Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion
The Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Réunion.
It is immediately subject to the Holy See. As such, it is not part of an ecclesiastical province, but is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis located in Saint-Denis.
History
- Established 1712 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean, on territory split off from the Diocese of Malacca
- On 8 May 1807, it lost Asian territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, now the Archdiocese of Jakarta.
- In 1818, it was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon, after the island's then colonial name.
- On 10 January 1830, it lost Oceanian territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands.
- In 1841, it lost Indian Ocean territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Madagascar.
- In 1850, it was promoted and renamed the Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion.
- On 26 February 1860, it lost East African territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, now the Diocese of Zanzibar).
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Prefect of Bourbon- Gabriel-Henri-Jérôme de Solages, later first Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction South Seas Islands
- Florian Desprez, later Bishop of Limoges, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse, created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
- Armand-René Maupoint, later Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction Zanguebar
- Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy, later Bishop of Aire et Dax
- Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé, later Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre diocese, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia
- Joseph Coldefy
- Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet, later Bishop of Beauvais, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen
- Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre
- Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp.
- François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, Holy Ghost Fathers, later Titular Bishop of Mactaris
- Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp., previously Titular Bishop of Dices & Auxiliary Bishop of Dakar
- Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry, also President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean, Apostolic Administrator of neighbouring Indian Ocean diocese Port Victoria, President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean
- Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng
Coadjutor Bishop
- Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp.