Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg
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Archdiocese of Strasbourg Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis Archidiocèse de Strasbourg |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,280 km2 (3,200 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,900,000 1,360,000 (71.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established |
4th century (Diocese) 1 June 1988 (Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg |
| Patron saint | Saint Arbogast |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Luc Ravel |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Vincent Dollmann Christian George Nicolas Kratz |
| Emeritus Bishops | Joseph Doré Archbishop Emeritus (1997-2007)Jean-Pierre Grallet Archbishop Emeritus (2007-2017) |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (Latin: Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis; French: Archidiocèse de Strasbourg; German: Erzbistum Straßburg) is a non-metropolitan archdiocese, of Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in France, first mentioned in 343.
It is one of nine archbishoprics in France which have no (current) suffragans and the only one of those to be exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See in Rome, thus not part of any Metropolitan's province. It is currently headed by Archbishop Luc Ravel, in office since February 2017.
The Diocese of Strasbourg was first mentioned in 343, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishopric of Mainz since Carolingian times. Archeological diggings below the current Saint Stephen’s Church, Strasbourg (Saint-Étienne) in 1948 and 1956 have unearthed the apse of a church dating back to the late 4th or early 5th century, considered the oldest church in Alsace. It is supposed that this was the first seat of the diocese. The diocese may thus have been founded around 300.
The bishop also was the ruler of an ecclesiastical principality (prince-bishopric) in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. For this state, see Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.
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