Archdiocese of Strasbourg
Catholic archdiocese in France
The Archdiocese of Strasbourg (Latin: Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis; French: Archidiocèse de Strasbourg; German: Erzbistum Straßburg; Alsatian: Ärzbischofsìtz Strossburi(g)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, first mentioned in 343 AD.
It is one of nine archbishoprics in France that has no suffragan dioceses. It is the only archdiocese which is exempt and not within the ecclesiastical province of a metropolitan.
The current archbishop is Pascal Delannoy, who was installed on 21 April 2024.
History
The Diocese of Strasbourg was first mentioned in connection with a council held in Cologne c. 346, summoned to depose its archbishop. The document reporting the council has been attacked as a forgery, and it has been argued that there was no such council. 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.
Since Carolingian times, the diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishopric of Mainz.
On 20 April 742, the Austraasian Mayor of the Palace Carloman, son of Charles Martel, held a council of his bishops and lay leaders.
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