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Metropolitan see Rouen, France

Archdiocese of Rouen

Rothomagen(sis)

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Notre Dame in Rouen, in Rouen, France.

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Established
744
Catholics
655,000
Priests
83
Territory
4,228 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Dominique Lebrun
Born
10 January 1957
Birthplace
Rouen

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Notre Dame in Rouen stands in Rouen, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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