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Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)

Dioecesis Atrebatensis (-Bononiena-Audomarensis)



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 23 November 1853
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lille
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 6,671 (2,576 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nord
  • Official Web Site: http://arras.catholique.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, 4 rue des Fours, CS 40137, 62003 Arras CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 3.21.23.75.07
  • Fax: 3.21.23.73.74

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Arras
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Arras (erected)
12 May 1559Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Arras (from Reims to Cambrai)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer) (suppressed)
Diocese of Saint-Omer (suppressed)
Diocese of Arras
Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
23 November 1853Name ChangedDiocese of Arras Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
6 November 1958Territory AddedArchdiocese of Cambrai (Demicourt) Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
18 February 1972Territory AddedDiocese of Amiens (Ytres (in Somme and Pas-de-Calais)) Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
29 March 2008Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer) (from Cambrai)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
19501,168,545.0%1,142841,22601251,900831ap1951
19591,142,1501,276,83389.5%1,1431041,2479151991,6931,037ap1960
19701,397,159.0%8594590402301,4071,020ap1971
19801,204,0001,421,00084.7%7881038911,3511481,2021,025ap1981
19901,195,0001,425,00083.9%603906931,72471279121,043ap1991
19991,113,0001,454,00076.5%425624872,2851782708576ap2000
20001,103,0001,441,56876.5%430614912,2462181652556ap2001
20011,102,0001,440,38276.5%432594912,2442374633556ap2002
20021,103,0001,441,56876.5%387604472,4672773610518ap2003
20031,104,0001,441,56876.6%368524202,6282865528518ap2004
20041,104,0001,441,56876.6%346574032,7392869486567ap2005
20061,102,5671,439,69776.6%319513702,9793265463102ap2007
20121,138,0001,488,95176.4%230432734,1684352248ap2013*
20151,148,7001,490,82077.1%206432494,613505120792ap2016
20181,160,0101,505,49077.1%168322005,800543816491ap2019
20201,147,6001,489,00077.1%167332005,738594114089ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Arras
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 115, and Page 116
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 98
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 122
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 99, and Page 100
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 104
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 105
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 93
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 129
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 495, to Page 496
  • Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 71
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 225, and Page 226
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 318, and Page 319
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 213, and Page 214

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