Aix (-Arles) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Christian Louis André Delarbre, Archbishop
Christophe Dufour, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 31 December 2007
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Marseille
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 4,580 (1,769 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Provence-Méditerranée
Official Web Site: http://www.catho-aixarles.fr/
Mailing Address: 7 Cours de la Trinite, CS 70782, 13625 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 01, France
Telephone: 4.42.17.59.00

Historical Details

Diocese of Aix
- Latin Name: Aquensis in Gallia
- Erected: 1st Century
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Aix
- Latin Name: Aquensis in Gallia
- Elevated: 5th Century
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
- Latin Name: Aquensis in Gallia (-Arelatensis-Ebrodunensis)
- Name Changed: 6 October 1822
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Marseille
- Country: France
- Conference Region: Provence-Méditerranée

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bermond Cornut † ( 1212 Appointed - 7 Apr 1223 Died)
Raimond Audibert † ( 1223 Appointed - 7 Mar 1251 Resigned)
Philippe † ( 1251 Appointed - 10 Feb 1257 Died)
(Guillaume) Vicedomino de Vicedominis † (22 Jul 1257 Appointed - 3 Jun 1273 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina)
Grimier Vicedominus † (13 Jan 1274 Appointed - 30 Nov 1282 Died)
Rostaing de Novis † (14 Aug 1283 Appointed - 30 Jan 1311 Died)
Guillaume de Mandagout, C.R.S.A. † (26 May 1311 Appointed - 23 Dec 1312 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina)
Robert de Malovicino † (6 Aug 1313 Appointed - 1318 Resigned)
Pierre des Prés † (11 Sep 1318 Appointed - 20 Dec 1320 Elevated to Cardinal, )
Pierre-Bernard Auriol, O.F.M. † (27 Feb 1321 Appointed - 10 Jan 1322 Died)
Jacques de Concoz, O.P. † (9 Jul 1322 Appointed - 1 May 1329 Died)
Armand di Narcès † (19 Jul 1329 Appointed - 21 Jul 1348 Died)
Arnaud Bernard du Pouget † (14 Aug 1348 Appointed - 16 Jun 1361 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria})
Jean Peyssoni † (2 Aug 1361 Appointed - 10 Oct 1368 Died)
Giraud di Pousillac † (4 Dec 1368 Appointed - 23 May 1379 Died)
João d’Angoult † (1 Jun 1379 Appointed - 19 Sep 1394 Died)
Thomas di Puppio (di Jarente) † (22 Dec 1396 Appointed - 10 Feb 1420 Died)
Guillaume Fillastre † (25 Jul 1414 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Avignone Nicolai, O.P. † (3 Jul 1422 Appointed - 15 Jun 1443 Died)
Robert Roger † (10 Jul 1443 Appointed - 1447 Died)
Robert Damiani, O.F.M. † (23 Oct 1447 Appointed - 1460 Resigned)
Olivier de Pennart, O.S.A. † (8 Aug 1460 Appointed - 28 Jan 1484 Died)
Philippe Herbert (d’Ossonvilliers) † (27 Feb 1484 Appointed - 14 Oct 1499 Died)
André d’Espinay † (Oct 1499 Appointed - May 1500 Resigned)
Christophe de Brillac † (13 May 1500 Appointed - 19 Jan 1504 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orléans)
François de Brillac † (22 Dec 1504 Appointed - 17 Jan 1506 Died)
Pierre Filhol (Filleul) † (9 Mar 1506 Appointed - 22 Jan 1541 Died)
Antoine Filhol † (22 Jan 1541 Succeeded - 2 Dec 1550 Died)
Jean Saint-Romain de Saint-Chamond † (19 Jan 1551 Appointed - 11 Dec 1566 Resigned)
Lorenzo Strozzi † (6 Feb 1568 Appointed - 14 Dec 1571 Died)
Giuliano de’ Medici † (29 May 1574 Appointed - 1575 Resigned)
Alessandro Canigiani † (28 Mar 1576 Appointed - 21 Mar 1591 Died)
Gilbert Génébrard, O.S.B. † (10 May 1591 Confirmed - 16 Feb 1597 Died)
Paul Hurault de l’Hospital † (10 Mar 1599 Appointed - 8 Sep 1624 Died)
Guy Hurault de l’Hospital † (8 Sep 1624 Succeeded - 3 Dec 1625 Died)
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. † (27 Apr 1626 Confirmed - 27 Nov 1628 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lyon)
Louis de Bretel † (6 Oct 1631 Appointed - 27 Mar 1644 Died)
Michel Mazarin, O.P. † (10 Jul 1645 Confirmed - 31 Aug 1648 Died)
