Previous organists

Name,
first name
(dates)		Entry into officeCessationObservationsLinks
Mulier,
Jacques
(16th c.)		Mentioned as organist of Saint-Sulpice on documents from 1583, 1585 and 1588
Le Pescheur,   
Nicolas
(16th-17th c.)		Mentioned as organist on acts from 1605 and 1606
Coppeau,
Vincent
(17th c.)		ca. 1619Mentioned as organist in Règlements de l’organiste of 1643 and 1644 (Jean-Jacques Olier)
Nivers,
Guillaume Gabriel
(ca. 1632 – 1714)		1654+
November 30, 1714
Clérambault,
Louis Nicolas
(1676 – 1749)		1714+
October 27, 1749
Clérambault,
César François Nicolas
(ca. 1705 – 1760)		1749+
1760		First son of Louis Nicolas Clérambault, he replaced him in June 1729
Clérambault,
Evrard Dominique
(1710 – 1790)		1761January 17, 1773Second son of Louis Nicolas Clérambault
Luce,
Claude Etienne
(18th c.)		January 17, 1773+
October 18, 1783		Appointed assistant to Evrard Dominique Clérambault on June 9, 1771
Séjan,
Nicolas
(1745 – 1819)		October 19, 1783+
March 16, 1819
Séjan,
Louis
(1786 – 1849)		March 19, 1819+
March 4, 1849		Son of the previous one
Schmitt,
Georges
(1821 – 1900)		November 4, 1849April 30, 1863
Lefébure-Wely,
Louis James Alfred
(1817 – 1869)		May 1, 1863+
December 31, 1869
Widor,
Charles-Marie
(1844 – 1937)		January 16, 1870December 31, 1933
Dupré,
Marcel
(1886 – 1971)		January 1, 1934+
May 30, 1971
Grunenwald,
Jean-Jacques
(1911 – 1982)		January 21, 1973+
December 19, 1982
Roth,
Daniel		April 7, 1985February 28, 2023Appointed Emeritus Organist on February 28, 2023
List of organists of the great organ of Saint-Sulpice, up to date with the latest musicological knowledge.
AROSS would like to thank Laurent Guillo and the Historical Archives department of the Archbishopric of Paris.

Dates preceded by a “+” sign indicate that the organist died in the exercise of his duties as organist of Saint-Sulpice.

Current organists

Name,
first name		Entry into officeObservationsLinks
Cauchefer-Choplin,
Sophie-Véronique		February 28, 2023Appointed by competition in October 1985 as substitute organist, she became assistant organist of the great organ in 1991.
Mossakowski,           
Karol		February 28, 2023
List of current organists of the great organ of Saint-Sulpice