Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers
|
Archdiocese of Poitiers Archidioecesis Pictaviensis Archidiocèse de Poitiers |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Poitiers |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,098 km2 (5,057 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 790,900 670,000 (84.7%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 December 2002 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Poitiers |
| Patron saint | St. Hilary of Poitiers |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pascal Wintzer |
| Emeritus Bishops | Albert Rouet Archbishop Emeritus (2002–2011) |
| Map | |
 |
|
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers (Latin: Archidioecesis Pictaviensis; French: Archidiocèse de Poitiers) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archepiscopal see is in the city of Poitiers. The Diocese of Poitiers includes the two Departments of Vienne and Deux-Sèvres. The Concordat of 1802 added to the see besides the ancient Diocese of Poitiers a part of the Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes.
Erected in the third century, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 2002. The archdiocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Angoulême, the Diocese of La Rochelle, the Diocese of Limoges, and the Diocese of Tulle.
The Cathedral Church of Saint-Pierre had a Chapter composed of the bishop and twenty-four canons. The officers of the Chapter were: the Dean, the Cantor, the Provost, the sub-Dean, the sub-Cantor, and the three archdeacons (who are not prebends). The Abbé of Nôtre-Dame-le-Grand was also a member of the Chapter ex officio.
Before the Revolution, the diocese had three archdeacons: the Archdeacon of Poitiers, the Archdeacon of Briançay (or Brioux), and the Archdeacon of Thouars.
The current archbishop is Pascal Wintzer, who was appointed in 2012.
Louis Duchesne holds that its earliest episcopal catalogue represents the ecclesiastical tradition of Poitiers in the twelfth century. The catalogue reckons twelve predecessors of Hilary of Poitiers, among them Nectarius, Liberius, and Agon, and among his successors Sts. Quintianus and Maxentius. Duchesne does not doubt the existence of the cults of these saints but questions whether they were bishops of Poitiers. In his opinion, Hilary (350 – 367 or 368) is the first bishop of whom we have historical evidence. In this he concurs with the Benedictine editors of Gallia Christiana.
...
Wikipedia