Archdiocese of Montpellier

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Archdiocese of Montpellier
Basic data
Country France
Diocesan bishop Pierre-Marie Carré
Auxiliary bishop Alain Guellec
Emeritus diocesan bishop Guy Thomazeau
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Claude Azéma
surface 6,101 km²
Parishes 63 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 )
Residents 1,104,621 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 )
Catholics 853,571 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 )
proportion of 77.3%
Diocesan priest 166 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 )
Religious priest 105 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 )
Catholics per priest 3,150
Permanent deacons 40 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 )
Friars 115 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 )
Religious sisters 280 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul cathedral
Website catholique-montpellier.cef.fr
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical province of Montpellier

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève, Beziers, Agde, et Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) , Latin Archidioecesis Montis Pessulani (-Lotevensis-Biterrensis-Agathensis-Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum ) is in the south of France located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France based in Montpellier .

The territory of the archbishopric is in the French region of Occitania and its borders coincide with those of the Hérault département .

history

The diocese was possibly founded as the Maguelone diocese in Languedoc as early as the 3rd century and moved the bishopric to Montpellier on March 27, 1536 . Subordinated to the Archdiocese of Avignon as a suffragan diocese , it changed its name to its current name on June 16, 1877, adding the names of the dioceses of its area secularized by the Concordat of 1801 to its diocesan name.

As part of the diocesan reforms of December 16, 2002, the diocese was elevated to a metropolitan bishopric and received four suffragan seats.

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Montpellier since 2002:

  • Archdiocese of Montpellier
  1. Diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne
  2. Diocese of Mende
  3. Diocese of Nîmes
  4. Diocese of Perpignan-Elne

See also

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