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Diocese of Sens

Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre
Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis
Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre
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Location
Country  France
Ecclesiastical province Dijon
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dijon
Statistics
Area 7,460 km2 (2,880 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
342,724
209,600 (61.2%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1st Century
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Stephen in Sens
Patron saint St. Savinian and St. Potentian
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud
Metropolitan Archbishop Roland Minnerath
Emeritus Bishops Georges Gilson Archbishop Emeritus (1996-2004)
Yves François Patenôtre Archbishop Emeritus (2004-2015)
Map
Archidiocèse de Sens.svg
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis; French: Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre) is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic church in France. The Archdiocese comprises the department of Yonne, in the region of Bourgogne. Traditionally established in sub -apostolic times, the diocese as metropolis of Quarta Lugdunensis subsequently achieved metropolitical status. For a time, the Archbishop of Sens held the title "Primate of the Gauls and Germania". Until 1622, it numbered seven suffragan (subordinate) dioceses: the dioceses of Chartres, Auxerre, Meaux, Paris, Orléans, Nevers and Troyes, which inspired the acronym CAMPONT. The Diocese of Bethléem at Clamecy was also dependent on the metropolitan see of Sens. The archdiocese is a suffragan of Dijon and consequently no longer wears the pallium. The archbishop is Yves François Patenôtre, whose cathedra (seat) is at Sens Cathedral.


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