Archdiocese of Paris

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ARCHDIOCESE OF PARIS (Archidioecesis Parisiensis)

Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : Diocese 3rd century, elevated to Archdiocese 1622

Origin/meaning

Michael McCarthy in his Armoria Sedium gives the blazon of the diocesean arms as two Coat of Arms 1. Azure seme de lis or, a cross or and 2. Azure seme de lis or, a representation of the Virgin and Child with Sceptre, crowned and nimed, argent.

Arms of Archbishops

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  Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné(1782-1802).

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  Jean-Baptiste Cardinal de Belloy-Morangle(1802-1808), Cardinal 1803.

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  Alexandre-Angélique Cardinal Talleyrand de Périgord(1817-1821), Cardinal 1817 as Archbishop as Reims.

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  Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen(1821-1839).

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  Denis-Auguste Affre(1840-1848).

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  Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour (1848-1857).

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  François-Nicholas-Madeleine Cardinal Morlot(1857-1862), Cardinal 1853 as Archbishop of Tours.

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  George Darboy(1863-1871)

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  Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, OMI (1871-1886), Cardinal 1873.

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  François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal de la Vergne (1886-1908), Cardinal 1889.

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  Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette (1908-1920), Cardinal 1911.

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  Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois(1920-1929), Cardinal 1916 as Archbishop of Rouen.

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  Jean Cardinal Verdier, PSS(1929-1940), Cardinal 1929.

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  Emmanual Célestin Cardinal Suhard (1940-1949), Cardinal 1935 as Archbishop of Reims.

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  Maurice Cardinal Feltin (1949-1966), Cardinal 1953.

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  Pierre Marie Joseph Cardinal Veuillot (1966-1968), Cardinal 1967.

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  Gabriel Auguste François Cardinal Marty (1968-1981), Cardinal 1969.

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  Aaron Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger(1981-2005), Cardinal 1983.

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  André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois (2005-2017), Cardinal 2007.

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  Michel Christian Alain Aupetit (2018-)

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