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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille

Coordinates: 43°17′12″N 5°22′12″E / 43.28667°N 5.37000°E / 43.28667; 5.37000
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Archdiocese of Marseille

Archidioecesis Massiliensis

Archidiocèse de Marseille
Marseille Cathedral
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceMarseille
Statistics
Area650 km2 (250 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
1,048,521
715,000 (68.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1st Century
CathedralCathedral Basilica of St Mary Major in Marseille
Patron saintSt Lazarus of Bethany
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopGeorges Pontier
Auxiliary BishopsJean-Marc Noël Aveline
Bishops emeritusBernard Panafieu Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (1995-2006)
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille, is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The Archepiscopal see is in the city of Marseille, and the diocese comprises the arrondissement of Marseille, a subdivision of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Erected in the 1st century, the diocese was raised to the level of an Archdiocese on 31 January 1948 by Pope Pius XII. The suffragans of the archdiocese are: the Archdiocese of Aix, the Diocese of Ajaccio, the Archdiocese of Avignon, the Diocese of Digne, the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, the Diocese of Gap, the Diocese of Nice.

Bishops of Marseille to 1861

Bishops and Archbishops of Marseille since 1861

References

  1. ^ Saint-Cannat Official website: Origins of the Bishops of Marseille
  2. ^ Christophe de Villeneuve-Bargemon, Statistique du département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Ricard, 1824, p. 951 [1]
  3. ^ Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron, L'antiquité de l'Église de Marseille, et la succession de ses évêques, Ve. J.P. Brebion, 1747, pp. 201-206 [2]
  • Diocesan website
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Marseilles (Massilia)" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

43°17′12″N 5°22′12″E / 43.28667°N 5.37000°E / 43.28667; 5.37000

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