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Archbishopric of Bordeaux

Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas)
Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis)
  • Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas)
  • Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)
Cathedrale Saint Andre Bordeaux.jpg
Location
Country  France
Ecclesiastical province Bordeaux
Statistics
Area 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
1,399,700
1,115,000 (79.7%)
Parishes 593
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Andrew in Bordeaux
Patron saint St. Andrew
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard
Suffragans Diocese of Agen
Diocese of Aire
Diocese of Bayonne
Diocese of Périgueux
Auxiliary Bishops Laurent Dognin
Map
Locator map for Archdiocese of Bordeaux
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis); French: Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas); Occitan: Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The episcopal seat is located in Bordeaux, Aquitaine. It was established under the Concordat of 1802 by combining the ancient Diocese of Bordeaux (diminished by the cession of part to the Bishopric of Aire) with the greater part of the abolished Diocese of Bazas.

The metropolitan diocese has a senior position to four suffragan dioceses in the archdiocese (ecclesiastical province): Agen; Aire and Dax; Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron; and Périgueux and Sarlat. The metropolitan diocese itself comprises Gironde, Aquitaine.

Constituted by the same Concordat metropolitan to the suffragan Bishoprics of Angoulême, Poitiers and La Rochelle, the see of Bordeaux received in 1822, as additional suffragans, those of Agen, withdrawn from the metropolitan of Toulouse, and the newly re-established Périgueux and Luçon. In 1850 were added the three (then colonial) Bishoprics of Fort-de-France (Martinique), Guadeloupe and Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), and Saint-Denis de la Réunion (Réunion), later detached. Since 2002 the province of Bordeaux (corresponding historically with Aquitania Secunda) has been substantially modified following the abolition of the province of Auch and the creation of that of Poitiers.


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