Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens

Diocese of Amiens
Dioecesis Ambianensis
Diocèse d'Amiens

Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Reims
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims
Statistics
Area 6,277 km2 (2,424 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2012)
586,200
503,200 (85.8%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Amiens
Patron saint St Fermin of Amiens
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Olivier Leborgne
Metropolitan Archbishop Thierry Jordan
Emeritus Bishops Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer Bishop Emeritus (1987-2003)
François Jacques Bussini Bishop Emeritus (1985-1987)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens (Lat:Dioecesis Ambianensis), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Somme, of which the city of Amiens is the capital.

History

It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Reims during the old regime; of Paris, 1802 to 1822; and of Reims again, since 1822.

Louis Duchesne denies any value to the legend of two Saints Firmin, honoured on the first and twenty-fifth of September, as the first and third Bishops of Amiens. The legend is of the 8th century and full of incoherences. Even on the supposition that a St. Firmin, native of Pampeluna, was martyred during the persecution of Diocletian, it is certain that the first bishop known to history is St. Eulogius, who defended the divinity of Christ in the councils held during the middle of the 4th century.

Bishops

Among the bishops of Amiens are counted:

Cathedral and churches

The cathedral (13th century) is an admirable Gothic monument, and was made the subject of careful study by John Ruskin in his Bible of Amiens. The nave of this cathedral is considered a type of the ideal Gothic.

The church of St. Acheul, near Amiens, and formerly its cathedral, was, in the 19th century, the home of a major Jesuit novitiate. The beautiful churches of St. Ricquier and Corbie perpetuate the memory of the great Benedictine abbeys and homes of learning founded in these places in 570 and 662.

Ordinaries

Amiens Cathedral, portal of Saint Fermin

1000 to 1300

1300 to 1500

1500 to 1800

From 1800

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Susie Nash; British Library (1999). Between France and Flanders: Manuscript Illumination in Amiens. University of Toronto Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8020-4114-2.

Coordinates: 49°53′39″N 2°18′07″E / 49.8942°N 2.30189°E / 49.8942; 2.30189

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