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Archdiocese of Marseille
Archidioecesis Massiliensis
Archidiocèse de Marseille
Marseille Cathedral
Marseille Cathedral
Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Marseille
Statistics
Area 650 km2 (250 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2021)
1,082,300
741,000 (68.5%)
Parishes 110
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1st Century
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St Mary Major
Patron saint St Lazarus of Bethany
Secular priests 130 (Diocesan)
85 (Religious Orders)
26 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline
Suffragans Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles
Diocese of Ajaccio
Diocese of Nice
Archdiocese of Avignon
Diocese of Digne
Diocese of Fréjus–Toulon
Diocese of Gap and Embrun
Episcopal Vicars Alexis Leproux
Bishops emeritus Georges Pontier
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Marseille (Latin: Archidioecesis Massiliensis; French: Archidiocèse de Marseille) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1][2] 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.

History

The Church of Marseille is said to have been erected in the first century by St. Lazarus, the young man mentioned in the Gospels who had been raised from the dead by Jesus Christ himself. His family migrated to Provence at some point after the Resurrection.[3]

Revolution

The diocese of Marseille was abolished during the French Revolution, under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790). Its territory was subsumed into the new diocese, called the 'Bouches-du-Rhone', which was part of the Metropolitanate called the 'Metropole des Côtes de la Méditerranée (which included ten new 'departements'). The electors of 'Bouches-du-Rhone' met at Aix beginning on 19 February 1791, and on 23 February elected Abbé Charles Benoît Roux, curé of Eyragues near Arles. He was consecrated in Paris by Constitutional Bishops Gobel, Miroudot and Gouttes. He very much enjoyed the social life of Marseille, but after the execution of Louis XVI on 21 January 1793, Roux joined the counter-revolutionaries. When Marseille was occupied by troops of the Convention, he fled to Aix. He was arrested and imprisoned on 20 September; he was taken to Marseille, where he faced a tribunal of the Revolution which condemned him to death. He was executed on 5 April 1794.[4]

An archdiocese

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, and the Diocese of Nice.[5]

In recent times the Archdiocese of Marseille has suffered from significant shortage of priests, despite having a reported Catholic population of over 700,000 not a single priest was ordained in 2018 or 2019.[6]

Bishops and Archbishops of Marseille

to 1000

  • Oresius (ca. 314)[7]
  • Proculus
  • Venerius (ca. 431–451)[8]
  • Eustasius (attested in 463)[9]
  • Graecus
  • Honoratus (ca. 496–500)[10]
  • Cannatus (second half of the fifth century)[11]
  • Theodorus (ca. 580s)[12]
  • Serenus
  • Petrus of Marseille
  • Abdalong (8th century)[13]
  • Maurontus (ca. 780)[14]
  • Yvo (attested on 12 March 781)[15]
  • Wadalus (813–818)[16]
  • Theobertus (ca. 822–841)[17]
  • Alboin (attested 843/844)[18]
  • Litiduinus (attested in 878 and 879)[19]
  • Berengarius (attested in 884)[20]
  • [Gulfaric] (9th century)[21]
  • [Venator] (9th century)[22]
  • Drogon (attested in 923 and 924)[23]
  • Pons (977–1008)[24]

