Diocese of Pontoise

The Diocèse of Pontoise is a particular Église of the Catholic church covering the department of the Val-d'Oise, that is to say: 1246 km ² and: 1105464 inhabitants (1999). The episcopal see of the diocese created the October 9th 1966 by Paul VI is localized with Pontoise.

The Saint-Maclou church of Pontoise became cathedral with the creation of the Diocèse in 1966.

The diocese of Pontoise depends on the ecclesiastical Province of Paris.

The diocese of the Val-d'Oise account twelve deanery S: the deanery of the Vexin, the deanery of Cergy, the deanery of Pontoise, the deanery of Beaumont, the deanery of Herblay - Taverny, the deanery of Ermont - Eaubonne, the deanery of Argenteuil, the deanery of Écouen, the deanery of Enghien, the deanery of Sarcelles, the deanery of Gonesse and the deanery of Luzarches.

Bishops of Pontoise

Mgr Andre Rousset 1966-1988, resigned in 1988, died in 1994
Mgr Thierry Romain Camille Jordan 1988-1999, transf.p/Reims (1999)
Mgr Herve-Jean-Luc Renaudin 2000-2003
Since June 2003: Mgr Jean-Yves Riocreux

External bonds

Official site of the diocese

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