Diocese of Lille
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Archdiocese of Lille Archidioecesis Insulensis Archidiocèse de Lille |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lille |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,288 km2 (883 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 1,647,000 1,090,000 (66.2%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 October 1913 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Lille |
| Patron saint | Notre-Dame de la Treille |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Ulrich |
| Suffragans |
Archdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Arras |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Gérard Coliche |
| Emeritus Bishops | Gérard Defois Bishop Emeritus (1998-2008) |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse de Lille) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilica: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Nord–Pas-de-Calais. The current Archbishop of Lille is Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich, appointed in February 2008; he is one of the two vice presidents of the Episcopal Conference of France.
Erected on 25 October 1913 originally as the Diocese of Lille, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai, on territory split off from the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai, it encompasses the arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille, within the department of Nord in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
It was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on March 29, 2008.
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees :
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