Archdiocese of Bourges

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Archdiocese of Bourges
Basic data
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Tours
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Tours
Diocesan bishop Jérôme Beau
Emeritus diocesan bishop Hubert Barbier
Armand Maillard
surface 14,210 km²
Parishes 64 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Residents 541,869 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics 502,400 (2015 / AP 2016 )
proportion of 92.7%
Diocesan priest 74 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious priest 24 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics per priest 5,127
Permanent deacons 20 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Friars 55 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious sisters 148 (2015 / AP 2016 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Saint-Etienne cathedral
Website www.diocese-bourges.org/

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges ( Latin Archidioecesis Bituricensis , French archidiocèse de Bourges ) is an in France situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Bourges .

The diocese , founded in the 3rd century , gave up areas for restitution of the Nevers diocese on October 6, 1822 , and lost its status as a metropolitan diocese on December 16, 2002 . Still in the rank of an archdiocese, it is now a suffragan itself .

From the Middle Ages to the Concordat of 1801 and between the Bourbon Restoration and the structural reforms of 1966 it had these suffragan seats :

  1. Diocese of Clermont
  2. Diocese of Le Puy
  3. Diocese of Limoges
  4. Bishopric of Saint-Flour
  5. Diocese of Tulle

From 1966 to 2002 the ecclesiastical province of Bourges finally had this structure:

  • Archdiocese of Bourges
  1. Diocese of Blois
  2. Diocese of Chartres
  3. Diocese of Clermont
  4. Diocese of Le Puy
  5. Diocese of Limoges
  6. Bishopric of Orléans
  7. Bishopric of Saint-Flour
  8. Diocese of Tulle
Saint-Etienne cathedral in Bourges

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