Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise

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Diocese of Pontoise Dioecesis Pontisarensis Diocèse de Pontoise
Pontoise Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Paris
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Paris
Statistics
Area	1,248 km2 (482 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,210,640 879,770 (est.) (72.7%)
Parishes	53
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9 October 1966
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Malo in Pontoise
Secular priests	149 (Diocesan) 47 (Religious Orders) 29 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Benoît Bertrand
Metropolitan Archbishop	Laurent Ulrich
Bishops emeritus	Stanislas Lalanne
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Pontoise (Latin: Dioecesis Pontisarensis; French: Diocèse de Pontoise) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the Diocese of Pontoise was split off from the Diocese of Versailles. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris. As of 2021^[update], the diocese had one priest for every 4,488 Catholics.

The first ordinations since its 1966 founding occurred in 2011, when four men were ordained priests for the diocese.^[1]

The Church Saint-Maclou became the Diocese of Pontoise's cathedral when the diocese was created in 1966. Exceptionally among French Catholic dioceses, Pontoise owns its own cathedral. Many cathedrals in the country are owned by the French state.^[2]

• André Rousset (9 October 1966 – 19 November 1988)
• Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (19 November 1988 – 20 July 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Reims)
• Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin (30 November 2000 Appointed – 18 January 2003 Died)
• Jean-Yves Riocreux (5 May 2003 – 15 June 2012 (appointed Bishop of Basse-Terre)
• Stanislas Lalanne (31 January 2013 – 4 June 2024)
• Benoît Bertrand (4 June 2024 – )^[3]

• (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
• Catholic Hierarchy page
• Official Website page

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