Archdiocese of Dijon
| Archdiocese of Dijon | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dijon |
| Diocesan bishop | Roland Minnerath |
| Vicar General | Eric Millot |
| founding | April 9, 1731 |
| surface | 8,760 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 532,948 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 341,428 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 64.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 119 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.997 |
| Permanent deacons | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 79 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 150 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Saint-Benigne Cathedral |
| address | 20 rue du Petit-Potet 21000 Dijon France |
| Website | www.diocese-dijon.com |
| Ecclesiastical province | |
Church province of Dijon |
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The Archdiocese of Dijon ( Latin Archidioecesis Divionensis , French Archidiocèse de Dijon ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France located in the east of the country . The seat is in Dijon , the historic capital of the Duchy of Burgundy .
history
Already in the Merovingian and Carolingian times Dijon was the residence of the bishops of Langres, who also directed the monastery of St. Bénigne. However, the Dijon dijon itself was only founded on April 9, 1731 by Pope Clement XII. founded and until 2002 belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Lyon . The first bishop was Jean Bouhier, previously abbot of St. Etienne. The reigning bishop René des Monstiers de Mérinville from 1787 could not exercise his office during the French Revolution . From 1801 to 1822 the diocese of Dijon also included the area of the temporarily dissolved diocese of Langres . After its re-establishment on July 26, 1823, the Dijon dijon only included the area of the Cote-d'Or .
The 8,760 km² diocese was raised to a metropolitan diocese by Pope John Paul II on December 16, 2002 and was also assigned four suffragan seats.
The cathedral of the diocese was originally the church of Saint-Etienne, but since the beginning of the 19th century this has been the former collegiate church of Saint-Benigne.
Structure of the Dijon ecclesiastical province since 2002:
- Archdiocese of Dijon
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Dijon (French)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Dijon on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon in Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Administration du diocèse , website of the Archdiocese of Dijon
- ↑ Historical information on the website of the Archdiocese of Dijon (French)
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