List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Paris


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

Denotes archbishop who was a cardinal during their episcopate
O.M.I.Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
P.S.S.Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice

PortraitBishopEpiscopateDurationPopeRef.
14 November 1622

21 March 1654
Gregory XV
21 March 1654

15 February 1662
Urban VIII
5 June 1662

29 June 1662
Alexander VII
24 March 1664

1 January 1671
Alexander VII
23 February 1671

6 August 1695
Clement X
19 September 1695

4 May 1729
Innocent XII
17 August 1729

13 March 1746
Benedict XIII
2 May 1746

20 July 1746
Benedict XIV
19 September 1746

12 December 1781
Benedict XIV
25 February 1782

31 January 1802
Pius VI
10 April 1802

10 June 1808
Pius VII
1 October 1817

20 October 1821
Pius VII
20 October 1821

31 December 1839
Pius VII
13 July 1840

27 June 1848
Gregory XVI
11 September 1848

3 January 1857
Pius IX
19 March 1857

29 December 1862
Pius IX
16 March 1863

24 May 1871
Pius IX
, 27 October 1871

8 July 1886
Pius IX
8 July 1886

28 January 1908
Pius IX
28 January 1908

29 August 1920
Pius X
13 September 1920

23 September 1929
Benedict XV
, 18 November 1929

9 April 1940
Pius XI
11 May 1940

30 May 1949
Pius XII
15 August 1949

1 December 1966
Pius XII
1 December 1966

14 February 1968
John XXIII
26 March 1968

31 January 1981
Paul VI
31 January 1981

11 February 2005
John Paul II
11 February 2005

7 December 2017
John Paul II
7 December 2017

2 December 2021
Francis
26 April 2022

present
Francis