Archdiocese of Marseille

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Archdiocese of Marseille
Basic data
Country France
Diocesan bishop Jean-Marc Aveline
Emeritus diocesan bishop Georges Pontier
surface 650 km²
Parishes 122 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Residents 1,048,521 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics 715,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
proportion of 68.2%
Diocesan priest 154 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Religious priest 90 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics per priest 2,930
Permanent deacons 26 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Friars 111 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Religious sisters 428 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Sainte-Marie-Majeure Cathedral
Website [1]
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical province of Marseille

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille ( Latin Archidioecesis massiliensis ) is in the south of France located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France , based in Marseille . It covers the area of ​​the arrondissement of Marseille .

history

Allegedly, in the 1st century , a bishopric was founded in Marseille . The first bishop known by name is Oresius in 314. In 417 the diocese of Marseille becomes part of the ecclesiastical province of Arles . The Saint-Victor Monastery was the residence of the Bishops of Marseille from 750 to 960 . The Notre Dame de la Major cathedral was built around 1150 in the Provencal Romanesque style . From 1801 to 1822, during which the Concordat of 1801 was in force, the diocese was temporarily incorporated into the Archdiocese of Aix . Between 1852 and 1893, the new cathedral Sainte Marie Majeure was built in neo-Byzantine style next to the old bishop's church . It has two domed towers and a 16 meter high crossing dome.

In 1948 the elevation to the immediate archdiocese took place; 2002 the survey of the metropolitan bishopric with seven suffragan seats .

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Marseille since 2002:

  • Archdiocese of Marseille
  1. Archdiocese of Aix
  2. Diocese of Ajaccio
  3. Archdiocese of Avignon
  4. Diocese of Digne
  5. Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon
  6. Diocese of Gap
  7. Diocese of Nice

See also

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Marseille  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Diocese of Marseille , accessed December 18, 2017.