Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in France. It comprises the département of Doubs (except for Montbéliard) and the département of Haute-Saône except for the canton of Héricourt.The see is currently sede vacante.Formerly the archbishop was a prince-bishop within the Holy Roman Empire although he gradually lost his power to the townspeople becoming a free city.
