Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon
Archdiocese of Besançon Archidiœcesis Bisuntina Archidiocèse de Besançon | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Besançon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,732 km2 (3,758 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 67 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
| Secular priests | 117 diocesan 14 (Religious Orders) 36 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| besancon.mondio16.com | |
The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bisuntina; French: Archidiocèse de Besançon) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It comprises the département of Doubs (except for Montbéliard) and the département of Haute-Saône (except for the canton of Héricourt).
From 1034 to 1184, the archbishop had civil authority within the Holy Roman Empire as the prince-archbishop of Besançon. He gradually lost his civil power to the town council; the city became the Imperial city of Besançon in 1184. The city was annexed by France in stages, eventually being fully subsumed by France in 1792 during the French Revolution. The Archdiocese of Besançon is a metropolitan see with five suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Dioceses of Belfort-Montbéliard, Nancy, Saint–Claude, Saint-Dié, and Verdun.