Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church 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. Its suffragan dioceses, created in 1966 and encompassing the Île-de-France region, are in Créteil (Val-de-Marne), Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne), Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), and Versailles (Yvelines). Its liturgical centre is at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. 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 eastern-rite Catholics (except Armenians and Ukrainians) in France.

The title of Duc de Saint-Cloud was created in 1674 for the archbishops.

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

Until the creation of new dioceses in 1966 there were two archdeaconries: Madeleine and St. Séverin.

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

i) Western-rite parishes. These are grouped into deaneries and subject to vicars-general who often coincide with auxiliary bishops.

ii) Churches belonging to religious communities.

iii) Chapels for various foreign communities using various languages.

iv) Eastern-rite parishes and communities throughout France dependent on the Archbishop as Ordinary for Orientals.

Bishops of Paris

To 1000

• Denis (died c. 250)
• Marcellus (360-436), 9th Bishop of Paris (according to Britannica)
• Eusebius (c. 550)
• Germanus (555-576)
• Ceraunus (d. 614)
• Landry (Landericus) (650-661)
• Agilbert (666x668–679x690)
• Hugh of Champagne (720-730)
• Eschenradus (775-795)^[1]
• Eucade
• Hilduin
• Aeneas (858-870)^[2]
• Goslin (884-886)
• Anscharic (c. 890)
• Walter (?-941)
• Constantius (c. 954?)
• Albert of Flanders (950-977)
• Renaud of Vendôme (991-1017)

1000 to 1300

• Godfrey (1061–1095)
• William of Montfort (1095?-1101)
• Galo/Walo (1104–1116)
• Guibert (1116–1123)
• Stephen of Senlis (c. 1123-1141)
• Theobald (c.1143-1159)
• Peter Lombard (1159–1160)
• Maurice de Sully (1160–1196)
• 1196–1208: Odo de Sully (1197–1208)
• 1208–1219: Pierre de La Chapelle (Peter of Nemours)
• 1220–1223: William of Seignelay, Guillaume de Seignelay^[3] (previously bishop of Auxerre)
• 1224–1227: Barthélmy
• 1228–1249: William of Auvergne
• 1249–1249: Walter de Château-Thierry (June to 23 September) (Gautier de Château-Thierry ^[4])
• 1250–1268: Renaud Mignon de Corbeil
• 1268–1279: Étienne Tempier
• 1280–1280: Jean de Allodio (23 March 1280)
• 1280–1288: Renaud de Hombliéres
• c. 1289: Adenolfus de Anagnia
• 1290–1304: Simon Matifort (Matifardi)

1300 to 1500

• 1304–1319: William of 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
• Gérard de Montaigu 1409-1420, translated from Poitiers (1409)
• Jean Courtecuisse 1420-1421
• Jean de La Rochetaillée 1421-1422, translated to Rouen(1422)
• Jean IV de Nant, 1423–1426, translated from Vienne (1423)
• Jacques du Chastelier(Châtelier) 1427-1438
• Denis du Moulin 1439-1447
• Guillaume Chartier 1447-1472
• 1473-1492 Louis de Beaumont de la Forêt
• 1492?-1492/1493? Gérard Gobaille
• 1492-1502 Jean-Simon de Champigny

From 1500

• 1503-1519 Étienne de Poncher
• 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

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

• Jean-François de Gondi (1622–1654)
• Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1654–1662)
• Pierre de Marca (1662–1664)
• Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont (1664–1671)
• François de Harlay de Champvallon (1671–1695)
• Louis-Antoine de Noailles (1695–1729)
• Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc (1729–1746)
• Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds (1746)^[5]
• Christophe de Beaumont (1746–1781)
• Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné(1781–1793)^[6]
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel
• temporarily abolished during the French Revolution
• Jean Baptiste de Belloy-Morangle (1802–1808)
• Jean-Sifrein Maury (1810–1817)
• Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord (1817–1821)
• Hyacinthe-Louis De Quelen (1821–1839)
• Denis Auguste Affre (1840–1848)
• Marie Dominique Auguste Sibour (1848–1857)
• François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot (1857–1862)
• Georges Darboy (1863–1871)
• Joseph Hippolyte Guibert (1871–1886)
• François-Marie-Benjamin Richard (1886–1908)
• Léon-Adolphe Amette (1908–1920)
• Louis-Ernest Dubois (1920–1929)
• Jean Verdier (1929–1940)
• Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1940–1949)
• Maurice Feltin (1949–1966)
• Pierre Veuillot (1966–1968)
• François Marty (1968–1981)
• Jean-Marie Lustiger (1981–2005)
• André Vingt-Trois (2005–present)

Notes

1. ^ Jouy le Moutier, cartes postales et photographies anciennes, page 4
2. ^ New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
3. ^ La cathédrale Saint-Etienne d’Auxerre - 6. Guillaume de Seignelay
4. ^ chateauthierry
5. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgiga.html
6. ^ [1], [2]

See also

• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Archdiocese of Paris at catholic-hierarchy.org
•  "Paris". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

Coordinates: 48°51′12″N 2°20′57″E / 48.8533°N 2.34925°E / 48.8533; 2.34925