The Territorial Prelature of Mission de France ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Missionis Galliae; French: ''Prélature Territoriale de la Mission de France''), also known as the Territorial Prelature of Pontigny ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Missionis Pontiniacensis; French: ''Prélature Territoriale de Pontigny'') is a Latin

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, located in the city of

Pontigny Pontigny () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Sight Its principal distinction is as the home of Pontigny Abbey. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of t ...

in the

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of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon in Burgundy (France).

History

* 24 July 1941: The XXVI-th assembly of cardinals and the archbishoprics of France decided to found the Mission de France, opening a

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(

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). The purpose of the seminary was to train secular priests to carry out evangelical work in poor French dioceses. * 18 January 1954: Giuseppe cardinal Pizzardo, prefect of the Roman Curia's educational department (now

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, then styled Congregation for Seminaries and Universities), notified the Lille diocese that the Mission de France seminary was to be closed and replaced by an "institute for missionary training" which would prepare priests to be sent to dechristianised regions.Histoire Mdf, entry for 18 January 1954
* 15 August 1954: Established as the

Territorial Prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

of Mission de France, on territory split off from the

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Incumbent prelates

(all

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) ;

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of Mission de France * Cardinal Achille Liénart (1954 – November 1964) * Archbishop

François Marty Gabriel Auguste François Marty (18 May 1904 – 16 February 1994) was a French Catholic Church, Catholic Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and Archbishop of Paris. Early years He was born in Vaureilles, Pachins, in France. His family were fa ...

(November 1964 – July 1968) (later Cardinal)* * Bishop

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(15 July 1968 – 22 February 1973) * Bishop

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(3 April 1974 – 30 July 1974) * Cardinal

(6 May 1975 – 25 November 1975) * Cardinal

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(25 November 1975 – 23 April 1982) *

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(23 April 1982 – 1 October 1988) * Bishop

André Jean René Lacrampe André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado (17 December 1941 – 15 May 2015) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Besançon. He was born on 17 December 1941 in Agos-Vidalos, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France ...

, Ist. del Prado (1 October 1988 – 5 January 1995) (later Archbishop)* * Archbishop

Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Georges Robert Edmond Gilson (born May 30, 1929) is a French Catholic bishop. Life Gilson was ordained a priest in 1957. In 1974, he was appointed vicar general A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop o ...

(2 August 1996 – 31 December 2004) * Archbishop Yves François Patenôtre (31 December 2004 – 5 March 2015) * Archbishop

Hervé Jean Robert Giraud Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (born 26 February 1957) is a French Catholic prelate currently serving as the archbishop of Sens-Auxerre. Early life He was born on 26 February 1957 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, ordained priest on 24 September 1 ...

(19 April 2015 – ...)

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Prelature website (French)
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