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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lille |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,288 km2 (883 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,642,330 1,131,415 (68.9%) |
| Parishes | 106 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 October 1913 (as Diocese of Lille) 29 March 2008 (as Archdiocese of Lille) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame in Lille |
| Patron saint | Notre-Dame de la Treille |
| Secular priests | 246 (Diocesan) 57 (Religious Orders) 104 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Laurent Le Boulc'h |
| Suffragans | Archdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Arras |
| Bishops emeritus | Gérard Defois (Archbishop emeritus) Gérard Coliche (Auxiliary bishop emeritus) |
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Lille)[pronunciation?] is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilica: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France.