Archdiocese of Clermont
Claromontan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Clermont, France
The Archdiocese of Clermont is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Puy-de-Dome department in the Auvergne region of central France; the ancient see (3rd century) was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 8 December 2002. Its province includes Le Puy-en-Velay, Moulins and Saint-Flour. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Clermont-Ferrand.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2002
- Latin
- Claromontan(us)
- Patron
- St. Austremonius of Clermont
- Annuario code
- 001001176
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 616,000
- Population
- 636,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 7,422
- Extent
- 8,016 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 77
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francois Kalist
- Born
- 30 October 1958
- Birthplace
- Bourges
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Clermont-Ferrand stands in Clermont, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Clermont
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Le Puy-en-VelayLe Puy-en-Velay
- Diocese of MoulinsMoulins
- Diocese of Saint-FlourSaint-Flour
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The department of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Region of Auvergne, forms the territory of the Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: Archidioecesis Claromontana; French: Archidiocèse de Clermont), a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France whose archbishop's seat is Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. For most of its history Clermont ranked as the senior suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges, but in 2002 it became a metropolitan see in its own right. François Kalist is the current archbishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.