The Archdiocese of Strasbourg ( la, Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis; french: Archidiocèse de Strasbourg; german: Erzbistum Straßburg; gsw-FR, Ärzbischofsìtz Strossburi(g)) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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, first mentioned in 343 AD. It is one of nine archbishoprics in France that have no

suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandri ...

s, and it is the only one of those to be exempt to the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

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and not within a

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. It has been headed by Archbishop

Luc Ravel Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. (born 21 May 1957) is a French Catholic bishop. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 October 2009. He was consecrated bishop at the Cathedral of Notre Dame ...

since February 2017.

History

The Diocese of Strasbourg was first mentioned in 343, belonging to the

of the

Archbishopric of Mainz The Electorate of Mainz (german: Kurfürstentum Mainz or ', la, Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In t ...

since

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times. Archeological diggings below the current

Saint Stephen’s Church, Strasbourg Saint Stephen’s Church (french: Église Saint-Étienne) in Strasbourg is located inside the catholic ‘Saint-Étienne’ college in Strasbourg, for which it serves as a chapel. Saint Stephen's is one of the oldest churches in Strasbourg. The ...

(Saint-Étienne) in 1948 and 1956 have unearthed the

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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

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during the

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and Early Modern period. For this state, see Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg. Since the 15th century, the diocesan seat has been the

Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, or ''Cathédrale de Strasbourg'', german: Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg or ''Straßburger Münster''), also known as Strasbourg ...

. By the

Concordat of 1801 The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801 in Paris. It remained in effect until 1905, except in Alsace-Lorraine, where it remains in force. It sought national reconciliation ...

, the Diocese of Strasbourg became a public-law corporation of cult (French: ''établissement public du culte'') and the diocesan ambit of Strasbourg was redrawn and all its areas east of the river

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were redeployed, forming a part of the

Archdiocese of Freiburg The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin ''Archidioecesis Friburgensis'') is a Roman Catholic diocese in Baden-Württemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by an archbishop, who als ...

since 1821. On 29 November 1801 it gained territory from the

Diocese of Basel The Diocese of Basel (german: Bistum Basel; la, Diœcesis Basileensis) is a Catholic diocese in Switzerland. Historically, the bishops of Basel were also secular rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel (german: Fürstbistum Basel). The b ...

(Switzerland),

Diocese of Metz The Diocese of Metz ( la, Dioecesis Metensis; french: Diocèse de Metz) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. In the Middle Ages it was a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire, a ''de facto ...

and

Diocese of Speyer The Diocese of Speyer (lat. Dioecesis Spirensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in the South of the Rhineland-Palatinate and comprises also the Saarpfalz district in the east of the Saarland. The bish ...

(Spiers, Germany). On 25 February 1803 it lost territory to the

Diocese of Konstanz The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803. In his d ...

, on 26 April 1808 it gained territory from the same and in 1815 lost territory to that Diocese of Konstanz. In 1871 the bulk of the diocese became part of

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, while small fringes remained with France. On 10 July 1874 Strasbourg diocese, with its diocesan ambit reconfined to the borders of then German Alsace, gaining territory from the Diocese of Saint-Dié, and losing territory to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon, and it became an exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See instead of part of any

. When the

1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State The 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and State (French: ) was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on 9 December 1905. Enacted during the Third Republic, it established state secularism in France. France was then governed by the '' ...

was enacted, doing away with public-law religious corporations, this did not apply to the Strasbourg diocese which was then within Germany. After

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, Alsace along with the diocese was returned to France, but the status from the concordat has been preserved as part of the

Local law in Alsace-Moselle The territory of the former Alsace-Lorraine, legally known as Alsace-Moselle, is a region in the eastern part of France, bordering with Germany. Its principal cities are Metz and Strasbourg. Alsace-Moselle was part of the German Empire from 1871 ...

. The diocese was elevated to Archdiocese of Strasbourg on 1 June 1988 by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

but not as

of an

and remains exempt. The bishop of this see is appointed by the French president according to the Concordat of 1801. The concordat further provides for the clergy to be paid by the government and Catholic pupils in public schools can receive

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according to archdiocesan guidelines. It enjoyed

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s from

in October 1988 and

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in November 2014.

Cathedral and Basilicas

The archiepiscopal

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...

seat is the Cathedral of Notre Dame (Our Lady) in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administr ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, as

mother church Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the believer. It may also refer to the primary church of a Christian denomination or diocese, i.e. a cathedral or a metropo ...

, a

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. It has four other

Minor Basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

s, two in each of the former

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

region's

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

: * Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (

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) in

Lutterbach Lutterbach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Lutterbach is served by the , ...

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means '' Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is t ...

Basilique Notre-Dame de Marienthal Notre-Dame de Marienthal (Our Lady of Marienthal) is a Catholic pilgrimage church dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus. Located in Marienthal, in the Bas-Rhin department of France, it is administratively situated in the town of Haguenau. Pope Pi ...

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lo ...

* Basilique Notre-Dame de Thierenbach, in Jungholtz, Haut-Rhin * Basilique Notre-Dame du Mont Sainte-Odile in

Ottrott Ottrott () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies southwest of Strasbourg. The vineyards in and around Ottrott produce the red Rouge d'Ottrott, a geographical denomination within the registered de ...

, Bas-Rhin.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,380,000 Catholics (74.9% of 1,843,000 total) on 8,280 km² in 767 parishes and 5 missions with 722 priests (517 diocesan, 205 religious), 80 deacons, 1,332 lay religious (282 brothers, 1,050 sisters) and 17 seminarians . 31 December 2003, the area of the archdiocese comprised a total of 1,713,416 inhabitants of which 75.9% (1,300,000) are Catholics, divided in 762

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

es covering an area of 8,280 km². Also, 619 diocese priests, 50 deacons, 288 ordained priests and 1,728 nuns belonged to the archdiocese.

Episcopal ordinaries

(Incomplete, first centuries unavailable) ;''Suffragan bishops of Strasbourg'' * Amawich (Alavico) (999 – 1001.02.03) * Werner de Bavière (Werner d’Asburgo) (1002 – 1028.10.28) * Guillaume (Guglielmo, William) (1029 – 1047.11.07) * Hermann (Wizelin) (1048 – 1065.01.15) * Werner (Werner von Achalm) (1065–1079) * Thiepald (Teobaldo) (1079–1084) * Otton de Hohenstaufen (Otto von Büren) (1085 – 1100.08.03) * Balduin (Baldovino, Baldwin) (1100–1100) * Cunon (Conrad) (1100–1123) * Bruno(n) (1123–1126) * Eberhard (1126–1127) * Bruno de Hohenberg (1129 – 1131.03.22) * Gebhard (1131–1141) * Burchard (1141 – 1162.07.10) * Rodolphe (Rudof) (1162–1179) * Father Conrad de Geroldseck (1179 – 1180.12.21) * Henri de Hasebourg (1181 – 1190.03.25) * Conrad de Hunebourg (1190 – 1202.11.03) * Henri de Veringen (1202 – 1223.03.11) * Berthold de Teck (1223–1244) * Henri de Stahleck (1245 – 1260.03.04) * Gautier de Geroldseck (1260 – 1263.02.12) * Henri de Geroldseck (1263–1273) * Father Conrad de Lichtenberg (1273 – 1299.08.01) * Frédéric de Lichtenberg (1299 – 1306.12.20) * Jean de Dirpheim (1306.02.18 – death 1328.11.06); previously Bishop of

Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

(Germany) (1305.09.23 – 1306.02.18) * Berthold de Bucheck,

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(O.T.) (1328.11.28 – 1353.11.25); previously Bishop of

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer lie ...

(Germany) (1328.05.07 – 1328.11.28) * Jean de Lichtenberg (1353 – 1365.09.14) * Jean de Luxembourg-Ligny (1366 – 1371.04.04) * Lamprecht von Brunn (1371.04.28 – 1374.04.20), previously Bishop of

Brixen Brixen (, ; it, Bressanone ; lld, Porsenù or ) is a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic an ...

(

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, now Italy) (1364.01.27 – 1364.02.14 not possessed), Bishop of

(Germany) (1364.02.14 – 1371.04.28); later Bishop of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castl ...

(Germany) (1374.04.28 – 1398) * Frederik van Blankenheim (Frédéric de Blankenheim) (1375.07.05 – 1393.07.07); next Bishop of

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(Switzerland) (1391.10.13 – 1393.07.07), Bishop of

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(Netherlands) (1393.07.07 – death 1423.10.10) *''Father Ludovico di Thierstein'' (1393 not possessed) * Father Burcardo di Lützelstein (1393–1394) * Guillaume de Diest (1394 – death 1439.10.06) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Egidio von Byderborch,

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(O. Carm.) (1428.11.29 – ?),

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of Rhosus (1428.11.29 – ?) * Corrado di Busnang (1439 – 1440.11.11) * Robert de Bavière (= of Bavaria) (1440 – 1478.10.18) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Hermann (1447 – death 1455), no other prelature * Albert de Bavière (Calberto del Palatinato-Mosbach) (1478 – 1506.08.20) * Guillaume de Hohnstein (1506 – 1541.06.29) * Érasme de Limbourg (1541 – 1568.11.27) * Jean de Manderscheid (1568 – death 1592.04.22) *''

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Mr. Jean Georges de Brandebourg'' (1592 – retired 1604) no other office * Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1604 – 1607.11.24), previously Bishop of

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...

(France) (1578.07.18 – 1607.11.24), created

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of S. Agata alla Suburra (1591.04.05 – death 1607.11.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Adam Petz (1605.07.18 – death 1626.11.26), Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1605.07.18 – 1626.11.26) * Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich-Tyrol, Mr. Léopold d’Autriche-Tyrol) (24 November 1607 - retired 19 April 1626), died 1632 * Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich (born Germany) (10 October 1626 - death 2 November 1662); previously Bishop of

Passau Passau (; bar, label= Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's po ...

(Bavaria, Germany) (

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1626.02.01 – 1662.11.02); also Bishop of

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(Germany) (1627.12.24 – 1648), Bishop of

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on t ...

(Olmütz in

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, Czech Republic) ( 637.11.161638.09.28 – 1662.11.02), Bishop of

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, r ...

(Breslau,

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) (1656.01.21 – 1662.11.02) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Paulus Aldringen (born Luxemburg) (1627.04.28 – death 1644.03.28), Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1627.04.28 – 1644.03.28) * Franz Egon Fürst von Fürstenberg (born Germany) (19 January 1663 - death 1 April 1682), previously Bishop of

(France) (1658 – 1663.01.19) *

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(8 June 1682 - death 10 April 1704), also

Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coa ...

Köln Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...

(Cologne, Germany) (1687 – 1688), created

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of S. Onofrio (1689.11.14 – 1704.04.10); previously Bishop of

(France) (1663.09.28 – 1668) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Peter von Quentell (born Germany) (1698.05.16 – 1699.08.14), Titular Bishop of

Adrianopolis Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek language, Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek ...

(1698.05.16 – death 1710.04.13); next Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Germany) (1699.08.14 – 1710.04.13) * Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise (10 April 1704 - death 19 July 1749), succeeding as previous

Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co- ...

of Strasbourg (1701.04.18 – 1704.04.09) and Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1701.04.18 – 1704.04.09); created

of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1721.06.16 – 1749.07.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Guillaume Tual (1715.02.04 – death 1716.02.24), Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1715.02.04 – 1716.02.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Louis Philippe d’Auneau de Visé (1719.01.08 – death 1729.06.26), Titular Bishop of Phessa (1718.03.14 – 1729.06.26) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jean Vivant (1730.11.28 – death 1739.02.16), Titular Bishop of

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(1730.11.28 – 1739.02.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Franz Riccius (1739.10.11 – death 1756.05.12), Titular Bishop of Verinopolis (1739.10.11 – 1756.05.12) * François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour (19 July 1749 - death 28 June 1756), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1742.05.21 – 1749.07.19) and (Latin) Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (in Phoenicia: Acre) (1742.07.30 – 1747.04.10), already

but with no Title assigned (1747.04.10 – 1756.06.28) * Louis César Constantin, prince de Rohan-Guéméné (23 September 1756 - death 11 March 1779), created

with no Title assigned (1761.11.23 – 1779.03.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Toussaint Duvernin (1757.05.23 – death 1785.08.08), Titular Bishop of

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(1757.05.23 – 1785.08.08) *

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(11 March 1779 - resigned 29 November 1801), succeeding as previous

of Strasbourg ( 759.11.221760.03.24 – 1779.03.11) and Titular Bishop of

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(1760.03.24 – 1778.06.01); already

with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – death 1803.02.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jean Jacques Lantz (1786.04.03 – death 1799.01.06), Titular Bishop of Dora (1786.04.03 – 1799.01.06) * Jean-Pierre Saurine (9 April 1802 - death 7 May 1813) * Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre (8 August 1817 - 4 July 1823), next Metropolitan

