Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons

Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Soissons Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Reims
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Reims
Statistics
Area	7,378 km2 (2,849 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 536,136 (est.) 386,000 (est.) (72%)
Parishes	41
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3rd Century (Soissons) 1828 (Soissons and Laon) 1901 (Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Gervase and St. Protais in Soissons
Patron saint	St. Gervasius and St. Protasius
Secular priests	53 (Diocesan) 16 (Religious Orders) 25 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Renauld de Dinechin
Metropolitan Archbishop	Éric de Moulins-Beaufort
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Latin: Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis; French: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims and corresponds, with the exception of two hamlets, to the entire Department of Aisne. The current bishop is Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin, appointed on 30 October 2015. In 2022, in the Diocese of Soissons there is one priest for every 5,594 Catholics.