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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) Archidioecesis Metropolitae Montis Pessulani (–Lotevensis–Biterrensis–Agathensis–Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum) Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Montpellier |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,101 km2 (2,356 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,176,000 844,300 (71.8%) |
Parishes | 62 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd Century (Diocese of Magalonensis) Name Changed: 27 March 1536 Elevated: 8 December 2002 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Montpellier |
Patron saint | Saint Peter Saint Paul |
Secular priests | 148 (Diocesan) 102 (Religious Orders) 35 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Norbert Turini |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Norbert Turini |
Suffragans | Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne Diocese of Mende Diocese of Nîmes Diocese of Perpignan–Elne |
Bishops emeritus | Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Pierre-Marie Carré |
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Montis Pessulani (–Lotevensis–Biterrensis–Agathensis–Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum); French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain de Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in south-western France. The current metropolitan archbishop is Pierre-Marie Carré; the immediate past Archbishop Emeritus is Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau. On September 16, 2002, as part of the reshuffling of the map of the French ecclesiastical provinces, the diocese of Montpellier (Lodève, Béziers, Agde, and Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) ceased to be a suffragan of Avignon and was elevated to archdiocese and metropolitan of a new ecclesiastical province, with the dioceses of Carcassonne, Mende, Nimes (Uzès and Alès) and Perpignan–Elne as suffragans.