Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (French: Diocèse d'Alsace; German: Erzbistum Straßburg; Latin: Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis) is a Diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.

The Archdiocese is unique in France as it has no suffragans and is immediately subject to the Holy See in Rome.

The Diocese of Strasbourg was first mentioned in 343 and belonged to the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishopric of Mainz since Carolingian times. Since the 15th century, the diocesan seat has been the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.

The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese on 1 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II, but is not metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province. The current archbishop is Jean-Pierre Grallet, in office since April 2007; see also Archbishops of Strasbourg. The bishop of this see is appointed by the French president.

As of 31 December 2003, the archdiocese comprised a total of 762 parishes covering an area of 8,280 km² with 1,713,416 inhabitants of which 75.9% (1,300,000) are Catholics. Also, 619 diocese priests, 50 deacons, 288 ordained priests and 1,728 nuns belong to the Archbishopric of Strasbourg.

[edit] Ordinaries

Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich † (24 Nov 1607 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1626 Resigned)
Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich † (10 Oct 1626 Appointed - 2 Nov 1662 Died)
Franz Egon Fürst von Fürstenberg † (19 Jan 1663 Appointed - 1 Apr 1682 Died)
Wilhelm Egon Fürst von Fürstenberg † (8 Jun 1682 Appointed - 10 Apr 1704 Died)
Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise † (10 Apr 1704 Succeeded - 19 Jul 1749 Died)
François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour † (19 Jul 1749 Succeeded - 28 Jun 1756 Died)
Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon † (23 Sep 1756 Appointed - 11 Mar 1779 Died)
Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée † (11 Mar 1779 Succeeded - 29 Nov 1801 Resigned)
Jean-Pierre Saurine † (9 Apr 1802 Appointed - 7 May 1813 Died)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (8 Aug 1817 Appointed - 4 Jul 1823 Appointed, Archbishop of Rouen)
Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin † (23 Aug 1823 Appointed - 16 Nov 1826 Resigned)
Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern † (13 Dec 1826 Appointed - 27 Aug 1842 Died)
Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † (27 Aug 1842 Succeeded - 17 Nov 1887 Died)
Pierre-Paul Stumpf † (17 Nov 1887 Succeeded - 10 Aug 1890 Died)
Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) † (24 Jan 1891 Appointed - 31 Jul 1919 Retired)
Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (23 Apr 1919 Appointed - 29 Aug 1945 Died)
Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (29 Aug 1945 Succeeded - 30 Dec 1966 Retired)
Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † (30 Dec 1966 Succeeded - 16 Jul 1984 Retired)
Charles Amarin Brand (16 Jul 1984 Appointed - 23 Oct 1997 Retired)
Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. (23 Oct 1997 Appointed - 25 Aug 2006 Resigned)

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Strasbourg: Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, Nürnberg, 1493	Le quai des Bateliers, with Saint Madeleine's church	Panorama of the Ponts Couverts, from the roof of the Barrage Vauban	Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, seat of the archbishop of Strasbourg
View of the cathedral	View from the cathedral	View from the cathedral