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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Lille |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,288 km2 (883 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,647,519 1,135,000 (68.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 October 1913 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Lille |
Patron saint | Notre-Dame de la Treille |
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) |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille ( Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille)[ pronunciation?] 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.
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.
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2017) |
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Lille |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,288 km2 (883 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,647,519 1,135,000 (68.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 October 1913 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Lille |
Patron saint | Notre-Dame de la Treille |
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) |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille ( Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille)[ pronunciation?] 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.
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.
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :