The Archdiocese of Strasbourg ( la, Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis; french: Archidiocèse de Strasbourg; german: Erzbistum Straßburg; gsw-FR, Ärzbischofsìtz Strossburi(g)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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, first mentioned in 343 AD. It is one of nine archbishoprics in France that have no

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s, and it is the only one of those to be exempt to the Holy See in Rome and not within a

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's ecclesiastical province. It has been headed by Archbishop Luc Ravel since February 2017.

History

The Diocese of Strasbourg was first mentioned in 343, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the

Archbishopric of Mainz The Electorate of Mainz (german: Kurfürstentum Mainz or ', la, Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the ...

since

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times. Archeological diggings below the current Saint Stephen’s Church, Strasbourg (Saint-Étienne) in 1948 and 1956 have unearthed the apse of a church dating back to the late 4th or early 5th century, considered the oldest church in Alsace. It is supposed that this was the first seat of the diocese. The diocese may thus have been founded around 300. The bishop also was the ruler of an ecclesiastical principality ( prince-bishopric) in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. For this state, see Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg. Since the 15th century, the diocesan seat has been the

Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, or ''Cathédrale de Strasbourg'', german: Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg or ''Straßburger Münster''), also known as Strasbourg ...

. By the Concordat of 1801, the Diocese of Strasbourg became a public-law corporation of cult (French: ''établissement public du culte'') and the diocesan ambit of Strasbourg was redrawn and all its areas east of the river Rhine were redeployed, forming a part of the Archdiocese of Freiburg since 1821. On 29 November 1801 it gained territory from the

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(Switzerland), Diocese of Metz and Diocese of Speyer (Spiers, Germany). On 25 February 1803 it lost territory to the

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, on 26 April 1808 it gained territory from the same and in 1815 lost territory to that Diocese of Konstanz. In 1871 the bulk of the diocese became part of

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, while small fringes remained with France. On 10 July 1874 Strasbourg diocese, with its diocesan ambit reconfined to the borders of then German Alsace, gaining territory from the Diocese of Saint-Dié, and losing territory to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon, and it became an exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See instead of part of any ecclesiastical province. When the

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was enacted, doing away with public-law religious corporations, this did not apply to the Strasbourg diocese which was then within Germany. After World War I, Alsace along with the diocese was returned to France, but the status from the concordat has been preserved as part of the Local law in Alsace-Moselle. The diocese was elevated to Archdiocese of Strasbourg on 1 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II but not as

of an ecclesiastical province and remains exempt. The bishop of this see is appointed by the French president according to the Concordat of 1801. The concordat further provides for the clergy to be paid by the government and Catholic pupils in public schools can receive

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according to archdiocesan guidelines. It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II in October 1988 and Pope Francis in November 2014.

Cathedral and Basilicas

The archiepiscopal cathedral seat is the Cathedral of Notre Dame (Our Lady) in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, Grand Est, France, as mother church, a World Heritage Site. It has four other Minor Basilicas, two in each of the former Alsace region's

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: * Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (

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) in

Lutterbach Lutterbach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Lutterbach is served by the , ...

, Haut-Rhin *

Basilique Notre-Dame de Marienthal Notre-Dame de Marienthal (Our Lady of Marienthal) is a Catholic pilgrimage church dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus. Located in Marienthal, in the Bas-Rhin department of France, it is administratively situated in the town of Haguenau. Pope Pi ...

, Bas-Rhin * Basilique Notre-Dame de Thierenbach, in

Jungholtz Jungholtz (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The Basilica of Our Lady of Thierenbach, formerly the church of Thierenbach Priory, a dissolved Cluniac monastery, is located here. See also * Commu ...

, Haut-Rhin * Basilique Notre-Dame du Mont Sainte-Odile in Ottrott, Bas-Rhin.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,380,000 Catholics (74.9% of 1,843,000 total) on 8,280 km² in 767 parishes and 5 missions with 722 priests (517 diocesan, 205 religious), 80 deacons, 1,332 lay religious (282 brothers, 1,050 sisters) and 17 seminarians . 31 December 2003, the area of the archdiocese comprised a total of 1,713,416 inhabitants of which 75.9% (1,300,000) are Catholics, divided in 762 parishes covering an area of 8,280 km². Also, 619 diocese priests, 50 deacons, 288 ordained priests and 1,728 nuns belonged to the archdiocese.

Episcopal ordinaries

(Incomplete, first centuries unavailable) ;''Suffragan bishops of Strasbourg'' * Amawich (Alavico) (999 – 1001.02.03) * Werner de Bavière (Werner d’Asburgo) (1002 – 1028.10.28) * Guillaume (Guglielmo, William) (1029 – 1047.11.07) * Hermann (Wizelin) (1048 – 1065.01.15) * Werner (Werner von Achalm) (1065–1079) * Thiepald (Teobaldo) (1079–1084) * Otton de Hohenstaufen (Otto von Büren) (1085 – 1100.08.03) * Balduin (Baldovino, Baldwin) (1100–1100) * Cunon (Conrad) (1100–1123) * Bruno(n) (1123–1126) * Eberhard (1126–1127) * Bruno de Hohenberg (1129 – 1131.03.22) * Gebhard (1131–1141) * Burchard (1141 – 1162.07.10) * Rodolphe (Rudof) (1162–1179) * Father Conrad de Geroldseck (1179 – 1180.12.21) * Henri de Hasebourg (1181 – 1190.03.25) * Conrad de Hunebourg (1190 – 1202.11.03) * Henri de Veringen (1202 – 1223.03.11) * Berthold de Teck (1223–1244) * Henri de Stahleck (1245 – 1260.03.04) * Gautier de Geroldseck (1260 – 1263.02.12) * Henri de Geroldseck (1263–1273) * Father Conrad de Lichtenberg (1273 – 1299.08.01) * Frédéric de Lichtenberg (1299 – 1306.12.20) * Jean de Dirpheim (1306.02.18 – death 1328.11.06); previously Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) (1305.09.23 – 1306.02.18) * Berthold de Bucheck, Teutonic Order (O.T.) (1328.11.28 – 1353.11.25); previously Bishop of Speyer (Germany) (1328.05.07 – 1328.11.28) * Jean de Lichtenberg (1353 – 1365.09.14) * Jean de Luxembourg-Ligny (1366 – 1371.04.04) * Lamprecht von Brunn (1371.04.28 – 1374.04.20), previously Bishop of Brixen ( South Tirol, now Italy) (1364.01.27 – 1364.02.14 not possessed), Bishop of Speyer (Germany) (1364.02.14 – 1371.04.28); later Bishop of

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(Germany) (1374.04.28 – 1398) * Frederik van Blankenheim (Frédéric de Blankenheim) (1375.07.05 – 1393.07.07); next Bishop of Basel (Switzerland) (1391.10.13 – 1393.07.07), Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1393.07.07 – death 1423.10.10) *''Father Ludovico di Thierstein'' (1393 not possessed) * Father Burcardo di Lützelstein (1393–1394) * Guillaume de Diest (1394 – death 1439.10.06) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Egidio von Byderborch,

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(O. Carm.) (1428.11.29 – ?), Titular Bishop of

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(1428.11.29 – ?) * Corrado di Busnang (1439 – 1440.11.11) * Robert de Bavière (= of Bavaria) (1440 – 1478.10.18) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Hermann (1447 – death 1455), no other prelature * Albert de Bavière (Calberto del Palatinato-Mosbach) (1478 – 1506.08.20) * Guillaume de Hohnstein (1506 – 1541.06.29) * Érasme de Limbourg (1541 – 1568.11.27) * Jean de Manderscheid (1568 – death 1592.04.22) *'' Apostolic Administrator Mr. Jean Georges de Brandebourg'' (1592 – retired 1604) no other office * Cardinal

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(1604 – 1607.11.24), previously Bishop of Metz (France) (1578.07.18 – 1607.11.24), created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra (1591.04.05 – death 1607.11.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Adam Petz (1605.07.18 – death 1626.11.26), Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1605.07.18 – 1626.11.26) * Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich-Tyrol, Mr. Léopold d’Autriche-Tyrol) (24 November 1607 - retired 19 April 1626), died 1632 * Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich (born Germany) (10 October 1626 - death 2 November 1662); previously Bishop of

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(Bavaria, Germany) (

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1626.02.01 – 1662.11.02); also Bishop of Halberstadt (Germany) (1627.12.24 – 1648), Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz in Moravia, Czech Republic) ( 637.11.161638.09.28 – 1662.11.02), Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau, Poland) (1656.01.21 – 1662.11.02) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Paulus Aldringen (born Luxemburg) (1627.04.28 – death 1644.03.28), Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1627.04.28 – 1644.03.28) * Franz Egon Fürst von Fürstenberg (born Germany) (19 January 1663 - death 1 April 1682), previously Bishop of Metz (France) (1658 – 1663.01.19) * Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (8 June 1682 - death 10 April 1704), also Coadjutor Archbishop of

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(Cologne, Germany) (1687 – 1688), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1689.11.14 – 1704.04.10); previously Bishop of Metz (France) (1663.09.28 – 1668) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Peter von Quentell (born Germany) (1698.05.16 – 1699.08.14), Titular Bishop of Adrianopolis (1698.05.16 – death 1710.04.13); next Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Münster (Germany) (1699.08.14 – 1710.04.13) * Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise (10 April 1704 - death 19 July 1749), succeeding as previous

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of Strasbourg (1701.04.18 – 1704.04.09) and Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1701.04.18 – 1704.04.09); created Cardinal-Priest of

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(1721.06.16 – 1749.07.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Guillaume Tual (1715.02.04 – death 1716.02.24), Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1715.02.04 – 1716.02.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Louis Philippe d’Auneau de Visé (1719.01.08 – death 1729.06.26), Titular Bishop of Phessa (1718.03.14 – 1729.06.26) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jean Vivant (1730.11.28 – death 1739.02.16), Titular Bishop of Parium (1730.11.28 – 1739.02.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Franz Riccius (1739.10.11 – death 1756.05.12), Titular Bishop of Verinopolis (1739.10.11 – 1756.05.12) * François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour (19 July 1749 - death 28 June 1756), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1742.05.21 – 1749.07.19) and (Latin) Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (in Phoenicia: Acre) (1742.07.30 – 1747.04.10), already Cardinal-Priest but with no Title assigned (1747.04.10 – 1756.06.28) * Louis César Constantin, prince de Rohan-Guéméné (23 September 1756 - death 11 March 1779), created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1761.11.23 – 1779.03.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Toussaint Duvernin (1757.05.23 – death 1785.08.08), Titular Bishop of Arathia (1757.05.23 – 1785.08.08) * Louis René Édouard de Rohan-Guéméné (11 March 1779 - resigned 29 November 1801), succeeding as previous

of Strasbourg ( 759.11.221760.03.24 – 1779.03.11) and Titular Bishop of Canopus (1760.03.24 – 1778.06.01); already Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – death 1803.02.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jean Jacques Lantz (1786.04.03 – death 1799.01.06), Titular Bishop of Dora (1786.04.03 – 1799.01.06) * Jean-Pierre Saurine (9 April 1802 - death 7 May 1813) * Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre (8 August 1817 - 4 July 1823), next Metropolitan

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of Rouen (

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1823.11.17 – death 1844.01.01), created Cardinal-Priest of

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(1829.05.21 – 1844.01.01) * Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin (23 August 1823 - 16 November 1826 Resigned), died 1843 * Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern (13 December 1826 - death 27 August 1842), previously Bishop of Aire (France) (

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1823.05.16 – 1827.04.09) ** Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Denis-Auguste Affre (1840.04.27 – 1840.05.26), Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis (1840.04.27 – 1840.05.26); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (

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1840.07.13 – 1848.06.27) * Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) (27 August 1842 - death 17 November 1887), succeeding as previous

of Strasbourg (

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1840.12.14 – 1842.08.27) and Titular Bishop of

