Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion

Diocese of Saint-Denis de La. a castle Réunion
Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii Reunionis
Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion
Location
Country  Réunion, France
Metropolitan Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
806,000
644,000 (79.9%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1712 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Islands of the Indian Ocean)
1818 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Bourbon)
27 September 1850 (As Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion)
Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Denis in Saint-Denis, Réunion
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Gilbert Aubry
Website
http://www.eglisealareunion.org/

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii Reunionis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) is a diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Réunion. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. As such, it is not part of an ecclesiastical province, but is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (with Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles). The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis (French: Cathédrale de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) located in Saint-Denis.

History

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Islands of the Indian Ocean

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Apostolic Prefect of Bourbon
  • Gabriel-Henri-Jérôme de Solages (1829 – 1832.12.08), later first Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction South Seas Islands (New Zealand) (1830 – 1832.12.08)
Exempt Bishops of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
  • Florian-Jules Desprez (1850.06.22 – 1857.03.19), later Bishop of Limoges (France) ([1857.02.04] 1857.03.19 – 1859.09.26), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) ([1859.07.30] 1859.09.26 – death 1895.01.21), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1879.09.22 – 1895.01.21)
  • Armand-René Maupoint (1857.02.14 – 1871.07.10), later Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction Zanguebar (Zanzibar island, now in Tanzania) (1862 – death 1871.07.10)
  • Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy (1872.02.10 – 1876.12.18), later Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) ([1876.10.10] 1876.12.18 – death 1905.08.07)
  • Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé (1876.10.10 – 1880.11.30), later Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre diocese (Guadeloupe) (1892.11.21 – 1898), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia (1893.03.21 – 1919.04.21)
  • Joseph Coldefy (1881.02.17 – death 1887.01.18)
  • Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet (1887.10.12 – 1893.01.19), later Bishop of Beauvais (Picardy, France) ([1892.11.26] 1893.01.19 – 1899.12.07), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (Normandy, France) (1899.12.07 – death 1915.12.20)
  • Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre (1892.11.26 – death 1919.12.26)
  • François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.) (1934.12.10 – 1960.10.21), later Titular Bishop of Mactaris (1960.10.21 – 1971.07.21)
  • Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1960.11.07 – retired 1975.02.19), previously Titular Bishop of Dices (1949.12.15 – 1960.11.07) & Auxiliary Bishop of Dakar (Senegal) (1949.12.15 – 1960.11.07)
  • Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (since 1975.11.20 - ), also President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (1989–1996), Apostolic Administrator of neighbouring Indian Ocean diocese Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1994 – 1995.03.03), President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2002–2006)

See also

Coordinates: 20°52′59″S 55°27′00″E / 20.88306°S 55.45000°E / -20.88306; 55.45000

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