1000–1500

  • Pons (1008–1073)[25]
  • Raymond (1073 – 7 November 1122)[26]
  • Raymond de Soliers (1122 – 26 April 1151)[27]
  • Pierre (1151 – 2 April 1170)[28]
  • Fulco de Thorame (1170 – 31 March 1188)[29]
  • Rainier (1188–1214)[30]
  • Pierre de Montlaur (7 October 1217 – 29 August 1229)[31]
  • Benoît d'Aligan, O.S.B. (1229–1267)[32]
  • Raymond of Nîmes (23 December 1267 – 15 July 1288)[33]
  • Durand de Trésémines (17 April 1289 – 3 August 1312)[34]
  • Raymond Robaudi[35] (1 January 1313 – 12 September 1319)[36] (transferred to Archbishopric of Embrun)
  • Gasbert de la Val (18 September 1319 – 26 August 1323)[37] (transferred to Arles)
  • Aymar Amiel (26 August 1323 – 23 December 1333)[38]
  • Jean Artaudi (10 January 1334 – 1335, after July 7)[39]
  • Joannes Gasqui (13 October 1335 – 10 September 1344)[40]
  • Robert de Mandagot (13 September 1344 – 1358)[41]
  • Hugh d'Arpajon (4 February 1359 – 31 May 1361)[33]
  • Pierre Fabri (1361, June–September?)[33]
  • Guillaume Sudre, O.P. (27 August 1361 – 1366)[42]
  • [ Philippe de Cabassole ] (1366–1368) Administrator[43]
  • Guillaume de la Voute (9 December 1368 – 1 July 1379)[44] (transferred to Valence-et-Die, by Clement VII)
  • Aymar de La Voute (1379-1395)
  • Benoît II (1397-1418)
  • Paul de Sade (1418-1420)
  • Avignon Nicolaï (1420-1421)
  • André Boutaric (1433)
  • Barthélémy Rocalli (1433-1445)
  • Louis de Glandevès (1445)
  • Nicola de Brancas (1445-1466)
  • Jean Alardeau (1466-1496)
  • Ogier d'Anglure (1496-1506)

1500 to 1700

  • Pierre Baudonis (1506)
  • Antoine Dufour (1506-1509)
  • Claude de Seyssel (1511-1517)
  • Innocent Cibo (1517-1530)
  • Jean-Baptiste Cibo (1530-1550)
  • Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte (1550-1556)
  • Pierre Ragueneau (1556-1572)
  • Frédéric Ragueneau (1572-1603)
  • Jacques Turricella (1605-1618)
  • Arthur d'Épinay de Saint-Luc (1619-1621)
  • Nicolas Coëffeteau (1621)
  • François de Loménie (1624-1639)
  • Eustache Gault (1639-1640)
  • Jean-Baptiste Gault (1640-1643)
  • Étienne de Puget (1644-1668)
  • Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (1668–1679)
  • Jean-Baptiste d'Estampes de Valençay (12 January 1680 – 6 January 1684)[45]
  • Charles Gaspard Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc (21 January 1692 – 14 May 1708)[46]

1700 to 1948

[1801–1817] Diocese of Marseille suppressed, by the Concordat of 1801.[50]
  • Charles-Fortuné de Mazenod[51] (1823–1837)
  • Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod[52] (1837–1861)
  • Patrice Cruice[53] (18 Jun 1861 – 1 Sep 1865)
  • Charles-Philippe Place[54] (6 Jan 1866 – 13 Jun 1878)
  • Joseph Robert[55] (13 Jun 1878 – 19 Nov 1900)
  • Cardinal Pierre Andrieu (5 Apr 1901 – 2 Jan 1909)
  • Joseph-Marie Fabre (29 Apr 1909 – 9 Jan 1923 )
  • Daniel Champavier (19 Jan 1923 – 2 Feb 1928 )
  • Maurice-Louis Dubourg (17 Dec 1928 – 9 Dec 1936 )
  • Jean Delay (14 Aug 1937 – 5 Sep 1956 ) first Archbishop of Marseille (31 January 1948)

Archbishops of Marseille since 1948

  • Marc-Armand Lallier (28 September 1956 – 26 August 1966 )
  • Georges Jacquot (1 November 1966 – 25 September 1970 )
  • Cardinal Roger Etchegaray (22 December 1970 – 13 April 1985 )
  • Cardinal Robert Coffy (13 April 1985 – 22 April 1995 )
  • Cardinal Bernard Panafieu (22 April 1995 – 12 May 2006 )
  • Georges Pontier (12 May 2006 – 8 August 2019)[56]
  • Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline (8 August 2019[56] –)

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[57]

