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Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dijon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Dijon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,460 km2 (2,880 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 340,514 200,000 (58.7%) |
| Parishes | 31 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century (as diocese of sens) 3rd Century (as archdiocese of sens) 3 June 1823 (as archdiocese of sens and auxerre) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Stephen in Sens |
| Patron saint | St. Savinian and St. Potentian |
| Secular priests | 49 (Diocesan) 14 (Religious Orders) 18 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Vacant |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Antoine Hérouard |
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| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis; French: Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese comprises the department of Yonne, which is in the region of Burgundy. Traditionally established in sub-apostolic times, the diocese as metropolis of Quarta Lugdunensis subsequently achieved metropolitical status. For a time, the archbishop of Sens held the title "primate of the Gauls and Germania". Until 1622, the metropolitan archdiocese numbered seven suffragan (subordinate) dioceses: the dioceses of Chartres, Auxerre, Meaux, Paris, Orléans, Nevers and Troyes, which inspired the acronym CAMPONT. The Diocese of Bethléem at Clamecy was also dependent on the metropolitan see of Sens. On December 8, 2002, as part of a general reorganization of the dioceses of France undertaken, at least in part, to respond to demographic changes, the Archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre ceased to have metropolitan rank and became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dijon, which became the centre of a new ecclesiastical province for the Burgundy administrative region.