Religion in Marseille
overview of religion in Marseille, France
Modern-day Marseille's cultural diversity is reflected in the wide variety of religious beliefs of its citizens.
Christianity
Catholicism
The Archdiocese of Marseille is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in France. The Archepiscopal see is in the city of Marseille, and the diocese comprises the arrondissement of Marseille, a subdivision of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
In 2013 there were 715,000 Catholics in Marseille, forming 68.2% of the total population of the diocese.
Eastern Orthodox
Armenian Apostolic Church
European immigration to Marseille
In 2014 the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE, for its acronym in French) published a study, according to which the number of Italians, Portuguese and Spaniards in the south of Marseille has doubled between 2009 and 2012.
According to the French Institute, this increase resulting from the financial crisis that hit several European countries in that period, has pushed up the number of Europeans installed in the south of Marseille.
Statistics on Spanish immigrants in France show a growth of 107 percent between 2009 and 2012, i.e. in this period went from 5,300 to 11,000 people.
Pentecostals
Buddhism
According to Smithsonian Magazine, there is a small community of Buddhists in Marseille of 3,000. The Phap Hoa Pagoda is the largest Buddhist place of worship in the city, founded in 1990 by a Buddhist monk, Thích Thiền Định.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Religion in Marseille” is overview of religion in Marseille, France. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Religion, Marseille and overview, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “overview of religion in Marseille, France” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16987576. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2014, 2009 and 2012.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Religion in Marseille”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Religion in Marseille primary sources, Religion in Marseille archive and Religion research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Religion in Marseille”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Religion in Marseille” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.