Council of Paris (1811)
| Date | June 17, 1811 – August 5, 1811 |
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| Location | Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, First French Empire |
| Type | Church Council (particular) |
| Participants | () |
The Council of Paris or National Council was an abortive council of the church that attempted to impose Napoleon I's will on Pope Pius VII on a number of church issues. Held in two key phases from June 17 to August 5, 1811, at Notre-Dame de Paris, the council occurred while the Pope was imprisoned in Savona before being secretly transferred to Fontainebleau on June 12, 1812.
Napoleon sought to transfer the right to approve new bishops from the Pope to the metropolitan bishop, but he faced opposition from the prelates, who insisted that all decisions must be personally approved by the Pope.