Girolamo (Jérome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni † (30 Aug 1655 Confirmed - 4 Nov 1685 Died)
Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † (13 Nov 1685 Appointed - 12 Oct 1693 Confirmed, Archbishop of Albi)
Daniel de Cosnac † (9 Nov 1693 Confirmed - 18 Jan 1708 Died)
Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † (14 May 1708 Confirmed - 17 Aug 1729 Confirmed, Archbishop of Paris)
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Brancas † (17 Aug 1729 Confirmed - 30 Aug 1770 Died)
Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † (17 Jun 1771 Confirmed - 7 Nov 1801 Resigned)
Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé † (10 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 22 Aug 1810 Died)
Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 29 Jan 1829 Died)
Charles-Alexandre de Richery † (27 Jul 1829 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1830 Died)
Jacques Raillon † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 13 Feb 1835 Died)
Joseph Bernet † (1 Feb 1836 Confirmed - 5 Jul 1846 Died)
Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (12 Apr 1847 Confirmed - 11 Jan 1857 Died)
Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon † (19 Mar 1857 Confirmed - 28 Feb 1873 Died)
Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (25 Jul 1873 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1885 Died)
François Xavier Gouthe-Soulard † (10 Jun 1886 Confirmed - 9 Sep 1900 Died)
François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy † (18 Apr 1901 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1920 Died)
Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière † (9 Jul 1920 Appointed - 28 Sep 1930 Died)
Emmanuel Coste † (28 Jul 1931 Appointed - 18 Jan 1934 Died)
Clément-Emile Roques † (24 Dec 1934 Appointed - 11 May 1940 Appointed, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo))
Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † (11 May 1940 Appointed - 13 Dec 1944 Resigned)
Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † (3 Nov 1945 Appointed - 30 Nov 1978 Retired)
Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu † (30 Nov 1978 Appointed - 24 Aug 1994 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Marseille)
Louis-Marie Billé † (5 May 1995 Appointed - 10 Jul 1998 Appointed, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne))
Claude Feidt † (17 Jun 1999 Appointed - 29 Mar 2010 Resigned)
Christophe Dufour (29 Mar 2010 Succeeded - 5 Jul 2022 Retired)
Christian Louis André Delarbre (5 Jul 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Aix
1st Century	Erected		Diocese of Aix (erected)
Archdiocese of Aix
5th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Aix	Archdiocese of Aix
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Arles (suppressed) Diocese of Fréjus (suppressed) Diocese of Marseille (suppressed) Diocese of Toulon (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Aix
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Riez (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Aix Diocese of Digne
6 October 1822	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Aix	Diocese of Marseille
Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
6 October 1822	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Aix	Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
6 October 1822	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Arles (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
8 December 2002	Elevated		Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun) (no longer a Metropolitan)
Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles)
31 December 2007	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)	Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles) (removed Embrun as secondary title)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)

