12月07日 – death 1915年12月20日)
- Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre (1892年11月26日 – death 1919年12月26日)
- Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. (1919年12月26日 - death 1934年07月23日)
- François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.) (1934年12月10日 – 1960年10月21日), later Titular Bishop of Mactaris (1960年10月21日 – 1971年07月21日)
- Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1960年11月07日 – retired 1975年02月19日), previously Titular Bishop of Dices (1949年12月15日 – 1960年11月07日) & Auxiliary Bishop of Dakar (Senegal) (1949年12月15日 – 1960年11月07日)
- Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (since 1975年11月20日 – retired 2023年07月19日), also President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (1989–1996), Apostolic Administrator of neighbouring Indian Ocean diocese Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1994 – 1995年03月03日), President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2002–2006)
- Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng (since 2023年07月19日 - )
Coadjutor Bishop
[edit ]- Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. (1917–1919)
Churches
[edit ]Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion Churches
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See also
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