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Diocese of Nevers

Dioecesis Nivernensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Grégoire Drouot, Bishop-Elect
  • Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière, Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Restored: 6 October 1822
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Dijon
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 6,816 (2,632 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Centre
  • Official Web Site: https://www.nievre.catholique.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, 21 rue Gustave Mathieu, 58000 Nevers, France
  • Telephone: 3.86.71.86.42

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Nevers
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Nevers (erected)
29 November 1801SuppressedDiocese of Nevers (suppressed) Archdiocese of Bourges
Diocese of Nevers
6 October 1822RestoredArchdiocese of Bourges Diocese of Nevers
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Nevers (from Sens)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Nevers
1950240,000248,55996.6%23572429917270309ap1951
1970235,000247,70294.9%17661821,29113325311ap1971
1980251,900.0%1348142014298311ap1981
1990235,000246,00095.5%9871052,23811223364ap1991
1999229,300233,00098.4%696753,05741018663ap2000
2000221,300225,00098.4%687752,95041119263ap2001
2001221,000225,60098.0%689772,87041319263ap2002
2002221,000225,60098.0%599683,25061319263ap2003
2003221,000225,60098.0%638713,11261218952ap2004
2004180,000232,00077.6%607672,68661120251ap2005
2013183,900232,70079.0%456513,605101116647ap2014
2016166,000216,78676.6%436493,387121215547ap2017
2019148,400208,51871.2%406463,2261166947ap2020
2021143,420201,51871.2%377443,2591475245ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Nevers
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 368, and Page 369
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 204
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 259, and Page 260
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 260
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 291
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 312
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 584, to Page 586

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