1948 258,000 288,000 89.6% 184 30 214 1,205 41 572 130 ap1951

1959 280,000 315,000 88.9% 211 35 246 1,138 69 530 131 ap1960

1969 479,272 .0% 221 64 285 0 1 104 548 101 ap1971

1980 474,500 601,000 79.0% 202 85 287 1,653 1 109 567 124 ap1981

1990 592,000 735,000 80.5% 178 64 242 2,446 6 96 520 124 ap1991

1999 637,000 793,383 80.3% 157 56 213 2,990 10 70 364 128 ap2000

2000 668,000 832,600 80.2% 151 60 211 3,165 10 119 360 128 ap2001

2001 688,000 857,071 80.3% 163 58 221 3,113 14 79 360 112 ap2002

2002 688,000 857,071 80.3% 143 59 202 3,405 14 76 360 122 ap2003

2003 688,000 857,071 80.3% 142 39 181 3,801 13 56 360 122 ap2004

2004 688,000 857,071 80.3% 153 35 188 3,659 13 50 354 122 ap2005

2006 688,000 857,071 80.3% 143 36 179 3,843 14 56 334 120 ap2007

Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles)

2012 714,000 867,000 82.4% 131 28 159 4,490 21 57 265 120 ap2013

2015 723,200 879,000 82.3% 128 19 147 4,919 23 43 248 120 ap2016

2018 730,000 957,700 76.2% 110 16 126 5,793 25 31 205 118 ap2019

2020 739,600 970,000 76.2% 111 15 126 5,869 26 66 244 118 ap2021

2022 677,000 957,291 70.7% 113 15 128 5,289 29 41 216 118 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
1948	258,000	288,000	89.6%	184	30	214	1,205		41	572	130	ap1951
1959	280,000	315,000	88.9%	211	35	246	1,138		69	530	131	ap1960
1969		479,272	.0%	221	64	285	0	1	104	548	101	ap1971
1980	474,500	601,000	79.0%	202	85	287	1,653	1	109	567	124	ap1981
1990	592,000	735,000	80.5%	178	64	242	2,446	6	96	520	124	ap1991
1999	637,000	793,383	80.3%	157	56	213	2,990	10	70	364	128	ap2000
2000	668,000	832,600	80.2%	151	60	211	3,165	10	119	360	128	ap2001
2001	688,000	857,071	80.3%	163	58	221	3,113	14	79	360	112	ap2002
2002	688,000	857,071	80.3%	143	59	202	3,405	14	76	360	122	ap2003
2003	688,000	857,071	80.3%	142	39	181	3,801	13	56	360	122	ap2004
2004	688,000	857,071	80.3%	153	35	188	3,659	13	50	354	122	ap2005
2006	688,000	857,071	80.3%	143	36	179	3,843	14	56	334	120	ap2007
Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles)
2012	714,000	867,000	82.4%	131	28	159	4,490	21	57	265	120	ap2013
2015	723,200	879,000	82.3%	128	19	147	4,919	23	43	248	120	ap2016
2018	730,000	957,700	76.2%	110	16	126	5,793	25	31	205	118	ap2019
2020	739,600	970,000	76.2%	111	15	126	5,869	26	66	244	118	ap2021
2022	677,000	957,291	70.7%	113	15	128	5,289	29	41	216	118	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Christian Louis André Delarbre (Archbishop: 5 Jul 2022 - )
Christophe Dufour (Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 May 2008; Archbishop: 29 Mar 2010 to 5 Jul 2022)
Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno (Deacon: 30 Jun 1985; Priest: 29 Jun 1986 to 19 Feb 2001)
Thierry Marie Scherrer (Deacon: 13 Jun 1987; Priest: 26 Jun 1988 to 21 May 2008)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Raimond Audibert † (Archbishop: 1223 to 7 Mar 1251)
Pierre-Bernard Auriol, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1321 to 10 Jan 1322)
Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 29 Jan 1829)
Arnaud Bernard du Pouget † (Archbishop: 14 Aug 1348 to 16 Jun 1361)
Joseph Bernet † (Archbishop: 1 Feb 1836 to 5 Jul 1846)
Louis-Marie Billé † (Archbishop: 5 May 1995 to 10 Jul 1998)
Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † (Archbishop: 17 Jun 1771 to 7 Nov 1801)
François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1901 to 20 Apr 1920)
Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Feb 1972 to 25 Apr 1978)
Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Brancas † (Archbishop: 17 Aug 1729 to 30 Aug 1770)
Louis de Bretel † (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1631 to 27 Mar 1644)
Christophe de Brillac † (Archbishop: 13 May 1500 to 19 Jan 1504)
François de Brillac † (Archbishop: 22 Dec 1504 to 17 Jan 1506)
Alessandro Canigiani † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1576 to 21 Mar 1591)
Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon † (Archbishop: 19 Mar 1857 to 28 Feb 1873)
Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1802 to 22 Aug 1810)
Jacques de Concoz, O.P. † (Archbishop: 9 Jul 1322 to 1 May 1329)
Bermond Cornut † (Archbishop: 1212 to 7 Apr 1223)
Daniel de Cosnac † (Archbishop: 9 Nov 1693 to 18 Jan 1708)
Emmanuel Coste † (Archbishop: 28 Jul 1931 to 18 Jan 1934)
Ignace Cotolendi, M.E.P. †
