Archdiocese of Tours

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Archdiocese of Tours
Basic data
Country France
Diocesan bishop Vincent Jordy
Emeritus diocesan bishop Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin OCist
surface 6,150 km²
Parishes 41 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents 607,000 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics 501,600 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of 82.6%
Diocesan priest 88 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest 30 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest 4,251
Permanent deacons 27 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars 33 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters 331 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral St. Gatian Cathedral
Website diocesedetours.catholique.fr/
Ecclesiastical province
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The Cathedral of Tours

The Archdiocese of Tours ( Latin Archidioecesis Turonensis , French Archidiocèse de Tours ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France located in the center of the country . The seat is in the city of Tours .

history

Tours has been the seat of a bishopric since the 3rd century . The Holy Gatianus of Tours will be the first bishop of Tours called the Episcopal Church came from the year 388. The Saint Martin , in the year 372 for the third ordained bishop , the remains of St. Gatianus of Tours was in this church convict . Tours was elevated to a metropolitan bishopric in the 5th century . The tomb of St. Martin has also been a popular pilgrimage destination since the Merovingian period . In the 6th century, Bishop Gregory of Tours wrote the history of the Franks in his Historia Francorum . It was also he who consecrated the new Episcopal Church in 590 . A third, Romanesque episcopal church was built in the early 12th century, but it burned out in 1166. Although it was poorly restored, the construction of a new cathedral began around 1220/1230, which was built on top of the previous buildings. Around 1280 the choir and apse were completed under the direction of Étienne de Mortagne, but as early as 1267 the relics of St. Mauritius and his companions were solemnly transferred to the church. In 1465 the building was vaulted . The north and south towers were completed in 1509 and 1507, respectively.

A well-known archbishop of the early modern period was Alessandro Farnese , who held several episcopal offices at the same time . In 1795 the office of bishop was not filled during the French Revolution . It was only after the Concordat of 1801 that Jean de Dieu Raymond de Boisgelin became an archbishop again.

The bishopric is currently vacant. Most recently, Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin was Archbishop from 2005 to 2019 .

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Tours until 1801:

  • Archdiocese of Tours
  1. Diocese of Angers
  2. Diocese of Dol
  3. Diocese of Le Mans
  4. Diocese of Nantes
  5. Quimper diocese
  6. Diocese of Rennes
  7. Bishopric of Saint-Brieuc
  8. Bishopric of Saint Malo
  9. Bishopric of Saint-Pol-de-Léon
  10. Diocese of Tréguier
  11. Diocese of Vannes

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Tours between the Bourbon restoration and the spin-off of the ecclesiastical province of Rennes in 1859:

  • Archdiocese of Tours
  1. Diocese of Angers
  2. Diocese of Laval (since 1855)
  3. Diocese of Le Mans
  4. Diocese of Nantes
  5. Quimper diocese
  6. Diocese of Rennes
  7. Bishopric of Saint-Brieuc
  8. Diocese of Vannes

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Tours from 1859 to 2002:

  • Archdiocese of Tours
  1. Diocese of Angers
  2. Diocese of Laval
  3. Diocese of Le Mans
  4. Diocese of Nantes

Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Tours since 2002:

  • Archdiocese of Tours
  1. Diocese of Blois
  2. Archdiocese of Bourges
  3. Diocese of Chartres
  4. Bishopric of Orléans

See also

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