Diocese of Marseille

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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.

Archbishop
Jean-Marc Aveline
Latin name
Massilien(sis)
Cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Sainte-Marie-Majeure)
Patron
Saint Lazarus of Bethany
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Marseille
Catholics
741,600
Chancery
Archevêché, 14 Place du Colonel Edon, 13284 Marseille cedex 07, France
Telephone
Tel. 4.91.52.38.23

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002172 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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