Archdiocese of Sens
Senonen(sis)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Sens, France
The Archdiocese of Sens (Sens-Auxerre) is a Latin rite archdiocese covering the Yonne department in Burgundy, one of the oldest sees of Gaul, erected in the 1st century; though retaining archiepiscopal rank, since 2002 it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dijon. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Sens, with the archbishop also bearing the title of Prelate of the Mission de France.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1823
- Latin
- Senonen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Savinian and St. Potentian
- Annuario code
- 001003029
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 198,235
- Population
- 340,514
- Catholic share
- 58.2%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 4,046
- Extent
- 7,460 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Pascal Wintzer
- Born
- 18 December 1959
- 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 St. Stephen in Sens stands in Sens, 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 Dijon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dijon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DijonDijon
- Diocese of AutunAutun
- Diocese of NeversNevers
- Mission de France o PontignyPontigny
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The department of Yonne, in the region of Burgundy, forms the Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis; French: Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre), a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Late local legends place its founding in sub-apostolic times; as metropolis of the province of Quarta Lugdunensis, the diocese attained ecclesiastical metropolitical status in the 7th century.
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].