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{{Short description|Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction     = Territorial Prelature
|name             = Mission de France
|latin            = Praelatura Territorialis Missionis Galliae
|local            = Prélature Territoriale de la Mission de France
|image            = Abbaye Pontigny.jpg
|image_size       = 230px
|caption          = [[Pontigny Abbey|Cathedral-Abbey of the Assumption in Pontigny]]
|country          = {{flag|France }}
|province         = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon|Dijon]]
|metropolitan     = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon|Archdiocese of Dijon]]
|rite             = [[Latin Church|Latin Rite]]
|established      = 15 August 1954
|cathedral        = [[Pontigny Abbey|Cathédrale-abbatiale de Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption]]
|cocathedral      =
|area_km2         =
|population       =
|population_as_of = 2021
|catholics        = 760
|catholics_percent=
|bishop           = [[Hervé Giraud]]
|bishop_title     = Prelate
|metro_archbishop = [[Antoine Hérouard]]
|coadjutor        =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|website          = [http://missiondefrance.fr/ Website]
|denomination=[[Roman Catholic]]|parishes=1|priests=2 (Diocesan)<br />15 Permanent Deacons}}
The '''Territorial Prelature of Mission de France''' ({{langx|la|Praelatura Territorialis Missionis Galliae}}; [[French language|French]]: ''Prélature Territoriale de la Mission de France''), also known as the '''Territorial Prelature of Pontigny''' ({{langx|la|Praelatura Territorialis Missionis Pontiniacensis}}; [[French language|French]]: ''Prélature Territoriale de Pontigny'') is a [[Latin Church|Latin]] [[territorial prelature]] of the [[Catholic Church]], located in the city of [[Pontigny]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon|Archbishop of Dijon]] in Burgundy (France).
== History ==
* 24 July 1941: The XXVI-th assembly of cardinals and the archbishoprics of France decided to found the Mission de France, opening a [[seminary]] in [[Lisieux]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] ([[Normandy]]). The purpose of the seminary was to train secular priests to carry out evangelical work in poor French dioceses.<ref>[http://catholique-mission-de-france.cef.fr/diocese/histoire/reperes/page41.htm Histoire Mdf, entry for 24 July 1941] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020918004643/http://catholique-mission-de-france.cef.fr/diocese/histoire/reperes/page41.htm |date=18 September 2002 }}</ref>
* 18 January 1954: Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo, prefect of the [[Roman Curia]]'s educational department (now [[Congregation for Catholic Education]], then styled Congregation for Seminaries and Universities), notified the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lille|Lille diocese]] that the Mission de France seminary was to be closed and replaced by an "institute for missionary training" which would prepare priests to be sent to dechristianised regions.<ref>[http://catholique-mission-de-france.cef.fr/diocese/histoire/reperes/page41.htm Histoire Mdf, entry for 18 January 1954] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020918004643/http://catholique-mission-de-france.cef.fr/diocese/histoire/reperes/page41.htm |date=18 September 2002 }}</ref>
* 15 August 1954: Established as the [[Territorial Prelature]] of Mission de France, on territory split off from the [[Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sens]].<ref>Pius XII, "Apostolic Constitution ''Omnium Ecclesiarum''", 15 August 1954: AAS 46 (1954), pp. 567-574</ref>
== Prelates ==
* Cardinal [[Achille Liénart]] (1954 – November 1964)
* Archbishop [[François Marty]] (November 1964 – July 1968) (later Cardinal)*
* Bishop [[Henri Gufflet]] (15 July 1968 – 22 February 1973)
* Bishop [[André Gustave Bossuyt]] (3 April 1974 – 30 July 1974)
* Cardinal [[François Marty]] (6 May 1975 – 25 November 1975)
* Cardinal [[Roger Etchegaray]] (25 November 1975 – 23 April 1982)
* [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Albert Decourtray]] (23 April 1982 – 1 October 1988)
* Bishop [[André Jean René Lacrampe]], [[Ist. del Prado]] (1 October 1988 – 5 January 1995) (later Archbishop)*
* Archbishop [[Georges Edmond Robert Gilson]] (2 August 1996 – 31 December 2004)
* Archbishop Yves François Patenôtre (31 December 2004 – 5 March 2015)
* Archbishop-Bishop [[Hervé Giraud]] (19 April 2015 – )
==See also==
*[[Catholic Church in France]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/miss0.htm GCatholic.org ]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmdfp.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|{{sup|{{small|[''self-published'']}}}}]]
* [http://missiondefrance.fr Prelature website (French)]
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