Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen
| Archdiocese of Rouen Archidioecesis Rothomagensis Archidiocèse de Rouen | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rouen |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,228 km2 (1,632 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 868,500 652,000 (75.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Rouen |
| Patron saint | Assumption of Our Lady |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dominique Lebrun |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Archbishop of Rouen's ecclesiastical province comprises the majority of Normandy. The Archbishop of Rouen is Dominique Lebrun.
According to legend the diocese was founded by Nicasius, a disciple of St. Denis who was martyred after arriving in Normandy. It became an archdiocese probably around 744 with the accession of Grimo. Archbishop Franco baptized Rollo of Normandy in 911, and the archbishops were involved in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Normandy was annexed to France in 1204, and Rouen was later occupied by England from 1419 to 1449 during the Hundred Years' War. In 1562 the city was briefly captured by Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.
The suffragan dioceses of Rouen in the Middle Ages were Évreux, Avranches, Sées, Bayeux, Lisieux, and Coutances. Today its suffragans are: Diocese of Bayeux, Diocese of Coutances, Diocese of Évreux, Diocese of Le Havre, Diocese of Sées.
The seat of the archbishop is the 13th century Gothic Rouen Cathedral, which was heavily damaged during World War II and later rebuilt. The archdiocese was the site of the terrorist attack at the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
Bishops
- Nicasius (c. 250)
- Mellonius (260-311)
- Avitianus (311-325)
- Severus (325-341)
- Eusebius (c. 341-366)
- Marcellinus (366-385)
- Peter I (385-393)
- Victricius (393-417)
- Innocent (417-c. 426)
- Sylvester (c. 426-442)
- Malsonus (c. 442-451)
- Germanus (c. 451-462)
- Crescent (c. 462-488)
- Godardus (c. 488-525), Gildard, Gildardus
- Filleul (525-542)
- Evodus (542-550)
- Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen) (550-589)
- Melancus (589-602)
- Hidulphus (602-631)
- Romanus (631-640)
- Saint Ouen (641-689)
- Ansbert (689-693)
- Grippo (695-c. 719)
- Roland (c. 719-c. 732)
- Hugh of Champagne (720-730)
- Robert I (740-744)
Archbishops
744-1000
- Grimo (744-c. 748)
- Ragenfred (748-753)
- Remigius (753-762)
- Hugh II (762-769)
- Meinhard (769-c. 800)
- Gilbert (800-828)
- Ragnoard (828-836)
- Gombaud (836-849)
- Paul (849-855)
- Ganelon (858-869)
- Adalard (869-872)
- Riculf (872-876)
- John I (876-889)
- Witton (889-c. 910)
- Franco (911-919)
- Gonthard (919-942)
- Hugh III (942-989)
- Robert II (990-1037)
1000-1400
- Mauger (1037–1055)
- Maurilius (1055–1067)
- John II (1067–1078)
- William I Bonne-Âme (1079–1110)
- Geoffrey Brito (1111–1128)
- Hugh IV (1129–1164)
- Rotrou (1165–1184)
- Walter de Coutances (1184–1208)
- Robert III Poulain (1208–1222)
- Thibaud d'Amiens (1222–1231)
- Maurice (1231–1237)
- Peter II de Colmieu (1237–1245)
- Eudes I Clement (1245–1247)
- Eudes II Rigaud (1247–1276)
- William II de Flavacourt (1276–1306)
- Bernard de Fargis (1306–1311)
- Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu (1311–1319)
- William III de Durfort (1319–1331)
- Peter III Roger de Beaufort (1331–1338)
- Aimery Guenaud (1338–1342)
- Nicolas I Roger (1342–1347)
- John III de Marigny (1347–1351)
- Peter IV de la Forêt (1351–1356)
- William IV de Flavacourt (1356–1369)
- Philippe of Alençon (1369–1375)
- Peter V de la Montre (1375)
- William V de Lestranges (1375–1388)
- William VI de Vienne (1389–1406)
1400-1700
- Louis I d'Harcourt (1406–1422)
- Jean de La Roche-Taillée (1422–1430)
- Hugh V des Orges (1430–1436)
- Louis II de Luxemburg (1436–1443)
- Raoul Roussel (1443–1455)
- William VII d'Estouteville (1453–1482)
- Robert IV de Croixmare (1482–1494)
- Georges d'Amboise (1493–1510)
- Georges II d'Amboise (1510–1550)
- Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1550–1590 )
- Charles II de Bourbon (1590–1594)
- Charles III de Bourbon (1594–1604)
- François I de Joyeuse (1605–1614)
- François II de Harlay (1614–1651)
- François III de Harlay de Champvallon (1651–1672)
- François IV Rouxel de Médavy de Grancey (1672–1691)
- Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1691–1707)
1700-present
- Claude-Maur d'Aubigné (1708–1719)
- Armand Bazin de Besons (1719–1720)
- Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan (1724–1733)
- Nicolas II de Saulx-Tavannes (1734–1759)
- Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (1759–1790)
- vacant after the French Revolution (1790–1802)
- Etienne-Hubert Cambacérès[1] (1802–1818)
- François de Pierre de Bernis (1819–1823)
- Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre (1823–1844)
- Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul (1844–1858)
- Henri de Bonnechose (1858–1883)
- Léon Thomas (1883–1894)
- Guillaume Sourrieu (1894–1899)
- Frédéric Fuzet (1899–1916)
- Louis-Ernest Dubois (1916–1920)
- André du Bois de La Villerabel (1920–1936)
- Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville (1936–1948)
- Joseph-Marie Martin (1948–1968)
- André Pailler (1968–1981)
- Joseph Duval (1981–2004)
- Jean-Charles Descubes (2004–2015)
- Dominique Lebrun (2015–present)[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Charles Ledré (1943). Le Cardinal Cambacérès, archevèque de Rouen (1802-1818): La réorganisation d'un diocèse franc̦ais au lendemain de la Révolution (in French). Paris: Librairie Plon, Les Petits-Fils de Plon et Nourrit.
- ↑ Lebrun was formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Etienne; appointed Friday, July 10, 2015, by Pope Francis, to succeed Archbishop Jean-Charles Marie Descubes. Vatican Bulletin
- ↑ Vatican press bulletin
Bibliography
- Chaline, Nadine-Josette (1976). Le Diocèse de Rouen-Le Havre (in French). Paris: Éditions Beauchesne.
- Congregation of Saint-Maur, ed. (1759). Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa... De provincia Rotomagensi, ejusque metropoli ac suffraganeis ... ac Constantiensi ecclesiis (in Latin). Paris: Typographia Regia.
- Fisquet, Honoré (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): histoire chronologique et biographique...Metropole de Rouen: Rouen (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos. pp. 146–153.
- Sauvage, Eugene Paul Marie (Abbe) (1884). Actes des saints du diocèse de Rouen (in French). Tome I. Rouen: E. Fleury.
External links
- Archbishops of Rouen (French)
- Official website (French)
- Archdiocese of Rouen (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Coordinates: 49°26′25″N 1°05′42″E / 49.4402°N 1.09509°E