Archdiocese of Clermont
Claromontan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Clermont, France
The Archdiocese of Clermont is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Puy-de-Dome department in the Auvergne region of central France; the ancient see (3rd century) was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 8 December 2002. Its province includes Le Puy-en-Velay, Moulins and Saint-Flour. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Clermont-Ferrand.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2002
- Latin
- Claromontan(us)
- Patron
- St. Austremonius of Clermont
- Annuario code
- 001001176
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 616,000
- Population
- 636,000
- Catholic share
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 7,422
- Extent
- 8,016 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 77
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francois Kalist
- Born
- 30 October 1958
- Birthplace
- Bourges
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Clermont-Ferrand stands in Clermont, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Clermont
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Le Puy-en-VelayLe Puy-en-Velay
- Diocese of MoulinsMoulins
- Diocese of Saint-FlourSaint-Flour
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The department of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Region of Auvergne, forms the territory of the Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: Archidioecesis Claromontana; French: Archidiocèse de Clermont), a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France whose archbishop's seat is Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. For most of its history Clermont ranked as the senior suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges, but in 2002 it became a metropolitan see in its own right. François Kalist is the current archbishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].