The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of
twenty-three archdioceses of the
Roman Catholic Church in
France. The
original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by
St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an
archdiocese on October 20, 1622. Its
suffragan dioceses, created in 1966 and encompassing the
Île-de-France region, are in
Créteil (
Val-de-Marne),
Évry-
Corbeil-Essonnes (
Essonne),
Meaux (
Seine-et-Marne),
Nanterre (
Hauts-de-Seine),
Pontoise (
Val-d'Oise),
Saint-Denis (
Seine-Saint-Denis), and
Versailles (
Yvelines). Its
liturgical centre is at
Notre Dame Cathedral in
Paris. The archbishop resides on rue Barbet de Jouy in the
6th arrondissement, but there are diocesan offices in rue de la Ville-Eveque, rue St. Bernard and in other areas of the city. The archbishop is
ordinary for
Eastern Catholics (except
Armenians and
Ukrainians) in France.