Archdiocese of Monaco
Monoecen(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Monaco, Monaco
Latin-rite archdiocese covering the Principality of Monaco, erected as a diocese in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII and elevated to archdiocese in 1981 by Pope John Paul II. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province; its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate (Monaco Cathedral).
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1887
- Latin
- Monoecen(sis)
- Patron
- santa Devota
- Annuario code
- 001002267
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,000
- Population
- 36,371
- Catholic share
- 82.5%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 1,250
- Extent
- 2 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15,000
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
- Dominique-Marie David
- Born
- 21 September 1963
- Birthplace
- Beaupréau
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 Our Lady Immaculate stands in Monaco, 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.
History
Monaco's Catholic Church is organized as an exempt Latin archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Monoecensis), directly subject to the Holy See and belonging to no ecclesiastical province. By area it is the smallest Catholic diocese anywhere. The archbishop's seat and mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, also known as Saint Nicholas's or Monaco Cathedral. Pope Francis named Dominique-Marie David as Archbishop of Monaco on 21 January 2020.
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].