Diocese of Chartres Dioecesis Carnutensis Diocèse de Chartres | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Tours |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,939 km2 (2,293 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 298,000 427,800 (69.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Chartres |
Patron saint | Assumption of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Philippe Christory |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Jordy |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Chartres (Latin: Dioecesis Carnutensis; French: Diocèse de Chartres) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1]
The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tours.[2]
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