Archdiocese of Toulouse
Archdiocese of Toulouse | |
Basic data | |
---|---|
Country | France |
Diocesan bishop | Robert Le Gall OSB |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Émile Marcus PSS |
Vicar General | Gérard Delom |
surface | 6,372 km² |
Parishes | 628 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 1,260,226 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 788,600 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 62.6% |
Diocesan priest | 161 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 88 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,167 |
Permanent deacons | 29 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Friars | 215 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
Religious sisters | 424 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | St. Etienne Cathedral |
address | 24-26 rue Perchepinte 31073 Toulouse CEDEX 7 France |
Website | http://toulouse.catholique.fr/ |
Ecclesiastical province | |
Ecclesiastical province of Toulouse |
The Archdiocese of Toulouse , also Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux) , ( Latin Archidioecesis Tolosana (-Convenarum-Rivensis) ) is an archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in France located in southern France . The seat is in Toulouse .
The Archbishop of Toulouse has been allowed to call himself Primate of Gallia Narbonensis since 1822 .
history
Toulouse has been a bishopric since the 3rd century . The first bishop was St. Saturninus of Toulouse (250), who is buried in the basilica of St. Sernin, which is dedicated to him in his episcopal city.
Well-known bishops were the trobador Folquet de Marselha († 1231) and Saint Louis of Toulouse (1296–1297) from the House of Anjou . In 1317 Toulouse was elevated to an archbishopric. The first archbishop was Jean Raymond Cardinal de Comminges (1318-1327, previously Bishop of Maguelonne ). Archbishop Odet de Coligny converted in 1562/63 and was then a leader of the Huguenots . After the French Revolution in 1801, various dioceses (parts of Saint-Bernard de Comminges, Lectoure, Lombez and Mirepoix and Couserans, Montauban, Pamiers, Rieux and Saint-Papoul) were the archdiocese assigned . On October 6, 1822, the archbishopric was renamed the Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Narbonne) , on January 19, 1935 in the Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux) . Since June 14, 2006 the name is Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux) .
Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Toulouse on the eve of the Concordat of 1801 :
- Archdiocese of Toulouse
- Diocese of Lavaur
- Diocese of Lombez
- Diocese of Mirepoix
- Diocese of Pamiers
- Diocese of Rieux
- Bishopric of Saint Papoul
Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Toulouse between the Bourbon restoration and 2002:
- Archdiocese of Toulouse
- Diocese of Carcassonne
- Diocese of Montauban
- Diocese of Pamiers
Structure of the ecclesiastical province of Toulouse since 2002:
- Archdiocese of Toulouse
- Archdiocese of Albi
- Archdiocese too
- Diocese of Cahors
- Diocese of Montauban
- Diocese of Pamiers
- Diocese of Rodez
- Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes
Jules-Géraud Cardinal Saliège , who headed the diocese from 1925 to 1956, wrote a much- noticed pastoral letter against the persecution of the Jews during the Second World War . The current Archbishop has been Robert Le Gall OSB since 2006 .
Facilities
The Institut Catholique de Toulouse is sponsored by the Archdiocese. The seminarians of the St. Cyprien Seminary, which is responsible for the training of candidates for priesthood from the 16 dioceses in the region, also study there. The educational center of the diocese Christ-Roi ("Christ the King"), with approx. 70 beds and conference rooms for 250 people, was built in 1964 on the outskirts of the city of Toulouse.
The archdiocese also maintains a retirement home, the Maison St. Augustin, for priests emeritus.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Archdiocese. Retrieved August 24, 2013 .
- ↑ "La Maison Diocésaine Christ the King 1964 - 2014". In: catholique.toulouse.fr. Retrieved October 4, 2014 .
- ^ "La Maison St. Augustin". In: catholique.toulouse.fr. Retrieved October 4, 2014 .
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Toulouse (French)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Toulouse on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)