Denis-Auguste Affre was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while trying to negotiate peace during the June Days uprising of 1848.
Denis Auguste Affre by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay
Denise David displayed behind Notre-Dame Cathedral. The archbishop's niece Marie Caroline Affre appears in the bell's inscription.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses 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. Before that date the bishops were suffragan to the archbishops of Sens.
Notre-Dame de Paris before the 2019 fire