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Diocese of Metz

Dioecesis Metensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3rd Century
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 6,216 (2,400 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Est
  • Official Web Site: http://metz.catholique.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, 15 place Sainte-Glossinde, 57019 Metz CEDEX 01, France
  • Telephone: 3.87.74.54.20
  • Fax: 3.87.37.00.62

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Metz (erected)
29 November 1801Territory AddedArchdiocese of Reims (suppressed) Diocese of Meaux
Diocese of Metz
6 October 1822Territory LostDiocese of Meaux
Diocese of Metz
Archdiocese of Reims

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950660,000705,00093.6%8601961,0566251962,996660ap1951
1970860,000994,08186.5%7771959728843412,144770ap1971
1980912,0001,019,00089.5%6551498041,13432731,614683ap1981
1990826,0001,027,00080.4%4971196161,340182051,292686ap1991
1999848,0001,047,00081.0%424835071,67243156950649ap2000
2000853,0001,053,00081.0%418865041,69245152920649ap2001
2001829,0001,023,44781.0%418814991,66149146891659ap2002
2002829,0001,023,44781.0%390764661,77848140849649ap2003
2003829,0001,023,44781.0%395724671,77549131826649ap2004
2004829,0001,023,44781.0%381624431,87149116758649ap2005
2013813,0001,045,06677.8%325383632,23954109556649ap2014
2016813,5601,046,87377.7%273383112,6155484512649ap2017
2019833,5501,072,61077.7%255372922,8545284421649ap2020
2021805,2501,036,00077.7%242332752,9284979402649ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 337, and Page 338
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 190
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 242
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 240
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 266
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 287
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 292, to Page 293

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