Archdiocese of Lille

Erected on 25 October 1913 originally as the Diocese of Lille, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai, on territory split off from the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai, it encompasses the arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille, within the department of Nord in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. It was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on March 29, 2008. == Province ==

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and two suffragan sees : • its formerly Metropolitan mother the Archdiocese of Cambrai • the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras. == Ordinaries ==

;Bishops of Lille • Alexis-Armand Charost (21 November 1913 – 18 June 1920) • Hector-Raphaël Quilliet (18 June 1920 – retired 23 March 1928) • Achille Liénart (6 October 1928 – 7 March 1968) • Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand (7 March 1968 – retired 13 August 1983) • Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (13 August 1983 – retired 2 July 1998) • Gérard Defois (2 July 1998 – retired 1 February 2008) • Laurent Ulrich (1 February 2008 – 29 March 2008) ;Metropolitan Archbishops of Lille • Laurent Ulrich (29 March 2008 – 26 April 2022) • Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h (1 April 2023 – present) ==See also==