Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France
The Ordinariate for Eastern (Rite) Catholics in France (or France of the Eastern Rite) (French: Ordinariat des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France) is a Catholic Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful (pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction within a Latin Church territory), jointly for Eastern Catholics in various rites and languages of particular churches sui iuris without proper jurisdiction there.
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2019) 25,100 |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Established | 16 June 1954 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michel Aupetit |
| Bishops emeritus | André Vingt-Trois |
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, and depends directly on its Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.
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