Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras
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Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis) Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lille |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lille |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,678 km2 (2,578 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 1,488,951 1,138,000 (76.4%) |
| Parishes | 94 |
| Churches | 832 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 499 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Vedast in Arras |
| Patron saint | Saint Vedast |
| Secular priests | 230 (diocesan) 43 (religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jean-Paul Jaeger |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Ulrich |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis); French: Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The episcopal see is the Arras Cathedral, in the city of Arras. The diocese encompasses all of the Department of Pas-de-Calais, in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The current bishop is Jean-Paul Jaeger, appointed in 1998.
The most significant jurisdictional changes all occurred during the Napoleonic wars. From 1802 to 1841, the diocese was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paris, shifting away from the Archdiocese of Cambrai, after Napoleon dissolved the massive Archdiocese. After the defeat of Napoleon, the Napoleonic Concordat united the diocese of Arras, diocese of Saint-Omer and diocese of Boulogne together in one much larger diocese. Unlike most of the other dioceses immediately restored, it was not until 1841 that the diocese returned as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cambrai.
A person named Martin is said to have evangelized Artois and Arras, capital of the Celtic Atrebates by 350AD; however, these early Christian communities did not survive the barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire in the fifth century.
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