The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (
Latin
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: ''Archidioecesis Insulensis'';
French: ''Archidiocèse de Lille'') is an
archdiocese of the
Latin Rite
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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in
France
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.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is a Marian
Minor Basilica
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:
Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...
, 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
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...
, within the
department of
Nord in the
Region
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of
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Calais ...
.
It was elevated to a
Metropolitan Archdiocese
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...
by
Pope Benedict XVI
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on March 29, 2008.
Province
Its
ecclesiastical province
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comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :
* its formerly Metropolitan mother the
Archdiocese of Cambrai
* the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church ...
.
Ordinaries
;Bishops of Lille
*
Alexis-Armand Charost
Alexis-Armand Charost (14 November 1860 – 7 November 1930) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1921 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1922.
Biography
Alexis 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 (2008.02.01 – 2008.03.29)
[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)]
;Metropolitan Archbishops of Lille
*
Laurent Ulrich (29 March 2008 – 26 April 2022)
See also
*
Catholic Church in France
*
List of Catholic dioceses in France
The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of
* fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses (15)
** with a total of 80 s ...
References
Sources
Books
*
External links
* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919'' retrieved: 2016-12-24.
Official Website
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*
Roman Catholic dioceses in France
1913 establishments in France