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The Archdiocese of Paris (; ) is a
Latin Church The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical ...
ecclesiastical jurisdiction or
archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
of the
Catholic Church in France The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on October 20, 1622. Before that date the bishops were
suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
to the
archbishops of Sens The Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese comprises the department of Y ...
.


History

Paris was a Christian centre at an early date, its first apostles being St. Denis and his companions, Sts. Rusticus and Eleutherius. Until the Revolution the ancient tradition of the Parisian Church commemorated the seven stations of St. Denis, the stages of his apostolate and martyrdom: * (1) the ancient monastery of Notre-Dame-des-Champs of which the crypt, it was said, had been dedicated to the Blessed Virgin by St. Denis on his arrival in Paris; * (2) the Church of St-Etienne-des-Grès (now disappeared), which stood on the site of an oratory erected by St. Denis to St. Stephen; * (3) the Church of St-Benoît (disappeared), where St. Denis had erected an oratory to the Trinity (Deus Benedictus); * (4) the chapel of St-Denis-du-Pas near Notre-Dame (disappeared), on the site of the tribunal of the prefect Sicinnius, who tried St. Denis; * (5) the Church of St-Denis-de-la-Châtre, the crypt of which was regarded as the saint's cell (now vanished); * (6)
Montmartre Montmartre ( , , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement of Paris, 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Rive Droite, Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for its a ...
, where, according to the chronicle written in 836 by Abbot Hilduin, St. Denis was executed; * (7) the
Basilica of Saint-Denis The Basilica of Saint-Denis (, now formally known as the ) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of singular importance historically and archite ...
.
Clovis Clovis may refer to: People * Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis ** Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler ** Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), ...
founded, in honour of the Apostles Peter and Paul, a
monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
to which the tomb of St.
Genevieve Genevieve (; ; also called ''Genovefa'' and ''Genofeva''; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January. Rec ...
drew numbers of the faithful, and in which St.
Clotilde Clotilde ( 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France) (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.) Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms), is a saint and was a Queen of the Fran ...
, who died at Tours, was buried. To form a conception of Paris in the tenth and eleventh centuries, one must picture a network of churches and monasteries surrounded by cultivated farm-lands on the present site of Paris. From the beginning of the twelfth century, the monastic schools of Paris were already famous. The episcopate of Maurice de Sully (1160-96), the son of a simple serf, was marked by the consecration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. The title of Duc de Saint-Cloud was created in 1674 for the archbishops. Prior to 1790 the diocese was divided into three
archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ...
ries: France,
Hurepoix Hurepoix () is an area of the ÃŽle-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan. Geography This area is ...
,
Brie Brie ( ; ) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie (itself from Gaulish ''briga'', "hill, height"), the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in colour with a slight gre ...
. Until the creation of new dioceses in 1966 there were two archdeaconries: Madeleine and St. Séverin. The reform reduced the diocese's size, losing the dioceses of
Chartres Chartres () is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 1 ...
,
Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and
Blois Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher Departments of France, department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the mos ...
.


Present day

Its
suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandr ...
s, created in 1966 and encompassing the ÃŽle-de-France region, are
Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...
, Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes,
Meaux Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...
,
Nanterre Nanterre (; ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, b ...
,
Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune north of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official (capital) of the Val-d'Oise '' département'', although in reality the ' ...
, Saint-Denis, and
Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of ÃŽle-de-France, ÃŽle-de-France region in Franc ...
. Its
liturgical Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembra ...
centre is at Notre-Dame Cathedral in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
. The archbishop resides on rue Barbet de Jouy in the 6th arrondissement, but there are diocesan offices in rue de la Ville-Eveque, rue St. Bernard and in other areas of the city. The archbishop is ordinary for
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(except
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and
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) in France. The churches of the current diocese can be divided into several categories: * i)
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parishes. These are grouped into
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and subject to vicars-general who often coincide with
auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
s. * ii) Churches belonging to religious communities. * iii) Chapels for various foreign communities using various languages. * iv) Eastern-Church parishes and communities throughout France dependent on the Archbishop as Ordinary of the Ordinariate of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites.


