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Diocese of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin)

Dioecesis Suessionensis (-Laudunensis-Sanquintinensis)



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 11 June 1901
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reims
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 7,361 (2,843 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nord
  • Official Web Site: http://www.soissons.catholique.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Centre diocesain, 9 rue des Deportes et Fusilles, CS 60166, 02207 Soissons CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 3.23.53.08.77

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Soissons
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Soissons (erected)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Laon (suppressed) Diocese of Soissons
Diocese of Soissons (-Laon)
13 June 1828Name ChangedDiocese of Soissons Diocese of Soissons (-Laon)
Diocese of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin)
11 June 1901Name ChangedDiocese of Soissons (-Laon) Diocese of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin)
1948423,000453,00093.4%4812650783444515578ap1951
1970526,346.0%37524399039422578ap1971
1980453,000537,00084.4%297113081,47030364578ap1981
1990479,000563,00085.1%20592142,23814291577ap1991
1999450,000537,25983.8%14391522,9607922243ap2000
2000430,000535,84280.2%13891472,92571020743ap2001
2001425,000535,48979.4%12691353,14810917543ap2002
2002410,000535,48976.6%11981273,228101017343ap2003
2003405,000535,48975.6%11491233,292101116143ap2004
2004390,000535,48972.8%10971163,36210816643ap2005
2010397,187548,01772.5%89111003,971181310643ap2011
2014404,400559,00072.3%7512874,64824157243ap2015
2017388,800539,78372.0%5813715,47624166043ap2018
2020384,500534,49071.9%5320735,26725235247ap2021
2022386,000536,13672.0%5316695,59425193941ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Soissons
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 468
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 243
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 324
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 365
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 388
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 353
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 632, to Page 634

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