Archdiocese of Luxemburg, Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Celebrations
Patron Saint: Marie, Consolatrice des Affligés
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 29
History
- 1840.06.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Luxembourg / Luxemburg (English) / Lussemburgo (Italiano) / Luxemburgen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Liège and Diocese of Namur)
- 1870.09.27: Promoted as Diocese of Luxembourg / Luxemburg (English) / Lussemburgo (Italiano) / Luxemburgen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
- 1937.08.04: Lost territory to establish Abbacy nullius of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux
- 1946: Gained territory from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux
- 1988.04.23: Promoted as Archdiocese of Luxembourg / Luxemburg (English) / Lussemburgo (Italiano) / Luxemburgen(sis) (Latin)
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean Hengen (later Archbishop) (1967.04.08 – 1971.02.13)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Léon Lommel (1949.05.14 – 1956.10.21)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. (1935.04.25 – 1935.10.09)
Special Churches
- Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor):
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Former Cathedral:
Abbaye Saint-Maurice, Clervaux, Diekirch
- Minor Basilica:
Basilique Saint-Willibrord, Echternach, Grevenmacher
- World Heritage Site (Minor):
Église Saint-Jean-du-Grund, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- World Heritage Site (Minor):
Église Saint-Michel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Churches by City (212)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 2,586 km²
Population: 271,000 Catholics (41.4% of 654,098 total)
Pastoral Centres: 275 parishes
Personnel: 170 priests (121 diocesan, 49 religious), 20 deacons, 291 religious (66 brothers, 225 sisters), 8 seminarians