Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon

Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon

The Archdiocese of Lyons (Latin: Archidioecesis Lugdunensis ) is an archdiocese located in the east of France the Roman Catholic Church. The diocese based in Lyon was founded in the 2nd century and raised in the 3rd century to the archbishopric.

History

The diocese of Lyon was the first diocese established in the three Roman provinces of Gaul and later raised by the bull Antiqua sanctorum patrum to an archbishopric.

Suffragan to the French Revolution are: Belley, Mâcon, Autun, Chalon -sur -Saône, Langres, Saint- Claude ( from 1742) and Dijon ( 1731 ). The archbishop is also Primate of the Gauls.

1801, the church was extended by the Province, dissolved by the French Revolution archdioceses Vienne and Embrun with the suffragan Mende, Grenoble and Chambery. In addition, the extension of the Archdiocese took place around the area of the repealed dioceses Belley and Macon.

1822 Diocese of Mende and the title of the ecclesiastical province of Embrun was transferred to the Archdiocese of Aix and the archdiocese was renamed Lyon -Vienne '. It was the cession of the territory to the reconstructed Diocese of Belley. Suffragan dioceses are now: Langres, Autun, Dijon, Saint -Claude and Grenoble.

The re-founding of the Diocese of Saint- Etienne in 1970 was carved out from the Archdiocese of Lyon. This includes the Department since Loire and large parts of the department Rhône.

2002, the formerly independent archbishopric Chambéry and the diocese of Viviers, which formerly belonged to the Archdiocese of Avignon, incorporated in the ecclesiastical province of Lyon.

Philippe Barbarin Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Annecy Roman Catholic Diocese of Belley-Ars Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Étienne Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence Roman Catholic Diocese of Viviers Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun Ancient Diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon Ancient Diocese of Vienne Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende Roman Catholic Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montpellier Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges Roman Catholic Diocese of Agen Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais Roman Catholic Diocese of Blois Roman Catholic Diocese of Cahors Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne Roman Catholic Diocese of Gap Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes Roman Catholic Diocese of Laval Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz Roman Catholic Diocese of Montauban Roman Catholic Diocese of Moulins Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanterre Roman Catholic Diocese of Nevers Roman Catholic Diocese of Nice Roman Catholic Diocese of Pamiers Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Brieuc Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Flour Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles
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