Paris (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

André Armand Vingt-Trois, Cardinal, Archbishop
Michel Aupetit, Auxiliary Bishop
Jérôme Daniel Beau, Auxiliary Bishop
Renauld Marie François de Dinechin, Auxiliary Bishop
Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort, Auxiliary Bishop
Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 20 October 1622
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 105 (40 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Ile-de-France
Official Web Site: http://catholique-paris.cef.fr/
Mailing Address: 7 rue St. Vincent, 75018 Paris CEDEX 08, France
Telephone: 1.49.24.11.11
Fax: 1.19.24.10.38

Historical Details

Diocese of Paris
- Latin Name: Parisiensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Sens
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

Andouin Aubert † (12 Sep 1349 Appointed - 20 Dec 1350 Appointed, Bishop of Auxerre)
Aymeric de Magnac (Maignac) † (25 Sep 1368 Appointed - 23 Dec 1383 Resigned)
Gérard de Montaigu † (24 Jul 1409 Appointed - 25 Sep 1420 Died)
Jean de Nanton † (26 Jun 1423 Appointed - 7 Oct 1426 Died)
Denis du Moulin † (10 Jun 1439 Appointed - 15 Sep 1447 Died)
Guillaume Chartier † (6 Dec 1447 Appointed - 1 May 1472 Died)
Étienne Poncher † (15 Feb 1503 Appointed - 14 Mar 1519 Appointed, Archbishop of Sens)
François Poncher † (14 Mar 1519 Appointed - 1 Sep 1532 Died)
Jean du Bellay † (16 Sep 1532 Appointed - 16 Mar 1551 Resigned)
Eustache du Bellay † (16 Mar 1551 Appointed - 1563 Resigned)
Guillaume Viole † (21 Jun 1564 Appointed - 4 May 1568 Died)
Pierre de Gondi † (14 Dec 1569 Confirmed - 16 Jun 1597 Resigned)
Henri de Gondi † (16 Jun 1597 Confirmed - 14 Aug 1622 Died)
Jean-François de Gondi † ( 1622 Appointed - 21 Mar 1654 Died)
Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz † (21 Mar 1654 Succeeded - 15 Feb 1662 Resigned)
Pierre de Marca † (5 Jun 1662 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1662 Died)
Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont † (24 Mar 1664 Confirmed - 1 Jan 1671 Died)
François de Harlay de Champvallon † (23 Feb 1671 Confirmed - 6 Aug 1695 Died)
Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (19 Sep 1695 Confirmed - 4 May 1729 Died)
Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † (17 Aug 1729 Confirmed - 13 Mar 1746 Died)
Jacques-Bonne Gigault de Bellefonds † (2 May 1746 Confirmed - 20 Jul 1746 Died)
Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (19 Sep 1746 Confirmed - 12 Dec 1781 Died)
Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné † (25 Feb 1782 Confirmed - 31 Jan 1802 Retired)
Jean-Baptiste de Belloy-Morangle † (10 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 10 Jun 1808 Died)
Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 20 Oct 1821 Died)
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (20 Oct 1821 Succeeded - 31 Dec 1839 Died)
Denis-Auguste Affre † (13 Jul 1840 Confirmed - 27 Jun 1848 Died)
Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour † (11 Sep 1848 Confirmed - 3 Jan 1857 Died)
François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (19 Mar 1857 Confirmed - 29 Dec 1862 Died)
Georges Darboy † (16 Mar 1863 Confirmed - 24 May 1871 Died)
Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (27 Oct 1871 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1886 Died)
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † (8 Jul 1886 Succeeded - 28 Jan 1908 Died)
Léon-Adolphe Amette † (28 Jan 1908 Succeeded - 29 Aug 1920 Died)
Louis-Ernest Dubois † (13 Sep 1920 Appointed - 23 Sep 1929 Died)
Jean Verdier, P.S.S. † (18 Nov 1929 Appointed - 9 Apr 1940 Died)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † (11 May 1940 Appointed - 30 May 1949 Died)
Maurice Feltin † (15 Aug 1949 Appointed - 1 Dec 1966 Retired)
Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot † (1 Dec 1966 Succeeded - 14 Feb 1968 Died)
Gabriel Auguste François Marty † (26 Mar 1968 Appointed - 31 Jan 1981 Retired)
Jean-Marie Lustiger † (31 Jan 1981 Appointed - 11 Feb 2005 Retired)
André Armand Vingt-Trois (11 Feb 2005 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Paris
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Paris (erected)
Archdiocese of Paris
20 October 1622	Elevated	Diocese of Paris	Archdiocese of Paris
29 November 1801	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Paris	Diocese of Versailles (erected)
9 October 1966	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Paris Diocese of Versailles	Diocese of Créteil (erected)
9 October 1966	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Paris Diocese of Versailles	Diocese of Nanterre (erected)
9 October 1966	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Paris Diocese of Versailles	Diocese of Saint-Denis (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Paris

1950 1,591,903 4,775,711 33.3% 1,503 584 2,087 762 832 9,500 222 ap1951

1970 2,090,000 2,590,771 80.7% 867 1,833 2,700 774 2,183 4,139 100 ap1971

1980 1,829,000 2,330,000 78.5% 879 1,100 1,979 924 5 1,245 3,534 98 ap1981

1990 1,781,000 2,271,000 78.4% 616 938 1,554 1,146 41 1,256 2,855 113 ap1991

1999 1,540,000 2,228,000 69.1% 684 816 1,500 1,026 82 1,016 2,822 120 ap2000

2000 1,377,000 2,116,000 65.1% 667 863 1,530 900 81 1,380 2,805 126 ap2001

2001 1,357,000 2,116,000 64.1% 622 774 1,396 972 84 1,324 2,642 126 ap2002

2002 1,270,000 2,116,000 60.0% 594 798 1,392 912 90 1,347 2,516 126 ap2003

2003 1,270,000 2,116,000 60.0% 576 763 1,339 948 95 1,340 2,486 126 ap2004

2004 1,548,996 2,212,851 70.0% 566 730 1,296 1,195 94 1,252 2,500 116 ap2005

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Paris
1950	1,591,903	4,775,711	33.3%	1,503	584	2,087	762		832	9,500	222	ap1951
1970	2,090,000	2,590,771	80.7%	867	1,833	2,700	774		2,183	4,139	100	ap1971
1980	1,829,000	2,330,000	78.5%	879	1,100	1,979	924	5	1,245	3,534	98	ap1981
1990	1,781,000	2,271,000	78.4%	616	938	1,554	1,146	41	1,256	2,855	113	ap1991
1999	1,540,000	2,228,000	69.1%	684	816	1,500	1,026	82	1,016	2,822	120	ap2000
2000	1,377,000	2,116,000	65.1%	667	863	1,530	900	81	1,380	2,805	126	ap2001
2001	1,357,000	2,116,000	64.1%	622	774	1,396	972	84	1,324	2,642	126	ap2002
2002	1,270,000	2,116,000	60.0%	594	798	1,392	912	90	1,347	2,516	126	ap2003
2003	1,270,000	2,116,000	60.0%	576	763	1,339	948	95	1,340	2,486	126	ap2004
2004	1,548,996	2,212,851	70.0%	566	730	1,296	1,195	94	1,252	2,500	116	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Eric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier (Priest: 2 Jul 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1996 to 11 Jan 2001)
Michel Aupetit (Priest: 24 Jun 1995; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Feb 2013)
Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut (Priest: 23 Jun 1984 to 28 Nov 2008)
Jérôme Daniel Beau (Priest: 23 Jun 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 2006)
Jacques Raymond Germain Benoit-Gonnin, Comm. l'Emm. (Priest: 29 Jun 1985 to 18 Mar 2010)
Philippe Jean Louis Breton (Priest: 22 Dec 1966 to 18 Jun 2002)
Alain Castet (Priest: 28 Jun 1975 to 14 Apr 2008)
Michel Louis Coloni (Priest: 17 Apr 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 May 1982 to 30 Jan 1989)
Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1997 to 2 Sep 2003)
Renauld Marie François de Dinechin (Priest: 25 Jun 1988; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 2008)
Pierre d’Ornellas (Priest: 15 Aug 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1997 to 19 Oct 2006)
Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Mar 1969 to 22 Dec 1970)
Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 1986 to 2 Sep 1997)
Georges Edmond Robert Gilson (Priest: 21 Apr 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jul 1976 to 13 Aug 1981)
Michel Jean Guyard (Priest: 25 Jun 1965 to 9 Jul 2003)
Emile Marcus, P.S.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1977 to 15 Apr 1982)
Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort (Priest: 29 Jun 1991; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 2008)
Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias (Priest: 24 Jun 1989; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 2006 to 9 Aug 2012)
Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (Priest: 18 Dec 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Feb 1979 to 27 Jun 1980)
Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm. (Priest: 23 Jun 1984 to 16 May 2000)
Albert Jean-Marie Rouet (Priest: 23 Mar 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 1986 to 16 Dec 1993)
Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1988 to 10 Oct 1996)
Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (Priest: 18 Dec 1965 to 12 Nov 1988)
André Armand Vingt-Trois (Priest: 28 Jun 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1988 to 21 Apr 1999; Archbishop: 11 Feb 2005 - )

