Diocese of Arras
Atrebaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Arras, France
The Diocese of Arras (Arras-Boulogne-Saint-Omer) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, founded in 499 by St. Vedast. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lille. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Vedast in Arras.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 499
- Latin
- Atrebaten(sis)
- Patron
- St. Vedast
- Annuario code
- 001000733
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,149,680
- Population
- 1,491,710
- Catholic share
- 77.1%
- Priests
- 141
- Catholics per priest
- 8,154
- Extent
- 6,678 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 172
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Olivier Leborgne
- Born
- 13 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Nantes
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Vedast, Arras stands in Arras, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lille
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lille.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CambraiCambrai
- Archdiocese of LilleLille
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the whole Department of Pas-de-Calais in the Region of Hauts-de-France, the Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer) (Latin: Dioecesis Atrebatensis (-Bononiena-Audomarensis); French: Diocèse d'Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its episcopal see is Arras Cathedral in the city of Arras. The most significant changes to its jurisdiction all took place during the Napoleonic wars.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].