References

  1. Back to citation "Archdiocese of Marseille" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  2. Back to citation "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Back to citation Gospel of John 11-12. Albanès (1899), pp. 1–6. The church of Marseille also possessed relics of Mary Magdalen and Martha, Lazarus' sisters. Lazarus' own remains were in the Cathedral in 1122, along with relics of Saint Peter, his brother Saint Andrew, and Saint Stephen the Protomartyr: Albanès (1884), p. 42.
  4. Back to citation Paul Pisani (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802) (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. pp. 323–325. A. M. de La Tour-Keyrié (1889). Documents sur Charles-Benoit Roux, évêque des Côtes-de-la-Méditerranée, élu à Aix le 23 février 1791 et exécuté à Marseille le 16 germinal an IIe (in French). Aix: A. Makaire.
  5. Back to citation David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Archdiocese of Marseille. Retrieved: 2016-08-15.
  6. Back to citation Arnaud Bevilacqua And Gauthier Vaillant (26 June 2019). "France shows a spike in priestly ordinations for 2019". La Croix. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. Back to citation Oresius participated in the Council of Arles of 314: Duchesne, p. 274, no. 1. Albanès (1884), p. 5.
  8. Back to citation Duchesne, p. 274, no. 3.
  9. Back to citation Duchesne, p. 274, no. 4.
  10. Back to citation A disciple of S. Hilarius, Honoratus was a correspondent of Pope Gelasius (492–496).
  11. Back to citation Son of the king and queen of Aix. His name 'Canus Natus' ('born with white hair') is nothing but a bad folk etymology. The only documentary evidence for Cannatus is from liturgical books, the earliest of which is from 1122. Duchesne, p. 275 no. 7. Canus Natus is omitted by Gallia christiana (1716). Albanès, Gallia christiana novissima (1899) includes him (pp. 15–19), but with a question mark and the date 485. Belsunce (1747), I, pp. 201–206.
  12. Back to citation Theodorus was present at the Council of Mâcon in 585. He was still alive in 591. Duchesne, p. 275.
  13. Back to citation "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marseilles". newadvent.org.
  14. Back to citation A report of the Missus dominicus Vernarius to Charlemagne, praising Maurontus for his efforts on behalf of the abbey of S. Vincent. Albanès, pp. 33–34.
  15. Back to citation Albanès, p. 36.
  16. Back to citation Albanès, pp. 37–38.
  17. Back to citation Duchesne, p. 276, no. 14. Albanès, pp. 38–41.
  18. Back to citation Albanès (1884), p. 28. Albanès (1899), pp. 41–42.
  19. Back to citation Duchesne, p. 277, no. 18.
  20. Back to citation Duchesne, p. 277, no. 19.
  21. Back to citation Albanès (1884), pp. 29–30. Albanès (1899), p. 42. His name is known from a single document, which Albanès knew only from a printed text; the document is an index of other documents, with a very brief summary of the contents and date. A. assumes that the name is correctly copied and that the text is authentic. Gulfaric's name does not appear in the original Gallia christiana (1716). Duchesne, pp. 276–277, no. 16.
  22. Back to citation Venator's name has the same history as Gulfaric(us). The text quoted by Albanès (1899), p. 42, gives him an episcopacy of at least ten years.
  23. Back to citation Albanès (1884), p. 35. Albanès (1899), pp. 45–46.
  24. Back to citation Pons was the son of Guillaume, Vicomte de Marseille, and nephew of Bishop Honoratus. Albanès, pp. 48–51.
  25. Back to citation Albanès (1899), pp. 52–62. Albanès (1884), pp. 39–40
  26. Back to citation Bishop Raymond attended the Council of Vienne on 15 September 1112. Albanès (1899), pp. 62–65.
  27. Back to citation Albanès (1899), pp. 65–71.
  28. Back to citation Albanès (1899), pp. 72–86.
  29. Back to citation Fouque is mentioned in a charter of 10 September 1170 as Bishop-elect. Albanès (1899), pp. 86–93.
  30. Back to citation Albanès (1899), pp. 93–99.
  31. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 329. Albanès (1899), pp. 100–117.
