Archdiocese of Avignon
| Archdiocese of Avignon | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Marseille |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean-Pierre Cattenoz |
| Vicar General | Dominque Vallon |
| surface | 3,578 km² |
| Parishes | 178 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 503,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 352,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 70% |
| Diocesan priest | 120 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,496 |
| Permanent deacons | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 61 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 216 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Notre-Dame-des-Doms |
| address | Archeveche 35 rue d'Annanelle 84000 Avignon France |
| Website | www.diocese-avignon.fr |
The Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange and Vaison) ( Latin : Archidioecesis Avenionensis (-Aptensis, Cavallicensis, Carpentoractensis, Auraiacensis e Vasionensis )) is an archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in France with its seat in Avignon .
history
The archbishopric was established as a diocese in the 4th century and received metropolitan status on November 21, 1475 . In medieval times, the residence of the local papacy and to the French Revolution, the Papal States belong, it was after his suspension by the Concordat of 1801 and the defeat of Napoleon restituted . As a suffragan diocese initially subordinate to the Archdiocese of Aix , it was raised again to a metropolitan diocese on October 6, 1822 . On August 6, 1877, it changed its name to the current name, with which it took up the secularized and incorporated dioceses in its diocese again.
As part of the diocesan reforms, Avignon lost its status as a metropolitan seat and thus its suffragan dioceses on December 16, 2002. The rank of archbishopric was retained, but since then it has been under canonical law of the archbishopric of Marseille .
Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Avignon from 1475 to 1801:
- Archdiocese of Avignon
Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Avignon from 1822 to 2002:
- Archdiocese of Avignon
