Diocese of Nancy (-Toul)

Historical Details

• Diocese of Nancy
  • Latin Name: Nanceiensis
  • Erected: 19 November 1777
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Trier
  • Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban † (15 Dec 1777 Confirmed - 15 Jul 1783 Resigned)
• François de Fontanges † (18 Jul 1783 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1787 Resigned)
• Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare † (17 Dec 1787 Confirmed - 8 Nov 1816 Resigned)
• Antoine-Eustache d’Osmond † (15 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1823 Died)
• Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 11 Jul 1844 Died)
• Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud † (11 Jul 1844 Succeeded - 26 Sep 1859 Confirmed, Archbishop of Bourges)
• Georges Darboy † (26 Sep 1859 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1863 Confirmed, Archbishop of Paris)
• Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie † (16 Mar 1863 Confirmed - 27 Mar 1867 Confirmed, Archbishop of Alger)
• Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (27 Mar 1867 Confirmed - 30 Mar 1882 Confirmed, Archbishop of Besançon)
• Charles-François Turinaz † (30 Mar 1882 Confirmed - 19 Oct 1918 Died)
• Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (20 Oct 1918 Succeeded - 1 Aug 1919 Confirmed, Bishop of Strasbourg)
• Hippolyte-Marie de La Celle † (18 Dec 1919 Appointed - 27 Aug 1930 Died)
• Etienne-Joseph Hurault † (23 Dec 1930 Appointed - 7 Apr 1934 Died)
• Marcel Fleury † (24 Dec 1934 Appointed - 16 Aug 1949 Died)
• Marc-Armand Lallier † (26 Sep 1949 Appointed - 28 Sep 1956 Appointed, Archbishop of Marseille)
• Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley † (26 Jan 1957 Appointed - 29 Jun 1971 Died)
• Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † (7 Jan 1972 Appointed - 30 Nov 1991 Retired)
• Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger (30 Nov 1991 Succeeded - 12 Aug 1998 Appointed, Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer))
• Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin (3 Sep 1999 Appointed - 6 Apr 2023 Retired)
• Pierre-Yves Michel (6 Apr 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Nancy (-Toul)
1970	650,000	705,413	92.1%	624	75	699	929		107	1,279	660	ap1971
1980	669,000	731,000	91.5%	540	60	600	1,115		109	961	644	ap1981
1990	662,000	726,000	91.2%	452	35	487	1,359	2	61	795	646	ap1991
1999	673,000	736,000	91.4%	338	31	369	1,823	12	36	605	356	ap2000
2000	662,130	712,742	92.9%	334	40	374	1,770	12	42	580	358	ap2001
2001	652,130	712,742	91.5%	321	39	360	1,811	11	40	543	241	ap2002
2002	652,130	713,779	91.4%	304	28	332	1,964	13	30	535	211	ap2003
2003	653,000	713,555	91.5%	305	29	334	1,955	18	31	502	211	ap2004
2004	655,000	713,779	91.8%	278	38	316	2,072	18	40	500	211	ap2005
2013	672,000	755,200	89.0%	168	18	186	3,612	22	19	359	55	ap2014
2016	675,086	745,398	90.6%	157	17	174	3,879	22	23	348	55	ap2017
2019	666,655	733,060	90.9%	138	19	157	4,246	28	20	270	55	ap2020
2021	667,800	734,400	90.9%	124	15	139	4,804	28	16	246	55	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz
• Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Apr 1991; Bishop: 30 Nov 1991 to 12 Aug 1998)
• Pierre-Yves Michel (Bishop: 6 Apr 2023 - )
• Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin (Bishop: 3 Sep 1999 to 6 Apr 2023)
• Claude Pierre Charles Schockert (Priest: 29 Jun 1965 to 1 Mar 2000)
• Bruno Paul Marie Valentin

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre † (Priest: 1 Jul 1916 to 23 Oct 1947)
• Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1972 to 30 Nov 1991)
• Georges Darboy † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1859 to 16 Mar 1863)
• Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1976 to 25 Mar 1980)
• François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet † (Coadjutor Bishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 19 May 1837)
• Claude Feidt †
• Marcel Fleury † (Bishop: 24 Dec 1934 to 16 Aug 1949)
• François de Fontanges † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1783 to 15 Dec 1787)
• Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (Bishop: 3 May 1824 to 11 Jul 1844)
• Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1867 to 30 Mar 1882)
• Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †
• Henri-Jean Houbaut †
• Etienne-Joseph Hurault † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1930 to 7 Apr 1934)
• Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. †
• Nicolas-Michel Krick, M.E.P. †
• Hippolyte-Marie de La Celle † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1919 to 27 Aug 1930)
• Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1787 to 8 Nov 1816)
• Marc-Armand Lallier † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1949 to 28 Sep 1956; Apostolic Administrator: 29 Jun 1971 to 29 Jan 1972)
• Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1777 to 15 Jul 1783)
• Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie † (Bishop: 16 Mar 1863 to 27 Mar 1867)
• Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin † (Priest: 8 Jul 1906 to 29 May 1935)
• François-Désiré Mathieu † (Priest: 30 May 1863 to 19 Jan 1893)
• Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud † (Coadjutor Bishop: 18 Feb 1839; Bishop: 11 Jul 1844 to 26 Sep 1859)
• Antoine-Eustache d’Osmond † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1802 to 27 Sep 1823)
• Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1957 to 29 Jun 1971)
• Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †
• Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †
• Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Jun 1913; Bishop: 20 Oct 1918 to 1 Aug 1919; Apostolic Administrator: 30 Sep 1919 to 11 Feb 1920)
• Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant † (Priest: 4 Aug 1907 to 25 Jun 1937)
• Charles-François Turinaz † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1882 to 19 Oct 1918)

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