Apostolic Vicar of Luxembourg
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Archdiocese of Luxembourg Archidioecesis Luxemburgensis Erzdiözees Lëtzebuerg Archidiocèse de Luxembourg Erzdiözese Luxemburg |
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| Location | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Territory | Entire country |
| Metropolitan | Direct subject to Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,586 km2 (998 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 537,000411,000 ( 76.5%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1833 |
| Cathedral | Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Claude Hollerich |
| Emeritus Bishops | Fernand Franck, Archbishop Emeritus (1991-2011) |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luxembourg (Latin: Archidioecesis Luxemburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, comprising the entire Grand Duchy. The seat of the Archdiocese is the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the city of Luxembourg, and since 2011 the Archbishop is Jean-Claude Hollerich.
Christianity spread in Luxembourg from the city of Trier, along the Roman roads. The episcopal organisation of the area started in the late 3rd century with Euchaire and Maximin of Trier, and in the early 4th century, Materne of Cologne. The Christianisation of rural areas only came much later. Rural populations remained strangers to Christianity despite scattered islands in Arlon, Bitburg, Altrier and Dalheim. In the late 5th century, the Church was cut off from the power held by the new, Frankish arrivals, who were dedicated to the cult of Odin.
After the baptism of the Frankish king Clovis I, the Frankish people were open to Christianity in theory, but paganism subsisted in remote regions, and only died out over the next two centuries.
Under the Carolingians, the Frankish church's reorganisation went underway, and the evangelisation of the area of Luxembourg was facilitated by the official recognition of Christianity. Missionaries from Aquitaine, Ireland and England helped in this.
The work of these missionaries was complemented by the foundation of monasteries in the 7th and 8th centuries: St. Maximin's Abbey in Trier (633), Stavelot-Malmedy (650), Andagium (687). Andagium became the abbey of Saint-Hubert when the remains of Saint Hubert, the bishop of Liège and patron saint of the Ardennes, were moved there in 824. Around 690, Saint Leodouin founded the abbey of Mettlach, while in 722, Bertha, sister of Charles Martel, founded Prüm Abbey, with the aid of monks from Echternach.
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