Territorial Prelature of

Mission de France

France France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature Territorial Prelature

Name: Mission de France (français) / Pontigny (français) / Missione di Francia (Italiano) / Missionis GalliÊ (Latin) / Pontiniacen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dijon

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Saint ThĂ©odard de Maastricht

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Mission de France, B.P. 101, 3 rue de la Pointe, 94171 Le Perreux sur Marne CEDEX, France

Phone: 1.43.24.95.95

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2025.05.21 – ...):Bishop Dominique Blanchet (59)Bishop Dominique Blanchet (59)

Bishop of Créteil (France)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Mission de France (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominique Blanchet (59)Bishop Dominique Blanchet (59)
(2025.05.21 – ...)

Bishop of Créteil (France)
Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Mets ta joie dans le Seigneur

Born:1966.02.15 (Cholet, France)
Ordained Priest:1999.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:2015.07.12

Priest of Angers (France) (1999.06.27 – 2015.05.21)

Bishop of Belfort–MontbĂ©liard (France) (2015.05.21 – 2021.01.09)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2019.04.03 – 2025.04.02)

Bishop of CrĂ©teil (France) (2021.01.09 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (2025.05.21 – ...)

Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (68)Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (68)
(2015.03.05 – 2025.05.21)

Bishop of Viviers (France)
Archbishop ad personam

Ressuscités avec le Christ

Born:1957.02.26 (Tournon-sur-RhĂŽne, France)
Ordained Priest:1985.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:2003.05.25

Priest of Viviers (France) (1985.09.24 – 2003.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Silli (2003.04.15 – 2007.11.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) (2003.04.15 – 2007.11.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Soissons (France) (2007.11.13 – 2008.02.22)

Bishop of Soissons (France) (2008.02.22 – 2015.03.05)

Archbishop of Sens (France) (2015.03.05 – 2024.03.13)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (2015.03.05 – 2025.05.21)

Bishop of Viviers (France) (2024.03.13 – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2024.03.13 – ...)

Archbishop Yves François PatenÎtre (85)Archbishop Yves François PatenÎtre (85)
(2004.12.31 – 2015.03.05)

Archbishop emeritus of Sens (France)
Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Mission de France (France)

Servus per Jesum

Born:1940.01.23 (Troyes, France)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1995.01.29

Priest of Troyes (France) (1965.06.29 – 1994.12.01)

Bishop of Saint-Claude (France) (1994.12.01 – 2004.07.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (France) (2004.07.30 – 2004.12.31)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (2004.07.30 – 2004.12.31)

Archbishop of Sens (France) (2004.12.31 – 2015.03.05)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (2004.12.31 – 2015.03.05)

Archbishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson
(1996.08.02 – 2004.12.31)

Born:1929.05.30 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:1957.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:1976.10.09
Died:2024.11.27 (Paris, France † 95)

Priest of Paris (France) (1957.04.21 – 1976.07.13)

Titular Bishop of Benda (1976.07.13 – 1981.08.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1976.07.13 – 1981.08.13)

Bishop of Le Mans (France) (1981.08.13 – 1996.08.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1996.08.02 – 2002.12.08)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1996.08.02 – 2004.12.31)

Archbishop of Sens (France) (2002.12.08 – 2004.12.31)

Bishop André-Jean-René Lacrampe, Prado (later Archbishop)
(1988.10.01 – 1995.01.05)

Servir en ta présence

Born:1941.12.17 (Agos-Vidalos, France)
Ordained Priest:1967.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1983.10.16
Died:2015.05.15 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Legia (1983.07.13 – 1988.10.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France) (1983.07.13 – 1988.10.01)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1988.10.01 – 1995.01.05)

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (1995.01.05 – 2003.08.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) (2003.08.13 – 2013.04.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Besançon (France) (2013.04.25 – 2013.10.10)

Cardinal Albert Decourtray
(1982.04.23 – 1988.10.01)

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)

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

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)

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray
(1975.11.25 – 1982.04.23)

(no coat-of-arms or motto)

Born:1922.09.25 (Espelette, France)
Ordained Priest:1947.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1969.05.27
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2019.09.04 (Cambo-les-Bains, France † 96)

Priest of Bayonne (France) (1947.07.13 – 1969.03.29)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1962.08.04 – 1969.03.29)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France (1966 – 1970)

Titular Bishop of Gemellé in Numidia (1969.03.29 – 1970.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1969.03.29 – 1970.12.22)

Archbishop of Marseille (France) (1970.12.22 – 1985.04.13)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1971 – 1979)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1975 – 1981)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1975.11.25 – 1982.04.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (1979.06.30 – 1998.06.24)

President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” (1984.04.08 – 1995.12.02)

President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1984.04.08 – 1998.06.24)

President of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1994.11.15 – 2001)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998.06.24 [1998.10.04] – 2019.09.04)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals (2005.04.30 – 2017.06.10)

Cardinal François Marty
(1975.05.06 – 1975.11.25)

In fide et dilectione

Born:1904.05.16 (Vaureilles, France)
Ordained Priest:1930.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1952.05.01
Created Cardinal:1969.04.28
Died:1994.02.16 (Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France † 89)

Priest of Rodez (France) (1930.06.28 – 1952.02.01)

Bishop of Saint-Flour (France) (1952.02.01 – 1959.12.14)

Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1959.12.14 – 1960.05.09)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims (France) (1959.12.14 – 1960.05.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1960.05.09 – 1968.03.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1965.03.19 – 1968.07.15)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1966 – 1969)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1968.03.26 – 1981.01.31)

Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (1968.03.29 – 1981)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1969 – 1975)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi (1969.04.30 – 1994.02.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1975.05.06 – 1975.11.25)

Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt
(1974.04.03 – 1974.07.30)

Born:1921.01.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1971.09.19
Died:1974.07.30 († 53)

Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France) (1971.08.03 – 1974.04.03)

Titular Bishop of Chunavia (1971.08.03 – 1974.07.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1974.04.03 – 1974.07.30)

Bishop Henri Gufflet
(1968.07.15 – 1973.02.22)

Born:1913.05.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:1936.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1960.04.01
Died:2004.06.11 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1959.12.16 – 1966.04.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Limoges (France) (1959.12.16 – 1966.04.07)

Bishop of Limoges (France) (1966.04.07 – 1988.07.13)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1968.07.15 – 1973.02.22)

Archbishop François Marty (later Cardinal)
(1965.03.19 – 1968.07.15)

In fide et dilectione

Born:1904.05.16 (Vaureilles, France)
Ordained Priest:1930.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1952.05.01
Created Cardinal:1969.04.28
Died:1994.02.16 (Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France † 89)

Priest of Rodez (France) (1930.06.28 – 1952.02.01)

Bishop of Saint-Flour (France) (1952.02.01 – 1959.12.14)

Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1959.12.14 – 1960.05.09)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims (France) (1959.12.14 – 1960.05.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1960.05.09 – 1968.03.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1965.03.19 – 1968.07.15)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1966 – 1969)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1968.03.26 – 1981.01.31)

Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (1968.03.29 – 1981)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1969 – 1975)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi (1969.04.30 – 1994.02.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1975.05.06 – 1975.11.25)

Cardinal Achille Liénart
(1954.11.12 – 1964.11.30)

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)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

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Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 760 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 1 parish

Personnel: 2 priests (diocesan), 15 deacons, 9 seminarians

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