The archbishop of Paris is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing the Île-de-France region, the archbishop of Paris also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of Créteil, Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, Meaux, Nanterre, Pontoise, Saint-Denis and Versailles. The current archbishop is Laurent Ulrich.
The diocese of Paris was erected in the 3rd century. It was elevated to its current status in 1622. Since then there have been 30 archbishops of Paris, with Jean-François de Gondi being the first.
Archbishops of Paris
+KeyDenotes archbishop who was a cardinal during their episcopateO.M.I.Missionary Oblates of Mary ImmaculateP.S.S.Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice
PortraitBishopEpiscopateDurationPopeRef.14 November 1622–21 March 1654Gregory XV21 March 1654–15 February 1662Urban VIII5 June 1662–29 June 1662Alexander VII24 March 1664–1 January 1671Alexander VII23 February 1671–6 August 1695Clement X19 September 1695–4 May 1729Innocent XII17 August 1729–13 March 1746Benedict XIII2 May 1746–20 July 1746Benedict XIV19 September 1746–12 December 1781Benedict XIV25 February 1782–31 January 1802Pius VI10 April 1802–10 June 1808Pius VII1 October 1817–20 October 1821Pius VII20 October 1821–31 December 1839Pius VII13 July 1840–27 June 1848Gregory XVI11 September 1848–3 January 1857Pius IX19 March 1857–29 December 1862Pius IX16 March 1863–24 May 1871Pius IX, 27 October 1871–8 July 1886Pius IX8 July 1886–28 January 1908Pius IX28 January 1908–29 August 1920Pius X13 September 1920–23 September 1929Benedict XV, 18 November 1929–9 April 1940Pius XI11 May 1940–30 May 1949Pius XII15 August 1949–1 December 1966Pius XII1 December 1966–14 February 1968John XXIII26 March 1968–31 January 1981Paul VI31 January 1981–11 February 2005John Paul II11 February 2005–7 December 2017John Paul II7 December 2017–2 December 2021Francis26 April 2022–presentFrancis
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