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| Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille | |
|---|---|
 Lille Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lille |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,288 km (883 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,642,330 1,131,415 (68.9%) |
| Parishes | 106 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 October 1913 (as Diocese of Lille) 29 March 2008 (as Archdiocese of Lille) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Lille |
| Patron saint | Notre-Dame de la Treille |
| Secular priests | 246 (Diocesan) 57 (Religious Orders) 104 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Le Boulc'h |
| Suffragans | Archdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Arras |
| Bishops emeritus | Gérard Defois (Archbishop emeritus) Gérard Coliche (Auxiliary bishop emeritus) |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilica: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France.
History
Erected on 25 October 1913 originally as the Diocese of Lille, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai, on territory split off from the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai, it encompasses the arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille, within the department of Nord in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
It was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on March 29, 2008.
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :
- its formerly Metropolitan mother the Archdiocese of Cambrai
- the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras.
Ordinaries
- Bishops of Lille
- Alexis-Armand Charost (21 November 1913 – 18 June 1920)
- Hector-Raphaël Quilliet (18 June 1920 – retired 23 March 1928)
- Achille Liénart (6 October 1928 – 7 March 1968)
- Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand (7 March 1968 – retired 13 August 1983)
- Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (13 August 1983 – retired 2 July 1998)
- Gérard Defois (2 July 1998 – retired 1 February 2008)
- Laurent Ulrich (1 February 2008 – 29 March 2008)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Lille
- Laurent Ulrich (29 March 2008 – 26 April 2022)
- Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h (1 April 2023 – present)
See also
References
- "Daily Bulletin - Elevazione di Lille (Francia) a Chiesa Metropolitana e Nomina del Primo Arcivescovo Metropolita" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2008-03-29. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- Charost was previously Titular Bishop of Miletopolis (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21) & Auxiliary Bishop of mother archdiocese Cambrai (France) (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21); later Titular Archbishop of Chersona (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (Brittany, France) (1921.09.22 – 1930.11.07), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1922.12.14 – 1930.11.07)
- Quilliet was previously Bishop of Limoges (France) (1913; emeritate as Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis (1928.03.23 – 1928.11.26)
- Liénart was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1930.07.03 – death 1973.02.15), Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (Pontigny, France) (1954.11.12 – retired 1964.11.30)
- Gand succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Lille (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.07) & Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.07)
- Vilnet had previously been Bishop of Saint-Dié (France) (1964.09.24 – 1983.08.13); also President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1981 – 1987)
- Defois had previously been Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (1990.07.26 – 1990.12.21), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1990.12.21 – 1995.09.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1995.09.04 – 1998.07.02)
- Ulrich had formerly been Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (2000.06.06 – 2002.12.08), demoted Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (2002.12.08 – 2008.02.01), Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)
Sources
Books
- Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905). Paris: Librairie des Saints-Pères.
External links
- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
- Official Website
- Entry of the Archdiocese of Lille on Catholic Hierarchy
- GCatholic.org with links to incumbent pages
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| Catholic Church in France | |
|---|---|
| Bishops' Conference of France | |
| Province of Besançon | |
| Province of Bordeaux | |
| Province of Clermont | |
| Province of Dijon | |
| Province of Lille | |
| Province of Lyon | |
| Province of Marseille | |
| Province of Montpellier | |
| Province of Paris | |
| Province of Poitiers | |
| Province of Reims | |
| Province of Rennes | |
| Province of Rouen | |
| Province of Toulouse | |
| Province of Tours | |
| Province of Martinique | |
| Province of Papeete | |
| Province of Noumea | |
| Directly under Holy See | |
| Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics | |
| See also | |
