Archdiocese of Dijon
Divionen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Dijon, France
The Archdiocese of Dijon is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Cote-d'Or department in Burgundy, France; erected as a diocese on 9 April 1731, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 8 December 2002. Its province includes the dioceses of Autun, Nevers and Saint-Claude. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Benignus in Dijon.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 April 1731
- Latin
- Divionen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Benignus of Dijon
- Annuario code
- 001001303
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 340,270
- Population
- 533,430
- Catholic share
- 63.8%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 3,304
- Extent
- 8,760 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 39
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
- Archbishop
- Antoine Herouard
- Born
- 10 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
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 St. Benignus, Dijon stands in Dijon, 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 Dijon
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SensSens
- Diocese of AutunAutun
- Diocese of NeversNevers
- Mission de France o PontignyPontigny
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1731 as the Diocese of Dijon and then suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyon, the see was raised to the rank of archdiocese in 2002. The Archdiocese of Dijon (Latin: Archidioecesis Divionensis; French: Archidiocèse de Dijon) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France whose territory covers the entire department of Côte-d'Or, in the Region of Bourgogne. The archepiscopal see is Dijon Cathedral, in the city of Dijon.
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].