Diocese of

Créteil

France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 250 km²

Population: 817,750 Catholics (58.5% of 1,396,913 total) (2020)

Statistics: 385 parishes, 150 priests (104 diocesan, 46 religious), 46 deacons, 442 lay religious (55 brothers, 387 sisters), 12 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paris

Neighbouring Dioceses: Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (↙), Nanterre (←), Paris (↖), Saint-Denis (↑), Meaux (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Patron Saint: Saint Louis of France (August 25), Saint Denis de Paris (October 9), Saint Geneviève de Paris (January 3)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 22 (2015)

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History

1966.10.09: Established as Diocese of Créteil / Christolien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris and Diocese of Versailles and became suffragan of Paris)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Créteil, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Former Cathedral: Église Saint-Louis et Saint-Nicolas, Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France

All Churches (115)

Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (↙), Nanterre (←), Paris (↖), Saint-Denis (↑), Meaux (↗)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.01.09 – ...):

Bishop Dominique Blanchet (56)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Ordinaries

Bishops of Créteil (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominique Blanchet (56)
(2021.01.09 – ...)

Bishop of Créteil (France)
Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Mets ta joie dans le Seigneur

Born:	1966.02.15 (Cholet, France)
Ordained Priest:	1999.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.07.12

Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France) (2015.05.21 – 2021.01.09)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2019.04.03 – ...)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (2021.01.09 – ...)

Bishop Michel Léon Émile Santier (75)
(2007.09.04 – 2021.01.09)

Bishop emeritus of Créteil (France)

Que ma joie soit en vous

Born:	1947.05.20 (Granville, France)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.23

Bishop of Luçon (France) (2001.06.19 – 2007.09.04)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (2007.09.04 – 2021.01.09)

Bishop Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille (89)
(1998.03.25 – 2007.09.04)

Bishop emeritus of Créteil (France)

Allez, il vous précède en Galilée

Born:	1932.10.15 (Nouvion-sur-Meuse, France)
Ordained Priest:	1956.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.09.17

Titular Bishop of Fata (1978.06.26 – 1984.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Soissons (France) (1978.06.26 – 1984.02.16)

Bishop of Soissons (France) (1984.02.16 – 1998.03.25)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (1998.03.25 – 2007.09.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Soissons (France) (2015.04.19 – 2015.10.30)

Bishop François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S.
(1981.08.13 – 1997.05.03)

Born:	1925.11.19 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1949.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.02.07
Died:	1997.05.03 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Caudium (1971.01.02 – 1979.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France) (1971.01.02 – 1979.11.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Créteil (France) (1979.11.21 – 1981.08.13)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (1981.08.13 – 1997.05.03)

Bishop Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères
(1966.10.09 – 1981.08.13)

Born:	1907.03.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.11.20
Died:	1992.03.17 († 85)

Bishop of Créteil (France) (1966.10.09 – 1981.08.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. (1979.11.21 – 1981.08.13)

as of 2022.08.06

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