Diocese of Aire and Dax
| Diocese of Aire and Dax | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bordeaux |
| Diocesan bishop | Nicolas Souchu |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hervé Gaschignard |
| founding | 1822 |
| surface | 9,364 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 395,500 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 278,900 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 70.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 82 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,905 |
| Permanent deacons | 21 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 29 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 107 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Sainte-Marie |
| Co-cathedral | Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Website | catholique-aire-dax.cef.fr |
The present-day diocese of Aire and Dax ( Latin: Dioecesis Aturensis et Aquae Augustae , French: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax ) , located in France , of the Roman Catholic Church was founded in the 5th century as the diocese of Aire ( Latin : Dioecesis Aturensis ).
history
On November 29, 1801, the diocese of Pius VII was dissolved as a result of the Concordat with France by the bull Qui Christi domini and the area was assigned to the diocese of Bayonne . On October 6, 1822 it was re-established as a suffragan of Auch with the bull Paternae charitatis . On June 3, 1857, the diocese of Dax , which was also repealed in 1801 and whose territory had been assigned to the diocese of Aire, took it in its name, which is still valid today.
The seat of the diocese was on March 31, 1933 by Pius XI. Relocated from Aire-sur-l'Adour to Dax with the Apostolic Constitution Ad rectum et utile . The old cathedral of Dax has since been the main church of the diocese again , the cathedral of Aire co- cathedral . During the reform of the French ecclesiastical provinces in 2002, the diocese suffragan of the archdiocese of Bordeaux .
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Diocese of Aire (French)
- Entry on the Diocese of Aire and Dax on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Diocese of Aire and Dax at Giga Catholic Information (English)
