Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont

Archdiocese of Clermont

Archidioecesis Claromontana

Archidiocèse de Clermont
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceClermont
Statistics
Area8,016 km2 (3,095 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
636,000 (est.) Increase
616,000 (est.) Increase
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Auvergne)
8 December 2002 (As Archdiocese of Clermont)
CathedralCathedral of Notre Dame in Clermont-Ferrand
Patron SaintSaint Austremonius of Clermont
Secular priests83 (diocesan) Decrease
10 (Religious Orders)
35 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrançois Kalist
SuffragansDiocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
Diocese of Moulins
Diocese of Saint-Flour
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
Ecclesiastical province of Clermont

The Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: Archidioecesis Claromontana; French: Archidiocèse de Clermont) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Region of Auvergne. The Archbishop's seat is Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. Throughout its history Clermont was the senior suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges. It became a metropolitan see itself, however, in 2002. The current archbishop is François Kalist.

At first very extensive, the diocese lost Haute-Auvergne in 1317 through the reorganization of the structure of bishoprics in southern France and Aquitaine by Pope John XXII, resulting in the creation of the diocese of Saint-Flour.[1] In 1822, in the reorganization of French dioceses by Pope Pius VII, following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy, the diocese of Clermont lost the Bourbonnais, on account of the erection of the diocese of Moulins. Since the reorganization in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, there are now four dioceses in the Province of Clermont: Clermont, Le Puy-en-Velay, Moulins, and Saint-Flour.