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Denis-Auguste Affre † (Archbishop: 13 Jul 1840 to 27 Jun 1848)
Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie † (Priest: 2 Jun 1849 to 16 Mar 1863)
Léon-Adolphe Amette † (Priest: 20 Dec 1873 to 28 Nov 1898; Coadjutor Archbishop: 21 Feb 1906; Archbishop: 28 Jan 1908 to 29 Aug 1920)
Andouin Aubert † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1349 to 20 Dec 1350)
Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent † (Priest: 20 Sep 1890 to 15 May 1925)
Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1964 to 15 Apr 1967)
Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. † (Priest: 9 Jul 1893; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jul 1921 to 19 May 1942)
Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (Archbishop: 19 Sep 1746 to 12 Dec 1781)
Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1935 to 29 Feb 1952)
Eustache du Bellay † (Bishop: 16 Mar 1551 to 1563)
Jean du Bellay † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1532 to 16 Mar 1551)
Jean-Baptiste de Belloy-Morangle † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1802 to 10 Jun 1808)
Pierre Brot † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jun 1952 to Dec 1966)
Louis-Charles Buquet † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1863 to 17 Jan 1872)
Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin † (Priest: 16 Aug 1665 to 29 Mar 1666)
Edouard-Adolphe Cantel † (Priest: 24 Jun 1860 to 28 Nov 1898)
Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup † (Priest: 17 Dec 1897; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Feb 1922 to 27 May 1943)
Guillaume Chartier † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1447 to 1 May 1472)
Auguste-Maurice Clément † (Priest: 8 Jul 1894 to 25 Apr 1924)
Pierre-Marie Cottret † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1824 to 12 Feb 1838)
Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) † (Priest: 23 Dec 1854 to 29 Sep 1876)
Stanislas Courbe † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1943 to Dec 1970)
Eugène-Charles-Philippe Crépin † (Priest: 18 Dec 1886; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Apr 1926 to 1 Apr 1942)
Georges Darboy † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1863 to 24 May 1871)
Georges-Louis-Camille Debray † (Priest: 29 Jun 1920 to 15 Jan 1941)
Louis-Ernest Dubois † (Archbishop: 13 Sep 1920 to 23 Sep 1929)
Maurice Feltin † (Archbishop: 15 Aug 1949 to 1 Dec 1966)
Joseph-Alfred Foulon † (Priest: 18 Dec 1847 to 27 Mar 1867)
Nicolas Franch † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1666 to 1668)
Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard † (Priest: 26 Mar 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1967 to 24 Mar 1984)
Pierre-Marie Paul Gerlier † (Priest: 29 Jul 1921 to 14 May 1929)
Jacques-Bonne Gigault de Bellefonds † (Archbishop: 2 May 1746 to 20 Jul 1746)
Henri de Gondi † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1597 to 14 Aug 1622)
Jean-François de Gondi † (Bishop: 1622; Archbishop: 14 Nov 1622 to 21 Mar 1654)
Pierre de Gondi † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1569 to 16 Jun 1597)
Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 Oct 1643; Priest: Nov 1643; Archbishop: 21 Mar 1654 to 15 Feb 1662)
Victor-Julien-André Gouet † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Dec 1966 to 30 Nov 1982)
Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 8 Jul 1886)
François de Harlay de Champvallon † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1671 to 6 Aug 1695)
César-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan † (Priest: 18 Apr 1840 to 21 Dec 1874)
André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien † (Priest: 1 Oct 1905 to 30 Oct 1944)
François Lacroix † (Priest: 26 Aug 1820 to 12 Feb 1838)
