Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montpellier
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Archdiocese of Montpellier - Lodève - Béziers - Agde - Saint-Pons-de-Thomières Archidioecesis Montis Pessulani-Lotevensis-Biterrensis-Agathensis-Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum Archidiocèse de Montpellier - Lodève - Béziers - Agde - Saint-Pons-de-Thomières |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montpellier |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,101 km2 (2,356 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,000,000 670,000 (67%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | Elevated: 8 December 2002 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Montpellier |
| Patron saint |
Saint Peter Saint Paul |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pierre-Marie Carré |
| Suffragans |
Diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne Diocese of Mende Diocese of Nîmes Diocese of Perpignan-Elne |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Claude-Joseph Azéma |
| Emeritus Bishops | Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Archbishop Emeritus (2002-2011) |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montpellier is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in south-western France. It was probably created in the 3rd century AD. The current Archbishop is Pierre-Marie Carré; the immediate past Archbishop Emeritus is Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau. On September 16, 2002, as part of the reshuffling of the map of the French ecclesiastical provinces, the diocese of Montpellier (Lodève, Béziers, Agde, and Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) ceased to be a suffragan of Avignon and was elevated to archdiocese and metropolitan of a new ecclesiastical province, with the dioceses of Carcassonne, Mende, Nimes (Uzès and Alès) and Perpignan-Elne as suffragans.
When the Concordat of 1802 reestablished this diocese, it accorded to it also the département of Tarn, which was detached from it in 1822 by the creation of the Archdiocese of Albi; and from 1802 to 1822, Montpellier was a suffragan of Toulouse. A Papal Brief of 16 June 1877, authorized the bishops of Montpellier to style themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève and Saint-Pons, in memory of the different dioceses united in the present diocese of Montpellier.
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