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 (2015.03.05 – ...):Archbishop HervĂ© Jean Robert Giraud (67)Archbishop HervĂ© Jean Robert Giraud (67)

Bishop of Viviers (France)

Archbishop ad personam

Ordinaries

Prelates of Mission de France (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (67)Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (67)
(2015.03.05 – ...)

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

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)

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)

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)

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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