Territorial Prelature of Mission de France
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The Territorial Prelature of Mission de France o Pontigny is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Pontigny
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Dijon
in France.
Pontigny
Pontigny is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Dijon
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The archepiscopal see is Dijon Cathedral, located in the city of Dijon. The diocese comprises the entire department of Côte-d'Or, in the Region of Auvergne...
in France.
History
- August 15, 1954: Established as the Territorial Prelature of Mission de France from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sens
Leadership
- Prelates of Mission de France (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Yves François Patenôtre (December 31, 2004 – ...)
- Archbishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson (August 2, 1996 – December 31, 2004)
- Bishop André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado (later Archbishop) (October 1, 1988 – January 5, 1995)
- CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
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(April 23, 1982 – October 1, 1988) - Cardinal Roger Etchegaray (November 25, 1975 – April 23, 1982)
- Cardinal François MartyFrançois MartyGabriel Auguste François Marty was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.He was born in Vaureilles, Pachins, in France. His family were farmers. His first baptismal name was Gabriel; but he used his second one, François, to avoid confusion with a classmate who was also named Gabriel...
(May 6, 1975 – November 25, 1975) - Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt (April 3, 1974 – July 30, 1974)
- Bishop Henri Gufflet (July 15, 1968 – February 22, 1973)
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(later Cardinal) (November 1964 – July 1968) - Cardinal Achille LiénartAchille LiénartAchille Liénart was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lille from 1928 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930.-Biography:...
(1954 – November 1964)