Archdiocese of Rouen

Archdiocese of Rouen Archidioecesis Rothomagensis Archidiocèse de Rouen
Rouen Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Rouen
Statistics
Area	4,228 km2 (1,632 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 868,500 652,000 (75.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of Notre Dame in Rouen
Patron saint	Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Dominique Lebrun
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: Archidioecesis Rothomagensis; French: Archidiocèse de Rouen) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Archbishop of Rouen's ecclesiastical province comprises the majority of Normandy. The Archbishop of Rouen is Dominique Lebrun.

According to legend, developed in the XI century, the diocese was founded by Nicasius, a disciple of St. Denis who was martyred after arriving in Normandy towards the end of the first century on a mission from Pope Clement I. Most of the episcopal lists of the Diocese of Rouen, however, omit Nicasius' name. Rouen became an archdiocese probably around 744 with the accession of Grimo. Archbishop Franco baptized Rollo of Normandy in 911, and the archbishops were involved in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Normandy was annexed to France in 1204, and Rouen was later occupied by England from 1419 to 1449 during the Hundred Years' War. In 1562 the city was briefly captured by Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

The suffragan dioceses of Rouen in the Middle Ages were Évreux, Avranches, Seès, Bayeux, Lisieux, and Coutances. Today its suffragans are the Diocese of Évreux, the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux, the Diocese of Coutances, the Diocese of Le Havre, and the Diocese of Sées.

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