Old Catholic Mission in France

The mission Vieille- catholique en France ( Old Catholic Mission in France) has congregations in Paris, Alsace and in a few other places in France. The community Dionysius of Paris St. Denis placed himself under the jurisdiction of the archbishop in 1893 of Utrecht. She had at that time about 300 members. After serious setbacks during the forties of the 20th century, was the reconstruction of the community from 1950.

Since 1909, there existed a small Old Catholic parish in Strasbourg, which was supervised by Offenburg, but disbanded after the First World War. 1984 Old Catholic community in Alsace was newly established. It is subordinate to the other communities in France the jurisdiction of the International Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches, as their delegate Archbishop Joris Vercammen is responsible.

According to Alexandre Nevejans they had in 2008, approximately 100 - 150 members

In the fall of 2006, the Prieuré du Bon Pasteur was looking for in Prisches in northern France to join the Old Catholic Mission. The International Bishops' Conference declared that they agree to establish with this community the modalities for a common path. The inclusion of the community took place on November 28, 2010, you belong to about 300 worshipers.