Robert Damiani, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1447 to 1460)
João d’Angoult † (Archbishop: 1 Jun 1379 to 19 Sep 1394)
Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1847 to 11 Jan 1857)
Giuliano de’ Medici † (Archbishop: 29 May 1574 to 1575)
André d’Espinay † (Administrator: Oct 1499 to May 1500)
Pierre des Prés † (Archbishop: 11 Sep 1318 to 20 Dec 1320)
Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel † (Archbishop: 11 May 1940 to 13 Dec 1944)
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. † (Archbishop: 27 Apr 1626 to 27 Nov 1628)
Claude Feidt † (Archbishop: 17 Jun 1999 to 29 Mar 2010)
Antoine Filhol † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 9 Mar 1530; Archbishop: 22 Jan 1541 to 2 Dec 1550)
Pierre Filhol (Filleul) † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 1506 to 22 Jan 1541)
Guillaume Fillastre † (Administrator: 25 Jul 1414 - Did Not Take Effect to 3 Jul 1422)
Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (Archbishop: 25 Jul 1873 to 12 Sep 1885)
Gilbert Génébrard, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 10 May 1591 to 16 Feb 1597)
François Xavier Gouthe-Soulard † (Archbishop: 10 Jun 1886 to 9 Sep 1900)
Girolamo (Jérome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni † (Archbishop: 30 Aug 1655 to 4 Nov 1685)
Philippe Herbert (d’Ossonvilliers) † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1484 to 14 Oct 1499)
Guy Hurault de l’Hospital † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 2 Apr 1618; Archbishop: 8 Sep 1624 to 3 Dec 1625)
Paul Hurault de l’Hospital † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1599 to 8 Sep 1624)
Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † (Archbishop: 13 Nov 1685 to 12 Oct 1693)
Robert de Malovicino † (Archbishop: 6 Aug 1313 to 1318)
Guillaume de Mandagout, C.R.S.A. † (Archbishop: 26 May 1311 to 23 Dec 1312)
Michel Mazarin, O.P. † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1645 to 31 Aug 1648)
Armand di Narcès † (Archbishop: 19 Jul 1329 to 21 Jul 1348)
Avignone Nicolai, O.P. † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1422 to 15 Jun 1443)
Rostaing de Novis † (Archbishop: 14 Aug 1283 to 30 Jan 1311)
Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu † (Archbishop: 30 Nov 1978 to 24 Aug 1994)
Olivier de Pennart, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1460 to 28 Jan 1484)
Jean Baptiste Étienne Honoré Penon † (Priest: 7 Jun 1873 to 8 May 1911)
Jean Peyssoni † (Archbishop: 2 Aug 1361 to 10 Oct 1368)
Giraud di Pousillac † (Archbishop: 4 Dec 1368 to 23 May 1379)
Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † (Archbishop: 3 Nov 1945 to 30 Nov 1978)
Thomas di Puppio (di Jarente) † (Archbishop: 22 Dec 1396 to 10 Feb 1420)
Jacques Raillon † (Archbishop: 24 Feb 1832 to 13 Feb 1835)
Charles-Alexandre de Richery † (Archbishop: 27 Jul 1829 to 15 Nov 1830)
Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière † (Archbishop: 9 Jul 1920 to 28 Sep 1930)
Robert Roger † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1443 to 1447)
Clément-Emile Roques † (Archbishop: 24 Dec 1934 to 11 May 1940)
Jean Saint-Romain de Saint-Chamond † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1551 to 11 Dec 1566)
Léon-François Sibour † (Priest: Dec 1832 to 27 Dec 1854)
Lorenzo Strozzi † (Archbishop: 6 Feb 1568 to 14 Dec 1571)
(Guillaume) Vicedomino de Vicedominis † (Archbishop: 22 Jul 1257 to 3 Jun 1273)
Grimier Vicedominus † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1274 to 30 Nov 1282)
Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † (Archbishop: 14 May 1708 to 17 Aug 1729)
Philippe † (Archbishop: 1251 to 10 Feb 1257)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Aix
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 96
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 91
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 112, and Page 113
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 89
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 92, and Page 93
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 92
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 83
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 481, to Page 483
Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 113
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 62

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