History of the Archbishopric of Luxembourg

The diocese of Luxembourg was established by Pope Pius IX on 27th of September 1870. Having belonged to the French Revolution as the Archbishopric of Trier (the south of the country) or the diocese of Liège (the north of the country), Luxembourg was part of the diocese of Metz until 1823. Because of political upheaval - the Congress of Vienna attached Luxembourg in 1815, raised to the title of Grand Duchy, in personal union with the King of the Netherlands - the Pope Pius VII incorporated (...)