Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite diocese in France.[1][2]

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours.[3]

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Pilgrimages

Chartres has been a site of Christian pilgrimage since the Middle Ages. The poet Charles Péguy (1873–1914) revived the pilgrimage route between Paris and Chartres before the First World War. After the war, some students carried on the pilgrimage in his memory. Since the 1980s, the association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté,[4] with offices in Versailles, has organized the annual 100-km pilgrimage on foot from the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris to the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres. About 15,000 pilgrims, mostly young families from all over France, participate every year.

Bishops

To 1000

1000 to 1300

1300 to 1500

1500 to 1800

From 1800

References

  1. ^ Diocese of Chartres - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  2. ^ Official diocese website
  3. ^ Diocese of Chartres from catholic-hierarchy.org/
  4. ^ Notre-Dame de Chrétienté - English language site
  5. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of August 9, 1520