Bishops of Paris


To 1000

* ?–: Denis (died ), believed to be the first bishop of Paris * Mallon * Masse * Marcus * Adventus * :
Victorinus Marcus Piavonius VictorinusSome of the inscriptions record his name as M. Piavvonius Victorinus, as does the first release of coins from the Colonia mint. A mosaic from Augusta Treverorum (Trier) lists him as Piaonius. was Gallic Empire, emperor ...
* : Paulus * ?–417?:
Prudentius Aurelius Prudentius Clemens () was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348.H. J. Rose, ''A Handbook of Classical Literature'' (1967) p. 508 He probably died in the Iberian Peninsula some ...
* 360–436:
Marcellus of Paris Marcel of Paris () or St Marcellus was the 9th bishop of Paris and namesake of a Bells of Notre-Dame de Paris, bell of Notre-Dame de Paris. Biography Marcellus of Paris was born in Lutetia (now île de la Cité, Paris), located in Gallia Lugdunen ...
* ???–??: Vivianus (Vivien) * ???–??: Felix * ???–??: Flavianus * ???–??: Ursicianus * ???–??: Apedinus * ???–??: Heraclius (511 – ?) * ???–??: Probatius * 533–545: Amelius * 545–552: Saffarace * um 550: Eusebius I * 550–576: Germanus * 576–591: Ragnemod * um 592: Eusebius II * ???–??: Faramonde * um 601: Simplicius * 606–614: Ceraunus/Ceran * Gendulf * 625–626: Leudébert (Léodebert) * ?-650: Audobertus * 650–661: Landericus (Landry) * 661–663: Chrodobertus * ???–??: Sigebrand († 664) * ???–666: Importunus * 666–680:
Agilbert Agilbert ( 650–680) was the second bishop of the West Saxon kingdom and later Bishop of Paris. He is venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, with his feast day falling on 11 October. The date and place of Agilbert's birth are unknown ...
* 690–692: Sigefroi * 693–698: Turnoald * ???–??: Adulphe * ???–??: Bernechaire († 722) * 722–730: Hugh of Champagne * ???–??: Agilbert * ???–??: Merseidus * ???–??: Fédole * ???–??: Ragnecapt * ???–??: Radbert * ???–??: Madalbert (Maubert) * 757-775: Déodefroi * 775–795: Eschenradus * ???–??: Ermanfroi (809?) * 811–831: Inchad * 831/2–857: Erchanrad II. * 858–870:
Aeneas In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas ( , ; from ) was a Troy, Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus (mythology), Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy ...
* 871–883: Ingelvin * 884–886: Goslin * 886–911: Anscharic (Chancellor 892, 894–896 and 900–910) * 911–922: Theodulphe * 922–926: Fulrad * 927–: Adelhelme * 937–941: Walter I., son of Raoul Tourte * : Constantius * 950–977: Albert of Flanders * ???–??: Garin * 979–980: Rainald I. (Renaud) * 984–989: Lisiard († 19. April 989) * 991–992: Gislebert (Engelbert) († 992) * 991–1017: Renaud of Vendôme


1000 to 1300

* 1061–1095: Godfrey * 1096–1101: Guillaume de Montfort * 1104–1116: Galo/Walo * 1116–1123: Guibert * –1141: Stephen of Senlis * –1159: Theobald * 1159–1160:
Peter Lombard Peter Lombard (also Peter the Lombard, Pierre Lombard or Petrus Lombardus; 1096 – 21/22 August 1160) was an Italian scholasticism, scholastic theologian, Bishop of Paris, and author of ''Sentences, Four Books of Sentences'' which became the s ...
* 1160–1196: Maurice de Sully * 1196–1208: Odo de Sully * 1208–1219: Pierre de La Chapelle (Peter of Nemours) * 1220–1223: William of Seignelay, Guillaume de Seignelay (previously
bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre () is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ordinary of the diocese of S ...
) * 1224–1227: Barthélmy * 1228–1249: William of Auvergne * 1249–1249: Walter de Château-Thierry (June to 23 September) ( Gautier de Château-Thierry) * 1250–1268: Renaud Mignon de Corbeil * 1268–1279:
Étienne Tempier Étienne Tempier (; also known as Stephanus of Orleans; died 3 September 1279) was a French bishop of Paris during the 13th century. He was Chancellor of the University of Paris, Chancellor of the University of Paris, Sorbonne from 1263 to 1268, ...
* 1280–1280: Jean de Allodio (23 March 1280) * 1280–1288: Renaud de Hombliéres * : Adenolfus de Anagnia * 1290–1304: Simon Matifort (Matifardi)


