Archdiocese of Aix
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Marseille |
| Diocesan bishop | Christophe Dufour |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Claude Feidt |
| Vicar General | Michel Isoard |
| surface | 4,580 km² |
| Parishes | 120 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 861,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 691,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 80.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 139 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 36 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,949 |
| Permanent deacons | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 55 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 326 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Saint Sauveur Cathedral |
| address | 7 Cours de la Trinite 13625 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 01 France |
| Website | catho-aixarles.fr |
The Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun) ( Latin : Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia (-Arelatensis-Ebrodunensis) ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France with its seat in Aix-en-Provence . Episcopal church is the Saint-Sauveur cathedral in Aix-en-Provence.
history
The diocese was founded in the 1st century and raised to a metropolitan diocese in the 5th century . After secularization on October 6, 1822, it changed its name to its current name, which means that it took up the incorporated dioceses ( Archdiocese of Arles and Archdiocese of Embrun ) in its provincial and diocesan area.
As part of the diocesan reforms, Aix lost its status as a metropolitan seat and thus its suffragan seat on December 16, 2002 . Since then it has been part of the ecclesiastical province of Marseille , still with the rank of archbishopric .
The Cathedral of Aix
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Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Aix on the eve of the Concordat of 1801 :
- Archdiocese of Aix
Structure of the church province Aix between Bourbon restitution and 2002:
- Archdiocese of Aix
- Diocese of Ajaccio
- Diocese of Digne
- Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon
- Diocese of Gap
- Diocese of Nice (since 1860)
