Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montpellier

Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier

The Archdiocese of Montpellier ( - Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint -Pons -de- Thomières ), Latin: Archidioecesis Montis Pessulani ( - Lotevensis - Biterrensis - Agathensis - Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum ) is a located in France Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Montpellier.

Territory

The area of the Archdiocese located in the French region of Languedoc -Roussillon and complies with the limits of the department of Hérault match. It covers an area of over 6,000 square kilometers and is bordered on the north and northeast to the bishopric of Nîmes, in the south-east by the Mediterranean Sea, on the southwest by the dioceses of Narbonne and Carcassonne, Albi and on the northwest by the diocese of Rodez.

History

The diocese was founded in the 3rd century as a diocese Maguelone in the department of Herault and moved on March 27, 1536 its headquarters to Montpellier. The Archdiocese of Avignon under standing as a suffragan, it changed on June 16, 1877 his name to the current name, which it had received the secularized bishoprics of its territory in the diocesan name. As part of the diocesan reforms of December 16, 2002, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese and received four suffragan dioceses.

Vicar general Friar Montpellier Cathedral Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges Roman Catholic Diocese of Agen Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers Roman Catholic Diocese of Annecy Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais Roman Catholic Diocese of Belley-Ars Roman Catholic Diocese of Blois Roman Catholic Diocese of Cahors Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne Roman Catholic Diocese of Gap Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes Roman Catholic Diocese of Laval Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz Roman Catholic Diocese of Montauban Roman Catholic Diocese of Moulins Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanterre Roman Catholic Diocese of Nevers Roman Catholic Diocese of Nice Roman Catholic Diocese of Pamiers Roman Catholic Diocese of Pontoise Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Brieuc Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Flour Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles Roman Catholic Diocese of Viviers
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