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(1840.12.14 – 1842.08.27) *'' Apostolic Administrator Pierre-Paul Stumpf'' (1883.02.25 – 1887.11.17 ''see below''), while Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg ( 881.04.091881.05.13 – 1887.11.17) and Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1881.05.13 – 1887.11.17) * Pierre-Paul Stumpf (''see above'' 17 November 1887 - death 10 August 1890) * Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) (24 January 1891 - retired 31 July 1919), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus (31 July 1919 – death 1919.09.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Charles Marbach (1891.06.04 – death 1901.09), Titular Bishop of Paphos (1891.06.04 – 1916.10.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Zorn von Bulach (1901.10.24 – retired 1919), Titular Bishop of Erythræ (1901.10.24 – death 1925.01.13) * Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch (23 April 1919 - death 29 August 1945); previously Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (Alsace, France) (1913.06.14 – 1918.10.20) and Titular Bishop of Gerasa (1913.06.14 – 1918.10.20), succeeding as Bishop of Nancy (1918.10.20 – 1919.04.23) * Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. (29 August 1945 - retired 30 December 1966), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg ( 945.05.191945.06.01 – 1945.08.29) and Titular Bishop of Messene (1945.06.01 – 1945.08.29); emeritate first as

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(1962.03.25 – resigned 1966.12.30), died 1981 * Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger (30 December 1966 - retired 16 July 1984), succeeded as former

of Strasbourg ( 957.05.171957.10.26 – 1966.12.30) and Titular Bishop of Antandrus (1957.10.26 – 1966.12.30); died 1998 **

: Roger Joseph Heckel, Jesuit Order (S.J.) (1980.03.27 – death 1982.09.26), previously Roman Curia official : Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1975 – 1976), Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1976 – 1977), Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1977 – 1980.03.27) *

Charles Amarin Brand Charles-Amarin Brand (27 June 1920 – 31 March 2013) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Brand was born in Mulhouse, France, and was ordained a priest on 11 July 1943 from the Archdiocese of Strasbourg. He was appointe ...

(16 July 1984 - ''see promoted 1 June 1988 see below''), previously Titular Bishop of Uthina (1971.12.28 – 1981.07.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France) (1971.12.28 – 1976.11.18) and then as Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (1976.11.18 – 1981.07.30), next exempt Archbishop of Monaco ( Monaco) (1981.07.30 – 1984.07.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Léon Hégelé (1985.09.09 – retired 2000.12.18), Titular Bishop of Utica (1985.09.09 – death 2014.02.11) ;''Archbishops of Strasbourg'' * Archbishop-bishop

(''see above 1 June 1988 see promoted'' - retired 23 October 1997), also Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1986 – 1990), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1990 – 1993); died 2013 * Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, Sulpicians (P.S.S.) (23 October 1997 - 25 August 2006 Resigned), stayed on as Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg (2006.08.25 – retired 2007.04.21) * Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. (21 April 2007 - retired 2017.02.18); succeeded as previous Titular Bishop of Dardanus (2004.09.27 – 2007.04.21) and Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (2004.09.27 – 2007.04.21) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Vincent Jordy (2008.09.19 – 2011.07.22), Titular Bishop of Idassa (2008.09.19 – 2011.07.22); next Bishop of Saint-Claude (France) (2011.07.22 – ...) * Luc Ravel, C.R.S.V. (2017.02.18 – ...), previously Military Ordinary of France (2009.10.07 – 2017.02.18).

Gallery

Luc Ravel par Claude Truong-Ngoc novembre 2014.jpg, Current (2017) archbishop Luc Ravel Strasbourg-Palais épiscopal-Rue du Parchemin.jpg, Grand portal of Episcopal Palace Strasbourg Eveché07.JPG, Secondary building of Episcopal Palace Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg août 2014.jpg, The Mother Church: Strasbourg Cathedral

References

Sources and external links

Official website of the diocese

Official website of the cathedral

Image of the cathedral
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