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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris

Coordinates:48°51′12″N2°20′57″E/ 48.8533°N 2.34925°E/48.8533; 2.34925
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Archdiocese of Paris

Archidioecesis Parisiensis

Archidiocèse de Paris
Notre-Dame de Parisbeforethe 2019 fire
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFrance
Coordinates48°51′12″N2°20′57″E/ 48.8533°N 2.34925°E/48.8533; 2.34925
Statistics
Area105.4 km2(40.7 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2021)
2,148,271
1,304,700 (60.7%)
Parishes106
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iurischurchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd century
(As Diocese of Paris)
1622
(As Archdiocese of Paris)
CathedralNotre-Dame de Paris
Patron saintSaint Denis
Saint Genevieve
Secular priests1,296
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopLaurent Ulrich
Metropolitan ArchbishopLaurent Ulrich
Suffragans
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
paris.catholique.fr

TheArchdiocese of Paris(Latin:Archidioecesis Parisiensis;French:Archidiocèse de Paris) is aLatin Churchecclesiastical jurisdiction orarchdioceseof theCatholic Church in France.It is one oftwenty-threearchdioceses in France. Theoriginal dioceseis traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century bySt. Denisand corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on October 20, 1622. Before that date the bishops weresuffraganto thearchbishops of Sens.

History

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Paris was a Christian centre at an early date, its first apostles beingSt. Denis[1]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 ofNotre-Dame-des-Champsof which the crypt, it was said, had been dedicated to the Blessed Virgin by St. Denis on his arrival in Paris;
  • (2) the Church ofSt-Etienne-des-Grès(now disappeared), which stood on the site of an oratory erected by St. Denis to St. Stephen;[2]
  • (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,where, according to the chronicle written in 836 by Abbot Hilduin, St. Denis was executed;[3]
  • (7) theBasilica of Saint-Denis.[2]

Clovisfounded, in honour of the Apostles Peter and Paul, amonasteryto which the tomb of St.Genevievedrew numbers of the faithful, and in which St.Clotilde,who died at Tours, was buried.[2]

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.[4]

The title ofDuc de Saint-Cloudwas created in 1674 for the archbishops.[5]

Prior to 1790 the diocese was divided into threearchdeaconries:France,Hurepoix,Brie.

Until the creation of new dioceses in 1966 there were two archdeaconries:MadeleineandSt. Séverin.[6]The reform reduced the diocese's size, losing the dioceses ofChartres,OrléansandBlois.[7]

Present day

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Itssuffragan dioceses,created in 1966 and encompassing theÎle-de-France region,areCréteil,Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes,Meaux,Nanterre,Pontoise,Saint-Denis,andVersailles.Itsliturgicalcentre is atNotre-Dame CathedralinParis.The archbishop resides on rue Barbet de Jouy in the6th arrondissement,but there are diocesan offices in rue de la Ville-Eveque, rue St. Bernard and in other areas of the city. The archbishop isordinaryforEastern Catholics(exceptArmeniansandUkrainians) in France.

The churches of the current diocese can be divided into several categories:

  • i)Latin Churchparishes. These are grouped intodeaneriesand subject tovicars-generalwho often coincide withauxiliary bishops.
  • 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

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To 1000

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  • ?–c. 250:Denis(diedc. 250), believed to be the first bishop of Paris[8]
  • Mallon
  • Masse
  • Marcus
  • Adventus
  • c. 346:Victorinus
  • c. 360:Paulus
  • ?–417?:Prudentius[9]
  • 360–436: Marcellus[10]
  • ???–??: Vivianus (Vivien)
  • ???–??: Felix
  • ???–??: Flavianus
  • ???–??: Ursicianus
  • ???–??: Apedinus
  • ???–??: Heraclius (511 - c. 525?)
  • ???–??: 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[11]
  • Gendulf
  • 625–626: Leudébert (Léodebert)
  • ?-650: Audobertus[12]
  • 650–661:Landericus (Landry)
  • 661–663:Chrodobertus
  • ???–??: Sigebrand († 664)
  • ???–666: Importunus
  • 666–680:Agilbert[13]
  • 690–692: Sigefroi
  • 693–698: Turnoald
  • ???–??: Adulphe
  • ???–??: Bernechaire († 722)
  • 722–730:Hugh of Champagne[14]
  • ???–??: Agilbert
  • ???–??: Merseidus
  • ???–??: Fédole
  • ???–??: Ragnecapt
  • ???–??: Radbert
  • ???–??: Madalbert (Maubert)
  • 757-775: Déodefroi[14]
  • 775–795: Eschenradus[15]
  • ???–??: Ermanfroi (809?)
  • 811–831: Inchad
  • 831/2–857: Erchanrad II.
  • 858–870:Aeneas[16]
  • 871–883: Ingelvin
  • 884–886:Goslin
  • 886–911:Anscharic(Chancellor 892, 894–896 and 900–910)
  • 911–922: Theodulphe
  • 922–926: Fulrad
  • 927-c. 935: Adelhelme
  • 937–941: Walter I., son ofRaoul Tourte
  • c. 954: Constantius
  • 950–977:Albert of Flanders
  • ???–??: Garin
  • 979–980: Rainald I. (Renaud)
  • 984–989: Lisiard († 19. April 989)[17]
  • 991–992: Gislebert (Engelbert) († 992)
  • 991–1017:Renaud of Vendôme

