Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille, France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Lille (français) / Lilla (Italiano) / Insulen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Cambrai, Arras

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Notre-Dame de la Treille

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1913.10.25: Established as Diocese of Lille (français) / Lilla (Italiano) / Insulen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai and became suffragan of Cambrai)
2008.03.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille (français) / Lilla (Italiano) / Insulen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Cambrai and Arras)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.04.01 – ...):

Archbishop Laurent Le Boulc’h (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lille (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Laurent Le Boulc’h (64)
(2023.04.01 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lille (France)

Mon joug est facile à porter et mon fardeau léger

Born:	1960.09.04 (Loudéac, France)
Ordained Priest:	1988.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.10.27

Priest of Saint-Brieuc (France) (1988.06.19 – 2013.09.05)

Bishop of Coutances (France) (2013.09.05 – 2023.04.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lille (France) (2023.04.01 – ...)

Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich (73)
(2008.03.29 – 2022.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)
Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

La joie de croire

Born:	1951.09.07 (Dijon, France)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.10

Priest of Dijon (France) (1979.12.02 – 2000.06.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (2000.06.06 – 2002.12.08)

Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (2002.12.08 – 2008.02.01)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)

Archbishop-Bishop of Lille (France) (2008.02.01 – 2008.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lille (France) (2008.03.29 – 2022.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (2022.04.26 – ...)

Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (2022.05.07 – ...)

Bishops of Lille (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich (73)
(2008.02.01 – 2008.03.29)

(see above)

Archbishop Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (94)
(1998.07.02 – 2008.02.01)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Lille (France)

Veritate et caritate

Born:	1931.01.05 (Nueil-sur-Layon, France)
Ordained Priest:	1956.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.10.06

Priest of Angers (France) (1956.10.11 – 1990.07.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (France) (1990.07.26 – 1990.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1990.12.21 – 1995.09.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1995.09.04 – 1998.07.02)

Archbishop-Bishop of Lille (France) (1998.07.02 – 2008.02.01)

Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet
(1983.08.13 – 1998.07.02)

Stella duce

Born:	1922.04.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1944.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.12.13
Died:	2013.01.23 († 90)

Bishop of Saint-Dié (France) (1964.09.24 – 1983.08.13)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1978 – 1981)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1981 – 1987)

Bishop of Lille (France) (1983.08.13 – 1998.07.02)

Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand
(1968.03.14 – 1983.08.13)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1907.05.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.07.02
Died:	1990.10.28 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Macriana minor (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lille (France) (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.14)

Bishop of Lille (France) (1968.03.14 – 1983.08.13)

Cardinal Achille Liénart
(1928.10.06 – 1968.03.14)

Miles Christi Jesu

Born:	1884.02.07 (Lille, France)
Ordained Priest:	1907.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.12.08
Created Cardinal:	1930.06.30
Died:	1973.02.15 (Lille, France † 89)

Bishop of Lille (France) (1928.10.06 – 1968.03.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1930.07.03 – 1973.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1954.11.12 – 1964.11.30)

Bishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet
(1920.06.18 – 1928.03.23)

In veritate et in corde perfecto

Born:	1859.03.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1881.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.03.19
Died:	1928.11.26 († 69)

Bishop of Limoges (France) (1913.12.24 – 1920.06.18)

Bishop of Lille (France) (1920.06.18 – 1928.03.23)

Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis (1928.03.23 – 1928.11.26)

Bishop Alexis-Armand Charost (later Cardinal)
(1913.11.21 – 1920.06.15)

Per Ipsam cum Ipsa in Ipsa

Born:	1860.11.14 (Le Mans, France)
Ordained Priest:	1883.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.05.13
Created Cardinal:	1922.12.11
Died:	1930.11.07 (Rennes, France † 69)

Titular Bishop of Miletopolis (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France) (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21)

Bishop of Lille (France) (1913.11.21 – 1920.06.15)

Titular Archbishop of Chersona (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1921.09.22 – 1930.11.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1922.12.14 – 1930.11.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand (1964.05.19 – 1968.03.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antoine Hérouard (68) (later Archbishop) (2017.02.22 – 2022.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gérard Coliche (84) (2009.07.09 – 2017.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (68) (later Archbishop) (2004.06.30 – 2009.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Luc Brunin (74) (2000.04.20 – 2004.05.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Georges Deledicque (1987.06.19 – 1997.08.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henri-Charles Dupont (1951.07.24 – 1972.12.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Palmyre-Georges Jansoone (1927.01.14 – 1940.09.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Arras (↙), Brugge (↑), Tournai (→), Cambrai (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,288 km²

Population: 1,138,550 Catholics (68.9% of 1,652,055 total)

Pastoral Centres: 106 parishes

Personnel: 251 priests (221 diocesan, 30 religious), 104 deacons, 405 religious (101 brothers, 304 sisters), 6 seminarians