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Catholic ChurchinFrench Republic (France) | ![]() |
Also known as: Frankreich (Deutsch), la France (français), Francia (español, Italiano, latine), Francja (polski), França (Português),
Dependencies: French Guiana , French Polynesia
, French Southern Territories
, Guadeloupe
, Martinique
, Mayotte
, New Caledonia
, Réunion
, Saint Barthélemy
, Saint Martin
, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
, Wallis and Futuna
Continent: West Europe
Capital: Paris
Area: 549,970 km²
Population: 67,106,161
Patron Saints: Our Lady of Assumption, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint Denis de Paris, Saint Martin de Tours, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Saints: 870 Saints, 618 Blesseds
Religions: Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28%
Languages: French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)
Ethnic Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French) (Liberty, equality, fraternity)
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Spain , ↖ Guernsey
, ↖ Jersey
, ↑ England
, ↑ Belgium
, ↗ Luxembourg
, ↗ Germany
, → Switzerland
, ↘ Italy
, ↘ Monaco
, ↓ Andorra
Circumscriptions (99): Metr. Archdioceses (15), Archdioceses (9), Dioceses (72), Territorial Prelatures (1), Ordinariates (1), Military Ordinariates (1)
Roman Rite (95): Agen, Aire et Dax, Aix, Ajaccio, Albi, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arras, Auch, Autun, Avignon, Bayeux, Bayonne, Beauvais, Belfort–Montbéliard, Belley–Ars, Besançon, Blois, Bordeaux, Bourges, Cahors, Cambrai, Carcassonne et Narbonne, Châlons, Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise, Chartres, Clermont, Coutances, Créteil, Digne, Dijon, Diocèse aux Armées Françaises, Évreux, Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, Fréjus–Toulon, Gap, Grenoble–Vienne, La Rochelle, Langres, Laval, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy-en-Velay, Lille, Limoges, Luçon, Lyon, Marseille, Meaux, Mende, Metz, Mission de France, Montauban, Montpellier, Moulins, Nancy, Nanterre, Nantes, Nevers, Nice, Nîmes, Orléans, Pamiers, Paris, Périgueux, Perpignan–Elne, Poitiers, Pontoise, Quimper, Reims, Rennes, Rodez, Rouen, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Claude, Saint-Denis, Saint-Dié, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Flour, Séez, Sens, Soissons, Strasbourg, Tarbes et Lourdes, Toulouse, Tours, Troyes, Tulle, Valence, Vannes, Verdun, Versailles, Viviers
Armenian Church (1): Sainte-Croix-de-Paris
Maronite Church (1): Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris
Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris
Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariat des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Circumscriptions | Former Circumscriptions
Cardinals (4 electors/6 total):
Barbarin (70),
Mamberti (69),
Poupard (90),
Ricard (76),
Vanhoye (97),
Vingt-Trois (78) | All Cardinals
Bishops: by Age | by Name | by Precedence | Jubilarians | Recent Events
Special Churches:
Cathedrals (181),
Basilicas (173),
National Shrines (3),
World Heritage Churches (76)
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Apostolic Nunciature: France
Holy See Representation: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Holy See Representation: Council of Europe
Holy See Representation: International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS)
Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques de France
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
as of 2021.06.26
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