[*] The greater part of these provinces as they formerly stood were ceded to Germany, May 10, 1871.

III

The Church in France

La France Catholique is to-day divided into eighty-four dioceses, administered, as to spiritual affairs, by seventeen archbishops and sixty-seven bishops. To each diocese is attached a seminary for the instruction of those who aspire to the priesthood. Each chief town of a canton has its curé, each parish its desservant.

Archbishops and BishopsDioceses
ParisSeine
ChartresEure-et-Loire
MeauxSeine-et-Marne
OrleansLoiret
BloisLoir-et-Cher
VersaillesSeine-et-Oise
CambraiNord
ArrasPas-de-Calais
Lyon-et-VienneRhône, Loire
AutunSaône-et-Loire
LangresHaute-Marne
DijonCôte-d'Or
Sainte ClaudeJura
GrenobleIsère
BourgesCher-et-Indre
ClermontPuy-de-Dôme
LimogesHaute-Vienne et Creuse
Le PuyHaute-Loire
TulleCorrèze
Saint Flour Cantal
AlbiTarn
RodezAveyron
CahorsLot
MeudeLozère
PerpignanPyrénées-Orientales
Bordeaux[**]Gironde
AgenLot-et-Garonne
AngoulêmeCharente
PoitiersVienne-et-Deux Sèvres
PérigueuxDordogne
La Rochelle Charente-Inférieure
LuçonVendée
AuchGers
AireLandes
TarbesHautes-Pyrénées
BayonneBasses-Pyrénées
Toulouse-NarbonneHaute-Garonne
MontaubanTarnè-et-Garonne
PamiersAriège
Carcassonne Aude
RouenSeine-Inférieure
BayeuxCalvados
EvreuxEure
SéezOrne
CoutancesManche
Sens et AuxerreYonne
TroyesAube
NeversNièvre
MoulinsAllier
ReimsArr. de Reims-et-Ardennes
SoissonsAisne
Châlons-sur-MarneMarne except Arrond. de Reims
BeauvaisOise
AmiensSomme
ToursIndre-et-Loire
Le MansSarthe
AngersMaine-et-Loire
NantesLoire-Inférieure
LavalMayenne
Aix, Arles, and EmbrunBouches-du-Rhône except Marseilles
MarseillesArr. de Marseilles
Fréjus and ToulonVar
DigneBasses-Alpes
GapHautes-Alpes
NiceAlpes-Maritimes
AjaccioCorse
BesançonDoubs et Haute-Saône
VerdunMeuse
BelleyAin
St. DiéVosges
NancyMeurthe
AvignonVaucluse
NîmesGard
ValenceDrôme
ViviersArdèche
Montpellier Hérault
RennesIlle-et-Vilaine
QuimperFinisterre
VannesMorbihan
St. BrieucCôtes-du-Nord
Chambéry
AnnecyHaute-Savoie
TarentaiseVal-de-Tarentaise (Savoie)
MaurienneVal-de-Maurienne (Savoie)

[**] The Archbishop of Bordeaux has three suffragans outside France: St. Denis and La Reunion, St. Pierre and Fort de France (Martinique), Basseterre (Guadaloupe).

IV

A List of the Larger French Churches which were at one time Cathedrals and usually referred to as such.