Archdiocese of Rouen
Rothomagen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Rouen, France
The Archdiocese of Rouen is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Normandy, an ancient see erected in the 2nd century whose archbishop historically bears the title Primate of Normandy; it heads the ecclesiastical province of Rouen. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Rouen.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 744
- Latin
- Rothomagen(sis)
- Patron
- Assumption of Our Lady
- Annuario code
- 001002775
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 655,000
- Population
- 872,000
- Catholic share
- 75.1%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 7,892
- Extent
- 4,228 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 155
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
- Dominique Lebrun
- Born
- 10 January 1957
- Birthplace
- Rouen
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 Notre Dame in Rouen stands in Rouen, 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 Rouen
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bayeux-LisieuxBayeux-Lisieux
- Diocese of CoutancesCoutances
- Diocese of Le HavreLe Havre
- Diocese of SéezSéez
- Diocese of ÉvreuxÉvreux
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Most of Normandy falls within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: Archidioecesis Rothomagensis; French: Archidiocèse de Rouen), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, whose ordinary is one of the fifteen Archbishops of France. Dominique Lebrun currently holds the see. In 2022 the archdiocese counted one priest for every 6,238 Catholics.
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].