Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Dijon

France France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Dijon / Divionen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Sens, Autun, Nevers, Mission de France

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Benigne

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.02.11 – ...):Archbishop Antoine HĂ©rouard (68)Archbishop Antoine HĂ©rouard (68)

Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Dijon (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Antoine HĂ©rouard (68)Archbishop Antoine HĂ©rouard (68)
(2022.02.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France)
Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)
Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Dilexit Deus mundum

Born:1956.08.10 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
Ordained Priest:1985.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2017.04.30

Priest of Paris (France) (1985.06.29 – 2017.02.22)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France (2007 – 2013)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2008.01.25 – 2017.02.22)

Titular Bishop of Maillezais (2017.02.22 – 2022.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France) (2017.02.22 – 2022.02.11)

Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (2019.05.31 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France) (2022.02.11 – ...)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (2023.03.22 – ...)

Archbishop Roland Minnerath (78)Archbishop Roland Minnerath (78)
(2004.02.13 – 2022.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dijon (France)

Major autem caritas

Born:1946.11.27 (Sarreguemines, France)
Ordained Priest:1978.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:2004.03.21

Priest of Strasbourg (France) (1978.06.25 – 2004.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France) (2004.02.13 – 2022.02.11)

Archbishop Michel Louis Coloni
(2002.12.08 – 2004.02.13)

Born:1927.08.25 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:1954.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:1982.10.08
Died:2016.07.06 (Tivernon, France † 88)

Titular Bishop of OĂ«a (1982.05.11 – 1989.01.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1982.05.11 – 1989.01.30)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1989.01.30 – 2002.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France) (2002.12.08 – 2004.02.13)

Bishops of Dijon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michel Louis Coloni (later Archbishop)
(1989.01.30 – 2002.12.08)

(see above)

Bishop Jean Balland (later Cardinal)
(1982.11.06 – 1988.08.08)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:1934.07.26 (Bué, France)
Ordained Priest:1961.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:1982.12.02
Created Cardinal:1998.02.21
Died:1998.03.01 (Lyon, France † 63)

Priest of Bourges (France) (1961.09.03 – 1982.11.06)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1982.11.06 – 1988.08.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1988.08.08 – 1995.05.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1995.05.27 – 1998.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1998.02.21 – 1998.03.01)

Bishop Albert Decourtray (later Cardinal)
(1974.04.22 – 1981.10.29)

In simplicitate

Born:1923.04.09 (Wattignies, France)
Ordained Priest:1947.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1971.07.03
Created Cardinal:1985.05.25
Died:1994.09.16 (Bron, Lyon, France † 71)

Priest of Lille (France) (1947.06.29 – 1971.05.27)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1971.05.27 – 1974.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dijon (France) (1971.05.27 – 1974.04.22)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1974.04.22 – 1981.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1981.10.29 – 1994.09.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1982.04.23 – 1988.10.01)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1985.05.25 – 1994.09.16)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1987 – 1990)

Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse
(1964.04.11 – 1974.04.22)

In caritate radicati

Born:1907.01.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:1937.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1962.05.05
Died:1985.03.07 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Antiochia parva (1962.01.26 – 1964.04.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dijon (France) (1962.01.26 – 1964.04.11)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1964.04.11 – 1974.04.22)

Bishop Guillaume-Marius Sembel
(1937.03.15 – 1964.04.11)

Animam pro ovibus

Born:1883.11.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:1907.11.10
Consecrated Bishop:1937.06.01
Died:1964.04.11 († 80)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1937.03.15 – 1964.04.11)

Archbishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1936.09.18 – 1937.05.15)

Bishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville (later Cardinal)
(1927.06.23 – 1936.08.07)

In pace et caritate Christi

Born:1876.11.22 (Dijon, France)
Ordained Priest:1903.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1927.09.29
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1947.12.10 (Rouen, France † 71)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1927.06.23 – 1936.08.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1936.08.07 – 1947.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Dijon (France) (1936.09.18 – 1937.05.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1946.02.22 – 1947.12.10)

Bishop Maurice Landrieux
(1915.12.06 – 1926.12.11)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1857.10.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:1883.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1916.02.02
Died:1926.12.11 († 69)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1915.12.06 – 1926.12.11)

Bishop Jacques-Louis MonestĂšs
(1911.08.11 – 1915.03.31)

Suavis et verax

Born:1856.02.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:1880.05
Consecrated Bishop:1911.10.01
Died:1915.03.31 († 59)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1911.08.11 – 1915.03.31)

Bishop Pierre Dadolle
(1906.02.21 – 1911.05.22)

Nos autem arma lucis

Born:1857.01.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:1880.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1906.02.25
Died:1911.05.22 († 54)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1906.02.21 – 1911.05.22)

Bishop Albert-LĂ©on-Marie Le Nordez
(1898.11.28 – 1904.09.04)

