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Archdiocese of Cambrai

Archidioecesis Cameracensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vincent Dollmann, Archbishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1 October 1841
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lille
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 3,420 (1,320 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nord
  • Official Web Site: https://www.cathocambrai.com/
  • Mailing Address: Archeveche, 11 rue du Grand Seminaire, CS 80149, 59403 Cambrai CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 3.27.81.34.96

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Cambrai
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Cambrai (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Archdiocese of Utrecht
Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand} (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Liège
Archdiocese of Mechelen (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Liège
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers} (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Diocese of Middelburg (erected)
Archdiocese of Cambrai
12 May 1559ElevatedDiocese of Cambrai Archdiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Cambrai
29 November 1801ElevatedArchdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Cambrai
Archdiocese of Cambrai
1 October 1841ElevatedDiocese of Cambrai Archdiocese of Cambrai
25 October 1913Territory LostArchdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Lille (erected)
6 November 1958Territory LostArchdiocese of Cambrai (Demicourt) Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer)
29 March 2008ElevatedArchdiocese of Cambrai (no longer a Metropolitan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Cambrai
1949838,000839,77399.8%599156141,3641517493ap1951
1959894,500919,67197.3%674367101,25922640452ap1960
19701,043,486.0%565356000591,075452ap1971
19801,015,0001,050,00096.7%474345081,998157725459ap1981
19901,048,0001,081,00096.9%376223982,633739567459ap1991
1999963,0001,031,78693.3%306113173,0372811424452ap2000
2000963,0001,031,78693.3%278192973,2422825425452ap2001
2001980,0001,050,39493.3%313173302,9692717414452ap2002
2002998,0001,069,00093.4%322173392,9432917396452ap2003
2003980,0001,050,39493.3%303173203,0623217396452ap2004
2004944,0501,011,86293.3%243162593,6442931347337ap2005
2006916,7361,011,86290.6%218132313,9683114344334ap2007
2013921,9001,020,00090.4%175101854,9833711257354ap2014
2016933,0001,031,31490.5%147131605,8314613241355ap2017
2019939,6851,038,70090.5%134131476,392461314351ap2020
2021916,0001,011,80090.5%12691356,78547912550ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Cambrai
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 160
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 115
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 148, and Page 149
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 526, to Page 528
  • Archdiocese of Cambrai
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 131
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 139
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 143
  • Archdiocese of Cambrai
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 213, and Page 214
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