Archdiocese of Clermont Archidioecesis Claromontana Archidiocèse de Clermont | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Clermont |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,016 km2 (3,095 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 636,000 (est.)  616,000 (est.) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century (As Diocese of Auvergne) 8 December 2002 (As Archdiocese of Clermont) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Clermont-Ferrand |
| Patron Saint | Saint Austremonius of Clermont |
| Secular priests | 83 (diocesan)  10 (Religious Orders) 35 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | François Kalist |
| Suffragans | Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay Diocese of Moulins Diocese of Saint-Flour |
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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.