Archdiocese of Sens

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Archdiocese of Sens
Archdiocese of Sens
Basic data
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Dijon
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Dijon
Diocesan bishop Hervé Giraud
Emeritus diocesan bishop Georges Gilson
Yves Patenôtre
Vicar General Joël Rignault
surface 7,427 km²
Parishes 31 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 341.902 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 200,000 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 58.5%
Diocesan priest 54 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 22 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 2,632
Permanent deacons 21 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 57 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 83 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Saint-Etienne cathedral
Website yonne.catholique.fr

Today's Archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre ( Latin Archidioecesis Senonensis-Antissiodorensis , French Archidiocèse de Sens-Auxerre ) of the Roman Catholic Church in France was founded at the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 4th century as a diocese in Agedincum , the capital of the Roman province Gallia Lugdunensis IV or Senonia, which - like other dioceses in provincial capitals - held a special position in the church hierarchy from the start.

Under Charlemagne , Sens was elevated to a metropolitan diocese and maintained its special place throughout the Middle Ages because the diocese of Paris was one of his suffragan dioceses . For this reason, the Archbishop of Sens presided over the councils in Paris and played Archbishop Philippe de Marigny a special role in the trial of the Knights Templar in Paris.

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Sens on the eve of the Concordat of 1801 :

  • Archdiocese of Sens
  1. Diocese of Auxerre
  2. Diocese of Nevers
  3. Diocese of Troyes
  4. Bishopric of Bethléem-lez-Clamecy

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Sens between the Bourbon restoration and 2002:

  • Archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre
  1. Diocese of Moulins
  2. Diocese of Nevers
  3. Diocese of Troyes

Since 8 December 2002, Sens - although Archdiocese - Suffragansitz the Archdiocese of Dijon .

See also

literature

  • Irene Plein: The early Gothic sculpture on the west facade of the Cathedral of Sens . Rhema-Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 978-3-930454-40-2

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Sens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation of the Archbishop and the Vicar General on the side of the Archdiocese of Sens (French)
Sens, Saint-Etienne Cathedral and Episcopal Palace