Metropolitan see Besançon, France
Archdiocese of Besançon
Bisuntin(us)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Besancon is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in the Franche-Comte region of eastern France, an ancient see elevated to metropolitan rank in the 4th century. It covers the Doubs and Haute-Saone departments and the Territoire de Belfort area is its historic province. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. John in Besancon.
On the map
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- Catholics
- 569,000
- Priests
- 117
- Territory
- 9,732 km²
Parishes and churches
56 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse arc autrey champlitteTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse athesans moffansTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse baume les damesTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse beaupreTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse calixte II de quingeyTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse clervalTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse combeaufontaine laitreTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse dampierre sur salonTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse faverney amanceTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse fougerollesTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse frasneTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse fresne vellexonTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse grayTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse haute vallee de la loueTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse levierTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse luxeuilTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse marchaux rigneyTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse marnay recologneTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse meliseyTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse montbenoit gilleyTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse monts de gyTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse mouthe lac mont dorTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse notre dame daigremontTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse notre dame des vignesTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse notre dame du montTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse passavant corre jonvelleTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse pays de champagneyTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse pays de franoisTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse pays de lureTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse pays de pontarlierTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Jean-Luc Bouilleret
- Born
- 28 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Arbois
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. John, Besancon stands in Besançon, 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.
History
The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bisuntina; French: Archidiocèse de Besançon), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, takes in the département of Doubs, apart from Montbéliard, and the département of Haute-Saône, apart from the canton of Héricourt. Between 1034 and 1184 its archbishop also held civil authority within the Holy Roman Empire as the prince-archbishop of Besançon.