Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature Of Mission De France
The Territorial Prelature of Mission de France o Pontigny (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Missionis Galliae seu Pontiniacensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Pontigny in the Ecclesiastical province of Dijon in France.
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