page_title: Primate of the Gauls
hierarchical_section_title: Primate of the Gauls
caption_attribution_description: Irenæus af Lyon, Carl Rohl Smith, 1883-84, Frederikskirken, København
context_page_description: The Primate of the Gauls is a title given since 1079 to the archbishop of Lyon, former capital of the Three Gauls then land of the Roman Empire, and has described the authority he has exercised in the past over the other bishops of France. The primacy of a title conferred on Archbishop guarantees a theoretical jurisdiction over several ecclesiastical provinces. In France, only the title of Primate of the Gauls and Primate of Normandy, respectively assigned to the archbishops of Lyon and Rouen, are still used.
  Currently, the title of Primate of the Gauls is vacant.
context_section_description: The Primate of the Gauls is a title given since 1079 to the archbishop of Lyon, former capital of the Three Gauls then land of the Roman Empire, and has described the authority he has exercised in the past over the other bishops of France. The primacy of a title conferred on Archbishop guarantees a theoretical jurisdiction over several ecclesiastical provinces. In France, only the title of Primate of the Gauls and Primate of Normandy, respectively assigned to the archbishops of Lyon and Rouen, are still used (although the honorific title of Primate of Lorraine brought by the Bishop of Nancy and Toul does exist).
  Currently, the title of Primate of the Gauls is vacant.
caption: Statue of Irenaeus af Lyon, Second Bishop of Lyon.
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