Fortiter pro templo et patria stantes

Born:1844.04.19 (France)
Ordained Priest:1868.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1896.08.09
Died:1922.01.29 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Arca (1896.06.25 – 1898.11.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Verdun (France) (1896.06.25 – 1898.11.28)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1898.11.28 – 1904.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis (1921.12.09 – 1922.01.29)

Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury
(1890.06.26 – 1898.11.28)

Utrique fidelis

Born:1842.05.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:1865.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1885.06.21
Died:1921.02.06 († 78)

Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) ([1884.12.31] 1885.03.27 – 1886.06.10)

Bishop of FrĂ©jus (France) ([1886.03.02] 1886.06.10 – 1890.06.26)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1890.06.03] 1890.06.26 – 1898.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) ([1898.07.08] 1898.11.28 – 1907.12.15)

Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais (1909.04.29 – 1921.02.06)

Bishop Victor-Lucien-Sulpice LĂ©cot (later Cardinal)
(1886.06.10 – 1890.06.26)

Nos autem Christi

Born:1831.01.08 (Montescourt-Lizerolles, France)
Ordained Priest:1855.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1886.07.11
Created Cardinal:1893.06.12
Died:1908.12.19 (ChambĂ©ry, France † 77)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1886.06.10 – 1890.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) (1890.06.26 – 1908.12.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1894.05.21 – 1908.12.19)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon
(1885.03.27 – 1885.11.09)

Fortitudo mea

Born:1828.07.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:1855.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1885.07.25
Died:1885.11.09 († 57)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1885.01.13] 1885.03.27 – 1885.11.09)

Bishop François-Victor Rivet
(1838.09.13 – 1884.07.12)

Born:1796.06.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:1819.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1838.10.21
Died:1884.07.12 († 88)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1838.05.10] 1838.09.13 – 1884.07.12)

Bishop Claude Rey
(1832.02.24 – 1838.05.08)

Non hanc sed futuram inquirimus

Born:1773.11.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:1803.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1832.09.23
Died:1858.08.17 († 84)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1831.07.09] 1832.02.24 – 1838.05.08)

Archbishop Jacques Raillon
(1829.09.28 – 1832.02.24)

Born:1762.07.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:1785.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1829.11.15
Died:1835.02.13 († 72)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1829.06.07] 1829.09.28 – 1832.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) ([1830.12.14] 1832.02.24 – 1835.02.13)

Bishop Jean-François Martin de Boisville
(1822.04.19 – 1829.05.27)

Born:1755.01.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:1779.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:1822.08.11
Died:1829.05.27 († 74)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1822.01.14] 1822.04.19 – 1829.05.27)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Dubois
(1820.05.29 – 1822.01.06)

Born:1754.08.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:1779.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1820.07.09
Died:1822.01.06 († 67)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1820.03.04] 1820.05.29 – 1822.01.06)

Bishop Henri Reymond
(1802.05.02 – 1820.02.20)

Born:1737.11.16 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1793.01.13
Died:1820.02.20 († 82)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1802.04.11] 1802.05.02 – 1820.02.20)

Bishop René des Monstiers de Mérinville
(1787.04.23 – 1801.12.02)

Born:1742.07.01 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1787.05.13
Died:1829.11.11 († 87)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1787.02.25] 1787.04.23 – 1801.12.02)

Bishop of ChambĂ©ry (France) ([1802.04.09] 1802.05.04 – 1805.02.07)

Bishop of Genùve (Switzerland) (1802.05.04 – 1805.02.07)

Bishop Jacques-Joseph-François de VogĂŒĂ©
(1776.05.20 – 1787.02.06)

Born:1740.04.13 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1776.06.09
Died:1787.02.06 († 46)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1776.03.03] 1776.05.20 – 1787.02.06)

Bishop Claude-Marc-Antoine d’Apchon de Corgenon (later Archbishop)
(1755.09.24 – 1776.02.18)

Born:1721.06.05
Ordained Priest:1747
Consecrated Bishop:1755.10.19
Died:1783.05.21 († 61)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1755.09.24 – 1776.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France) (1776.02.18 – 1783.05.21)

Bishop Claude Bouhier
(1743.12.16 – 1755.06.21)

Born:1683.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1744.01.26
Died:1755.06.21 († 72)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1743.12.16 – 1755.06.21)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay
(1731.04.09 – 1743.10)

Born:1666.03.14
Ordained Priest:1692.11.11
Consecrated Bishop:1731.09.16
Died:1744.10.15 († 78)

Bishop of Dijon (France) (1731.04.09 – 1743.10)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Nevers (↙), Sens (↖), Troyes (↖), Langres (↑), Besançon (→), Saint-Claude (↘), Autun (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,763 kmÂČ

Population: 340,000 Catholics (63.6% of 535,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes

Personnel: 141 priests (95 diocesan, 46 religious), 39 deacons, 170 religious (67 brothers, 103 sisters), 3 seminarians

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