  32. Back to citation Benedict had been Abbot of Grasse (Crassensis). He resigned the episcopacy in order to enter the Order of Friars Minor. He died on 11 July 1268. Eubel, I, pp. 329–330. Albanès (1899), pp. 117–172.
  33. Back to citation occurrence 33.0 Back to citation occurrence 33.1 Back to citation occurrence 33.2 Eubel, I, p. 330.
  34. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 330. Albanès (1899), pp. 194–227.
  35. Back to citation Albanès (1884), pp. 63–64.
  36. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 330. Albanès (1899), pp. 227–238. Albanès (1884), pp. 63–64.
  37. Back to citation In 1319 Gasbert, who had been serving as Treasurer General of the Holy Roman Church, became Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church. C. Samaran and G. Mollat, La fiscalité pontificale en France au XIVe siècle (Paris 1905), pp. 167–168. Albanès (1884), pp. 65–66.
  38. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 330. Albanès (1899), pp. 245–260. Albanès (1884), pp. 67–69.
  39. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 330. Albanès (1899), pp. 260–295. Albanès (1884), pp. 70–72.
  40. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 330. Albanès (1899), pp. 296–313. Albanès (1884), pp. 73–75.
  41. Back to citation Eubel, I, p. 330. Albanès (1899), pp. 314–331.
  42. Back to citation Guillaume Sudre was promoted to the Cardinalate by Pope Urban V on 18 September 1366, and promoted to the See of Ostia on 17 September 1367. Eubel, I, p. 20. Albanès, pp. 332–342.
  43. Back to citation The texts gathered by Albanès, pp. 342–346, indicate clearly that Philippe de Cabassole was not the Bishop of Marseille, only the Administrator. Philippe was created Cardinal Priest by Pope Urban V on 22 September 1368.
  44. Back to citation Albanès, pp. 347–364.
  45. Back to citation He was the grand-nephew of Cardinal Achille d'Estampes. Ritzler, V, p. 260, with n. 3. Albanès, pp. 640–643.
  46. Back to citation Vintimille was nominated by Louis XIV to Marseille in 1684, but due to the bad relations between the King and Pope Innocent XI, the bulls of appointment (preconisation) and consecration were never issued during that pontificate. Albanès, p. 645. It was not until 1692 that Pope Innocent XII signed the bulls. Vintimille was nominated by Louis XIV on 10 February 1708 to the diocese of Aix. He was promoted to the diocese of Paris on 17 August 1729 by Louis XV. Ritzler, V, p. 93; p. 260 and n. 4.
  47. Back to citation Poudenx was nominated by Louis XIV on 10 February 1708. Ritzler, V, p. 260 and n. 5.
  48. Back to citation Belsunce was granted the pallium as a special favor on 6 August 1731. Ritzler, V, p. 260, with n. 6.
  49. Back to citation Belloy had been Bishop of Glandèves in 1751–1755. He was nominated by Louis XV on 22 June 1755. He resigned at the request of Pope Pius VI on 21 September 1801. He was named Archbishop of Paris on 10 April 1802, and died in Paris on 10 June 1808. Ritzler, VI, pp. 226, 280–281.
  50. Back to citation Émile Sévestre (1905). L'histoire, le texte et la destinée du Concordat de 1801. Paris: Lethielleux. p. 496.
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  52. Back to citation Jean Leflon (1961). Eugène de Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles: The steps of a vocation, 1782-1814 (in French). Vol. I, II, III, IV. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823204342. Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français... pp. 335–337.
  53. Back to citation Albanès (1884), pp. 185–187. Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français... pp. 337–338.
  54. Back to citation Albanès (1884), pp. 188–189.Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français... p. 338.
  55. Back to citation Société bibliographique (France) (1907). L'épiscopat français... pp. 338–339.
  56. Back to citation occurrence 56.0 Back to citation occurrence 56.1 "Resignations and Appointments, 08.08.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  57. Back to citation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille, official website

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