Area 2,288 km² | Denomination Roman Catholic Established 25 October 1913 Phone +33 3 20 55 28 72 Auxiliary bishop Gérard Coliche Metropolitan archbishop Laurent Ulrich | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2013)1,647,0001,090,000 (66.2%) Patron saint Notre-Dame de la Treille Similar Notre Dame de la Treille, Eglise du Sacré Coeur à L, Église Saint André, Paroisse Saint Maurice Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse de Lille) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France.
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Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilica: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Nord–Pas-de-Calais. The current Archbishop of Lille is Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich, appointed in February 2008; he is one of the two vice presidents of the Episcopal Conference of France.
History
Erected on 25 October 1913 originally as the Diocese of Lille, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai, on territory split off from the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai, it encompasses the arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille, within the department of Nord in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
It was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on March 29, 2008.
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :
Bishops
(all Roman Rite)