Archdiocese of Monaco

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco (Latin: Archidioecesis Monoecensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Monaco. It was erected as the Diocese of Monaco by Pope Leo XIII on March 15, 1887, and was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II on July 30, 1981.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The current Archbishop of Monaco is His Excellency Bernard Barsi, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on May 16, 2000.

[edit] List of bishops and archbishops of Monaco

  • Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret (1878 - 1901)
  • Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel (1903 - 1915)
  • Gustave Vié (1916 - 1918)
  • Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes (1920 - 1924)
  • Auguste-Maurice Clément (1924 - 1936)
  • Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière (1936 - 1953)
  • Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe (1953 - 1962)
  • Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp (1962 - 1971)
  • Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé (1972 - 1980)
  • Charles Amarin Brand (1981 - 1984)
  • Joseph-Marie Sardou, TD (1985 - 2000)
  • Bernard César Augustin Barsi (2000 - present)

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