Archdiocese of Reims
Remen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Reims, France
The Archdiocese of Reims is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in northeastern France, erected in the 3rd century; its Cathedral of Notre Dame of Reims was the coronation church of the kings of France, and the see heads the ecclesiastical province of Reims. The archbishop is Most Rev. Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, until 2025 president of the French bishops conference.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 300
- Latin
- Remen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Remigius
- Annuario code
- 001002738
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 565,760
- Population
- 607,606
- Catholic share
- 93.1%
- Priests
- 69
- Catholics per priest
- 8,199
- Extent
- 6,931 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
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
- Eric de Moulins-Beaufort
- Born
- 30 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Landau in der Pfalz
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 of Reims stands in Reims, 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 Reims
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmiensAmiens
- Diocese of BeauvaisBeauvais
- Diocese of ChâlonsChâlons
- Diocese of LangresLangres
- Diocese of Soissons–Laon–Saint-QuentinSoissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin
- Diocese of TroyesTroyes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims and raised to an archdiocese around 750, the Archdiocese of Reims or Rheims (Latin: Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: Archidiocèse de Reims) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. In 1023 Archbishop Ebles acquired the Countship of Reims and so became a prince-bishop, and in 1089 the archbishop received the title "primate of Gallia Belgica". Between 1060 and 1170 the see was elevated to a duchy and a peerage.
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].