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Metropolitan see Lille, France

Archdiocese of Lille

Insulen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Treille, Lille, in Lille, France.

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Established
1913
Catholics
1,131,415
Priests
246
Territory
2,288 km²

Parishes and churches

104 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Laurent Le Boulc'h
Born
4 September 1960
Birthplace
Loudéac

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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.

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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.