Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris explained
| Jurisdiction: | Archdiocese |
| Paris |
| Latin: | Archidioecesis Parisiensis |
| Local: | French: Archidiocèse de Paris |
| Coat: | Arms of the Archdiocese of Paris.svg |
| Coat Size: | 120x100px |
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 48.8533°N 2.3493°W |
| Area Km2: | 105.4 |
| Population: | 2,148,271 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Catholics: | 1,304,700 |
| Catholics Percent: | 60.7 |
| Parishes: | 106 |
| Denomination: | Catholic |
| Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
| Rite: | Roman Rite |
| Established: | 3rd century
(As Diocese of Paris)
1622
(As Archdiocese of Paris) |
| Cathedral: | Notre-Dame de Paris |
| Patron: | Saint Denis
Saint Genevieve |
| Priests: | 1,296 |
| Bishop: | Laurent Ulrich |
| Bishop Title: | Archbishop |
| Metro Archbishop: | Laurent Ulrich |
| Map: | Archidiocèse de Paris.svg |
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: Archidioecesis Parisiensis; French: Archidiocèse de Paris) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. 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 to the archbishops of Sens.
History
Paris was a Christian centre at an early date, its first apostles being St. 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 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;[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) the Basilica of Saint-Denis.[2]
Clovis founded, in honour of the Apostles Peter and Paul, a monastery to which the tomb of St. Genevieve drew 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 of Duc de Saint-Cloud was created in 1674 for the archbishops.[5]
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.[6] The reform reduced the diocese's size, losing the dioceses of Chartres, Orléans and Blois.[7]
Present day
Its suffragan dioceses, created in 1966 and encompassing the Île-de-France region, are Créteil, Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, Meaux, Nanterre, Pontoise, Saint-Denis, and Versailles. 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 Catholics (except Armenians and Ukrainians) in France.
The churches of the current diocese can be divided into several categories:
- i) Latin Church 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-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[8]
- Mallon
- Masse
- Marcus
- Adventus
- : Victorinus
- : 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 of Raoul 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
1300 to 1500
From 1500
Archbishops of Paris
The Diocese of Paris was elevated to the rank of archdiocese on October 20, 1622.
Auxiliary bishops
See also
Bibliography
Reference works
Studies
- Book: Duchesne, Louis. Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises. 1910. Fontemoing. Paris.
- Book: Du Tems, Hugues. Le clergé de France, ou tableau historique et chronologique des archevêques, évêques, abbés, abbesses et chefs des chapitres principaux du royaume, depuis la fondation des églises jusqu'à nos jours. Tome premier. 1774. Delalain. Paris. fr.
- Book: Fisquet, Honoré Jean P. . La France pontificale ... histoire chronologique et biographique des archevêques et évêques de tous les diocèses de France. Paris. . 1864. E. Repos. Paris. fr.
- Book: Fisquet, Honoré Jean P. . La France pontificale .... Paris. Doyens, Aumoniers, etc.. Tome second. 1864. fr.
- Book: Jean, Armand. Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801. 78. 1891. A. Picard. Paris. fr.
- Book: Société bibliographique (France). L'épiscopat français depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905). 1907. Librairie des Saints-Pères. Paris.
Notes and References
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04721a.htm Stiglmayr, Joseph. "St. Denis." The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia: Georges Goyau . Paris . The Catholic Encyclopedia . XI . Robert Appleton Company . 1911 .
- Book: Dictionnaire Historique de Paris. 2013. Le Livre de Poche. 477. 978-2-253-13140-3.
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14329c.htm Weber, Nicholas. "Maurice de Sully." The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Book: 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 . 1825 . A. and W. Galignani . en.
- News: 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 . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-21 . 0362-4331.
- News: 1966-10-10 . HISTORIQUE DU DIOCÈSE ET DE LA PROVINCE DE PARIS . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2022-04-21.
- Web site: Saint Denis - bishop of Paris. Britannica.com. 23 April 2018.
- Web site: Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Paris, Confessor. November 1. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume XI: November. The Lives of the Saints. Bartleby.com. 23 April 2018.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104062325/http://www.lasalle2.org/english/Resources/Publications/PDF/WritingsJBDLS/Med186.pdf . 2013-11-04 .
- Matthew Bunson and Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints (2003), p. 202.
- https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2013/11/03/there-are-four-saints-named-landry-in-catholicism-who-was-ours/3436875/ Harper, John N., "There are four saints named Landry in Catholicism. Who was ours?", Daily Advertiser, November 4, 2013
- Fouracre, P., "Agilbert" in M. Lapidge, et al., (eds), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999
- Web site: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Paris. Newadvent.org. 23 April 2018.
- Jouy le Moutier, cartes postales et photographies anciennes, page 4
- Web site: New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians - Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Ccel.org. 23 April 2018.
- J. Depoin: "Essai sur la chronologie des évêques de Paris, S. 17
- Web site: La cathédrale Saint-Etienne d'Auxerre – 6. Guillaume de Seignelay. Catholique-sens-auxerre.cef.fr. 23 April 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080202194026/http://catholique-sens-auxerre.cef.fr/auxerre/article.php3?id_article=23. 2 February 2008.
- Web site: chateauthierry. Association-gauthier.org. 23 April 2018.
- Rinunce e nomine, 02.12.2021 . 2 December 2021 . 2 December 2021 . Holy See Press Office.
- Web site: 2022-04-26 . Pope names Laurent Ulrich as new Archbishop of Paris - Vatican News . 2022-04-26 . www.vaticannews.va . en.