Benoît-Marie Langénieux † (Priest: 21 Dec 1850 to 25 Jul 1873)
André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Nov 1947 to Dec 1966)
Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné † (Archbishop: 25 Feb 1782 to 31 Jan 1802)
Jacques Le Cordier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 May 1956 to 9 Oct 1966)
Léon-Adophe Lenfant † (Priest: 16 Apr 1881 to 1 Jun 1915)
Jean-Marie Lustiger † (Priest: 17 Apr 1954 to 10 Nov 1979; Archbishop: 31 Jan 1981 to 11 Feb 2005)
Aymeric de Magnac (Maignac) † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1368 to 23 Dec 1383)
Pierre de Marca † (Archbishop: 5 Jun 1662 to 29 Jun 1662)
Denis-Simon de Marquemont † (Priest: Dec 1603 to 5 Nov 1612)
Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues † (Priest: 17 Jul 1881 to 7 Feb 1912)
Gabriel Auguste François Marty † (Archbishop: 26 Mar 1968 to 31 Jan 1981)
Gérard de Montaigu † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1409 to 25 Sep 1420)
François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (Archbishop: 19 Mar 1857 to 29 Dec 1862)
Denis du Moulin † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 10 Jun 1439 to 15 Sep 1447)
Jean de Nanton † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 26 Jun 1423 to 7 Oct 1426)
Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (Archbishop: 19 Sep 1695 to 4 May 1729)
Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1664 to 1 Jan 1671)
Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville † (Priest: 4 Jul 1903 to 23 Jun 1927)
Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril † (Priest: 27 Mar 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1967 to 5 Oct 1986)
Michel Pollien † (Priest: 25 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1996 to 31 Aug 2012)
François Poncher † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1519 to 1 Sep 1532)
Étienne Poncher † (Bishop: 15 Feb 1503 to 14 Mar 1519)
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1817; Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Dec 1819; Archbishop: 20 Oct 1821 to 31 Dec 1839)
Emmanuel-Jules Ravinet † (Priest: 28 May 1825 to 18 Mar 1861)
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 Jul 1875; Archbishop: 8 Jul 1886 to 28 Jan 1908)
Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière † (Priest: 8 Apr 1882 to 1 Jun 1915)
Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † (Priest: 21 Dec 1895; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 1919 to 12 Mar 1926)
Jean Romary † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jul 1976 to 21 Oct 1976)
François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie † (Priest: 10 Apr 1841 to 23 Mar 1855)
Louis-Antoine de Salinis † (Priest: 1 Jun 1822 to 2 Apr 1849)
François-Xavier Schoepfer † (Priest: 22 Dec 1866 to 14 Dec 1899)
Léon-François Sibour † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Dec 1854 to 3 Jan 1857)
Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour † (Archbishop: 11 Sep 1848 to 3 Jan 1857)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † (Archbishop: 11 May 1940 to 30 May 1949)
Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 20 Oct 1821)
Joseph-Sébastien-Ferdinand Terris † (Priest: 29 May 1847 to 7 Apr 1876)
Paul-Louis Touzé † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1943 to 6 Oct 1957)
Jean Verdier, P.S.S. † (Archbishop: 18 Nov 1929 to 9 Apr 1940)
Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot † (Priest: 26 Mar 1939 to 7 Jun 1959; Coadjutor Archbishop: 12 Jun 1961; Archbishop: 1 Dec 1966 to 14 Feb 1968)
Jean-Marie Villot † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Sep 1954 to 17 Dec 1959)
Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † (Archbishop: 17 Aug 1729 to 13 Mar 1746)
Guillaume Viole † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1564 to 4 May 1568)

Archdiocese of Paris

Archidioecesis Parisiensis