1300 to 1500

* 1304–1319: Guillaume de Baufet * 1319–1325: Etienne de Bouret * 1325–1332: Hugues Michel * 1332–1342: Guillaume de Chanac (d. 1348) * 1342–1349: Foulques de Chanac * 1349–1350: Audoin-Aubert * 1350–1352: Pierre de Lafôret * 1353–1363: Jean de Meulent (also Bishop of Noyon) * 1362–1373: Etienne de Poissy * 1373–1384: Aimery de Magnac * 1384–1409: Pierre d'Orgemont, translated from bishop of Thérouanne * 1409–1420: Gérard de Montaigu, translated from Poitiers (1409) * 1420–1421: Jean Courtecuisse * 1421–1422:
Jean de La Rochetaillée Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jea ...
, translated to Rouen (1422) * 1423–1426: Jean IV de Nant, translated from Vienne (1423) * 1427–1438: Jacques du Chastelier(Châtelier) * 1439–1447: Denis du Moulin * 1447–1472: Guillaume Chartier * 1473–1492: Louis de Beaumont de la Forêt * 1492?–1492/1493?: Gérard Gobaille * 1492–1502:
Jean-Simon de Champigny Jean Simon de Champigny (died 1502) was a Kingdom of France, French prelate who was Bishop of Paris from 1492 to 1502. Biography Jean Simon de Champigny was the son of Jean Simon, ''fiefdom, Seigneur'' of Champigny-sur-Marne and Combeaux (proba ...


From 1500

* 1503–1519:
Étienne de Poncher Étienne de Poncher (1446–1524) was a French prelate and diplomat. After studying law he was early provided with a prebend, and became councillor at the parlement of Paris in 1485 and president of the Chambre des Enquêtes in 1498. Elected bish ...
* 1519–1532: François Poncher * 1532–1541: Jean du Bellay * 1551–1563: Eustache du Bellay * 1564–1568: Guillaume Viole * 1573–1598: Pierre de Gondi * 1598–1622: Henri de Gondi


Archbishops of Paris


Auxiliary bishops

* 1919–1926: Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin * 1922–1943: Emmanuel Chaptal * 1954–1962: Jean Rupp * 1968–1981: Daniel Pezeril * 1979–1980:
Paul Poupard Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (born 30 August 1930) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 1985. He held positions in the Roman Curia for more than 25 years, serving as President of the Pontifical Council for Cult ...
* 1986–1997: Claude Frikart * 1988–1999:
André Vingt-Trois André Armand Vingt-Trois (; born 7 November 1942) is a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 2005 to 2017, having previously served as Archbishop of Tours from 1999 to 2005. He was elevated to the car ...
* 1996–2000: Éric Aumonier * 1997–2006:
Pierre d'Ornellas Pierre Paul Oscar d'Ornellas (born 9 May 1953) is a French Roman Catholic prelate. He has been the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo, Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo since 2007. References
* 2006–: Jean-Yves Nahmias * 2006– 2018: Jérôme Daniel Beau * 2008–: Renauld de Dinechin * 2008–2018:
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (; born 30 January 1962) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2008 and the Archbishop of Reims since 2018. He was elected president of the Bishops' Conference of France in 2019. Life � ...
* 2013–2014: Michel Aupetit * 2016–2023:
Thibault Verny Thibault is a French personal name and surname, a form of Theobald, a Germanic name composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". Surname * Arthur Thibault (19141983), Canadian farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan * ...
* 2016–2021: Denis Jachiet * 2019–: Philippe Marsset


See also

*
Catholic Church in France The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
* List of Catholic dioceses in France * List of religious buildings in Paris * List of Roman Catholic archdioceses *
Saint-Lambert Church of Vaugirard The Saint-Lambert Church of Vaugirard, also known as Saint-Lambert Church of Paris, is located on Rue Gerbert, Rue Gerbert (Paris) in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, 15th arrondissement of Paris. Its Romanesque Revival architecture, Neo-Roman ...


Notes


Bibliography


Reference works

* (Use with caution; obsolete) * * * * * * * * *


Studies

* Andrieu, Jeanne-Marie Tuffery
''Le concile national en 1797 et en 1801 à Paris: l'Abbé Grégoire et l'utopie d'une Eglise républicaine.''
. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007. * * * * * *


External links

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
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