Archdiocese of Monaco Archiodioecesis Monoecensis Archidiocèse de Monaco | |
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Location | |
Country | Monaco |
Metropolitan | None; immediately subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 36,371 30,000 (82.5%) |
Parishes | 6 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 15 March 1877 |
Cathedral | Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Dominique-Marie David |
The Archdiocese of Monaco (Latin: Archidioecesis Monoecensis) is an exempt Latin ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Monaco, directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Saint Nicholas's or Monaco Cathedral). Dominique-Marie David was appointed Archbishop of Monaco by Pope Francis on 21 January 2020.[1]