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of Rouen ( 823.07.041823.11.17 – death 1844.01.01), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1829.05.21 – 1844.01.01) * Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin (23 August 1823 - 16 November 1826 Resigned), died 1843 * Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern (13 December 1826 - death 27 August 1842), previously Bishop of Aire (France) ( 823.01.131823.05.16 – 1827.04.09) ** Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Denis-Auguste Affre (1840.04.27 – 1840.05.26), Titular Bishop of

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(1840.04.27 – 1840.05.26); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(France) ( 840.05.261840.07.13 – 1848.06.27) * Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) (27 August 1842 - death 17 November 1887), succeeding as previous

of Strasbourg ( 840.08.051840.12.14 – 1842.08.27) and Titular Bishop of Rhodiopolis (1840.12.14 – 1842.08.27) *''

Pierre-Paul Stumpf'' (1883.02.25 – 1887.11.17 ''see below''), while Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg ( 881.04.091881.05.13 – 1887.11.17) and Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1881.05.13 – 1887.11.17) * Pierre-Paul Stumpf (''see above'' 17 November 1887 - death 10 August 1890) * Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) (24 January 1891 - retired 31 July 1919), emeritate as

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of Mocissus (31 July 1919 – death 1919.09.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Charles Marbach (1891.06.04 – death 1901.09), Titular Bishop of

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(1891.06.04 – 1916.10.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Zorn von Bulach (1901.10.24 – retired 1919), Titular Bishop of Erythræ (1901.10.24 – death 1925.01.13) * Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch (23 April 1919 - death 29 August 1945); previously Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (Alsace, France) (1913.06.14 – 1918.10.20) and Titular Bishop of

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(1913.06.14 – 1918.10.20), succeeding as Bishop of Nancy (1918.10.20 – 1919.04.23) * Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. (29 August 1945 - retired 30 December 1966), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg ( 945.05.191945.06.01 – 1945.08.29) and Titular Bishop of

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(1945.06.01 – 1945.08.29); emeritate first as

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(1962.03.25 – resigned 1966.12.30), died 1981 * Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger (30 December 1966 - retired 16 July 1984), succeeded as former

of Strasbourg ( 957.05.171957.10.26 – 1966.12.30) and Titular Bishop of

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(1957.10.26 – 1966.12.30); died 1998 **

: Roger Joseph Heckel,

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(S.J.) (1980.03.27 – death 1982.09.26), previously Roman Curia official : Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1975 – 1976), Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1976 – 1977), Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1977 – 1980.03.27) * Charles Amarin Brand (16 July 1984 - ''see promoted 1 June 1988 see below''), previously Titular Bishop of Uthina (1971.12.28 – 1981.07.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France) (1971.12.28 – 1976.11.18) and then as Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (1976.11.18 – 1981.07.30), next exempt Archbishop of

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(

) (1981.07.30 – 1984.07.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Léon Hégelé (1985.09.09 – retired 2000.12.18), Titular Bishop of Utica (1985.09.09 – death 2014.02.11) ;''Archbishops of Strasbourg'' *

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Charles Amarin Brand (''see above 1 June 1988 see promoted'' - retired 23 October 1997), also Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1986 – 1990), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1990 – 1993); died 2013 * Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, Sulpicians (P.S.S.) (23 October 1997 - 25 August 2006 Resigned), stayed on as

of Strasbourg (2006.08.25 – retired 2007.04.21) * Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. (21 April 2007 - retired 2017.02.18); succeeded as previous Titular Bishop of Dardanus (2004.09.27 – 2007.04.21) and Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (2004.09.27 – 2007.04.21) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Vincent Jordy (2008.09.19 – 2011.07.22), Titular Bishop of Idassa (2008.09.19 – 2011.07.22); next Bishop of Saint-Claude (France) (2011.07.22 – ...) *

, C.R.S.V. (2017.02.18 – ...), previously Military Ordinary of

(2009.10.07 – 2017.02.18).

Gallery

Luc Ravel par Claude Truong-Ngoc novembre 2014.jpg, Current (2017) archbishop

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References

Sources and external links

Official website of the diocese

Official website of the cathedral

Image of the cathedral
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