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Diocese of Gap-Embrun

Dioecesis Vapincensis-Ebrodunensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 5 July 2022
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Marseille
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 5,643 (2,179 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Provence-Méditerranée
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedegap.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, 18 Boulevard Charles de Gaulle, 05000 Gap CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 4.92.51.02.75
  • Fax: 4.92.53.73.28

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Gap
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Gap (erected)
29 November 1801SuppressedDiocese of Gap (suppressed) Diocese of Digne
Diocese of Grenoble
Diocese of Gap
6 October 1822RestoredDiocese of Gap
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Gap (from Aix)
Diocese of Gap (-Embrun)
31 December 2007Name ChangedDiocese of Gap Diocese of Gap (-Embrun) (added Embrun as secondary title)
Diocese of Gap-Embrun
5 July 2022Name ChangedDiocese of Gap (-Embrun) Diocese of Gap-Embrun

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Gap
195080,00085,00094.1%1533156512475201ap1951
196989,00092,00096.7%1287135659724063ap1971
198083,300103,70080.3%104811274310246202ap1981
199095,700112,00085.4%8979699617178202ap1991
199996,900114,50084.6%821799978123147202ap2000
2000100,000121,41982.4%7615911,098231144202ap2001
2001100,000121,25382.5%7616921,086230139202ap2002
2002100,000121,25382.5%7214861,162428143202ap2003
2003100,000121,25382.5%7115861,162429142202ap2004
2004100,000121,25382.5%6917861,162431142202ap2005
2006114,000126,80089.9%648721,583411137202ap2007
Diocese of Gap (-Embrun)
2013121,300141,50085.7%518592,0558985188ap2014
2016119,764139,27986.0%478552,1779968185ap2017
2019121,300141,10786.0%445492,47513566185ap2020
2021121,700141,57686.0%438512,38615972169ap2022
Diocese of Gap-Embrun

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Gap
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 514
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 262
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 326
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 358
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 404
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 431
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 552, to Page 553

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