Archdiocese of Lille
Insulen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lille, France
The Archdiocese of Lille is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Lille arrondissement of the Nord department in northern France; erected as a diocese on 25 October 1913, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 29 March 2008. Its province includes the Diocese of Arras and the Archdiocese of Cambrai. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Treille in Lille.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 October 1913
- Latin
- Insulen(sis)
- Patron
- Notre-Dame de la Treille
- Annuario code
- 001002000
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,131,415
- Population
- 1,642,330
- Catholic share
- 68.9%
- Priests
- 246
- Catholics per priest
- 4,599
- Extent
- 2,288 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 494
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
- Laurent Le Boulc'h
- Born
- 4 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Loudéac
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 Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Treille, Lille stands in Lille, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CambraiCambrai
- Diocese of ArrasArras
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille) has as its cathedral episcopal see a Marian Minor Basilica, the Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France.
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].