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Metropolitan see Marseille, France

Archdiocese of Marseille

Massilien(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Marseille is an ancient Latin Catholic see in the Bouches-du-Rhône, raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1948. It is led by Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop since 2019 and president of the French Bishops' Conference, and heads an ecclesiastical province of suffragan dioceses in southeastern France.

On the map

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Marseille, France, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Catholics
741,600
Priests
130
Territory
650 km²

Parishes and churches

104 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jean-Marc Aveline
Born
26 December 1958
Birthplace
Sidi Bel Abbès

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary Major stands in Marseille, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

With its archepiscopal see in the city of Marseille, the Archdiocese of Marseille (Latin: Archidioecesis Massiliensis; French: Archidiocèse de Marseille) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its territory is the arrondissement of Marseille, a subdivision of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

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