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Church of the Gesù, Nice also known as The Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur of Nice ( French: Église du Gesù or French: L’église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur) is a Roman Catholic church located on Rue Droite in the old town of Nice in the south of France. It is in the Baroque architectural tradition. The church became a parish in 1802 under ...
1650. Completed. 1949. Nice Cathedral ( French: Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Marie et Sainte-Réparate de Nice) is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of Nice in southern France . The cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Nice. The construction of the main part of the current cathedral's body started in 1650 and finished in 1685. [1]
27,000,000–58,000,000. Official website. Episcopal Conference of France. The French Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in France is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometimes called the " eldest daughter of the church ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nice. The Diocese of Nice ( Latin: Dioecesis Nicensis; French: Diocèse de Nice) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the Department of Alpes-Maritimes. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Marseille .
Sainte-Mère-Église ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t mɛʁ eɡliz]) is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy. [3] On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église. [4] On 1 January 2019, the former communes of ...
In France, most dioceses coincide with a department of France, but there are a few exceptions, where some arrondissements are attached to a diocese outside the department, or form a separate diocese within the department (this happens mainly in departments with numerous populations, such as Nord or Bouches-du-Rhône). Along with the list of the ...
The Orthodox Catholic Church of France ( L'ECOF, French: Église catholique orthodoxe de France ), also known as the Orthodox Church of France ( French: Église orthodoxe de France ), [1] is an Eastern Orthodox church mostly in France comprising two dioceses [2] and using a reconstruction of the Gallican Rite. [3]
The Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges ( Latin: Diocesis Gratianopolitana–Viennensis Allobrogum; Latin: Diocèse de Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in south-eastern France. The diocese, erected in the 4th century as the Diocese of Grenoble, comprises the department of Isère and the ...