Archdiocese of Poitiers
Pictavien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Poitiers, France
The Archdiocese of Poitiers is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in west-central France covering the Vienne and Deux-Sevres departments; the ancient see (3rd century, St. Hilary) was elevated to metropolitan rank on 8 December 2002 and heads the province of Poitiers. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Poitiers.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2002
- Latin
- Pictavien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Hilary of Poitiers
- Annuario code
- 001002618
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 660,550
- Population
- 812,900
- Catholic share
- 81.3%
- Priests
- 150
- Catholics per priest
- 4,404
- Extent
- 13,098 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Jerome Beau
- Born
- 24 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Paris
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 St. Peter in Poitiers stands in Poitiers, 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 Poitiers
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AngoulêmeAngoulême
- Diocese of La RochelleLa Rochelle
- Diocese of LimogesLimoges
- Diocese of TulleTulle
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Poitiers, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poitiers (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Pictaviensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Poitiers) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its territory takes in the two Departments of Vienne and Deux-Sèvres. Under the Concordat of 1802 the see received, alongside the ancient Diocese of Poitiers, a portion of the Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes.
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].