1000 to 1300

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1300 to 1500

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From 1500

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Archbishops of Paris

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The Diocese of Paris was elevated to the rank of archdiocese on October 20, 1622.

Auxiliary bishops

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Stiglmayr, Joseph. "St. Denis." The Catholic EncyclopediaVol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908.Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
  2. ^abcGeorges Goyau (1911)."Paris".The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. XI. Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^Dictionnaire Historique de Paris.Le Livre de Poche. 2013. p. 477.ISBN978-2-253-13140-3.
  4. ^Weber, Nicholas. "Maurice de Sully." The Catholic EncyclopediaVol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
  5. ^The History of Paris: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Containing a Description of Its Antiquities, Public Buildings, Civil, Religious, Scientific and Commercial Institutions... To which is Added, an Appendix: Containing a Notice of the Church of Saint Denis; an Account of the Violation of the Royal Tombs; Important Statistical Tables.A. and W. Galignani. 1825.
  6. ^Times, Richard E. Mooney Special To the New York (1966-10-21)."PARIS CATHOLICS REALIGN DIOCESES; Reorganization Is to Serve as Model for Large Cities".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2022-04-21.
  7. ^"HISTORIQUE DU DIOCÈSE ET DE LA PROVINCE DE PARIS".Le Monde.fr(in French). 1966-10-10.Retrieved2022-04-21.
  8. ^"Saint Denis - bishop of Paris".Britannica.com.Retrieved23 April2018.
  9. ^"Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Paris, Confessor. November 1. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume XI: November. The Lives of the Saints".Bartleby.com.Retrieved23 April2018.
  10. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-11-04.Retrieved2013-11-03.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^Matthew Bunson and Stephen Bunson,Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints(2003), p. 202.
  12. ^Harper, John N., "There are four saints named Landry in Catholicism. Who was ours?",Daily Advertiser,November 4, 2013
  13. ^Fouracre, P., "Agilbert" in M. Lapidge, et al., (eds),The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England.Oxford: Blackwell, 1999ISBN0-631-22492-0
  14. ^ab"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Paris".Newadvent.org.Retrieved23 April2018.
  15. ^Jouy le Moutier, cartes postales et photographies anciennes,page 4
  16. ^"New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians - Christian Classics Ethereal Library".Ccel.org.Retrieved23 April2018.
  17. ^J. Depoin: "Essai sur la chronologie des évêques de Paris, S. 17
  18. ^"La cathédrale Saint-Etienne d'Auxerre – 6. Guillaume de Seignelay".Catholique-sens-auxerre.cef.fr.Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2008.Retrieved23 April2018.
  19. ^"chateauthierry".Association-gauthier.org.Retrieved23 April2018.
  20. ^"Archbishop Jacques-Bonne Gigault de Bellefonds".Catholic-Hierarchy.org.David M. Cheney.Retrieved21 January2015.
  21. ^"Archbishop Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné".Catholic-Hierarchy.org.David M. Cheney.Retrieved21 January2015.
  22. ^"Rinunce e nomine, 02.12.2021"(Press release). Holy See Press Office. 2 December 2021.Retrieved2 December2021.
  23. ^"Pope names Laurent Ulrich as new Archbishop of Paris - Vatican News".www.vaticannews.va.2022-04-26.Retrieved2022-04-26.

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