Diocese of

Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes

France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 1,819 km²

Population: 863,612 Catholics (69.3% of 1,246,213 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chartres (←), Versailles (↖), Nanterre (↑), Créteil (↗), Meaux (↗), Orléans (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 104 parishes, 146 priests (106 diocesan, 40 religious), 37 deacons, 385 lay religious (163 brothers, 222 sisters), 9 seminarians (2015)

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History

1966.10.09: Established as Diocese of Corbeil / Corbilien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Versailles)
1988.06.11: Renamed as Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes / Evrien(sis)–Corbilien(sis)–Exonen(sis) (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1997.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale de la Résurrection et Saint-Corbinien, Évry, Essonne, Île-de-France
Co-Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Spire, Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, Île-de-France
Minor Basilica: Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonne-Garde, Longpont-sur-Orge, Essonne, Île-de-France

All Churches (226)

Chartres (←), Versailles (↖), Nanterre (↑), Créteil (↗), Meaux (↗), Orléans (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.08.01 – ...):

Bishop Michel Pansard (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michel Pansard (63)
(2017.08.01 – ...)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

À cause de l’évangile

Born:	1955.07.16 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1982.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.05

Bishop of Chartres (France) (2005.12.21 – 2017.08.01)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (2017.08.01 – ...)

Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (76)
(2000.04.15 – 2017.08.01)

Bishop emeritus of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

Born:	1942.04.15 (Morocco)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.08

Titular Bishop of Oëa (1989.08.09 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of France (France) (1989.08.09 – 2000.04.15)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (2000.04.15 – 2017.08.01)

Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot (93)
(1988.06.11 – 2000.04.15)

Bishop emeritus of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

Préparez les chemins du Seigneur

Born:	1925.03.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.08

Titular Bishop of Obbi (1974.06.20 – 1978.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France) (1974.06.20 – 1978.05.12)

Bishop of Corbeil (France) (1978.05.12 – 1988.06.11)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (1988.06.11 – 2000.04.15)

Bishops of Corbeil (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot (93)
(1978.05.12 – 1988.06.11)

(see above)

Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois
(1966.10.09 – 1977.09.13)

Born:	1915.11.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.04.22
Died:	2017.02.12 († 101)

Titular Bishop of Altava (1961.03.09 – 1966.10.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France) (1961.03.09 – 1966.10.09)

Bishop of Corbeil (France) (1966.10.09 – 1977.09.13)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond (1971.01.26 – 1979.07.12)

as of 2018.12.04

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