History
- 24 July 1941: The XXVI-th assembly of cardinals of the archbishoprics of France decided to found the Mission de France, opening a seminary in Lisieux, Calvados. The purpose of the seminary was to train secular priests to carry out evangelical work in poor French dioceses.
- 18 January 1954: cardinal Pizzardo, prefect of the Congrégation des Séminaires, notified the Lille diocese that the Mission de France seminary was to be closed and replaced by an "institute for missionary training" which would prepare priests to be sent to dechristianised regions.
- August 15, 1954: Established as the Territorial Prelature of Mission de France from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sens
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