On 28 June 2025, the eve of the feast of St Peter and St Paul, in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, the Archbishop of Paris, ordained 16 men to the Sacred Priesthood.
These were the first ordinations held in the historic cathedral since it was nearly destroyed by fire in 2019 and subsequently restored.
Not only was this the cathedral’s first ordination Mass since the blaze, it also featured the largest cohort of new priests the Paris archdiocese has seen in over two decades. Around 5,000 people attended, with approximately 2,000 inside Notre-Dame and another 3,000 watching from the forecourt on large screens.
