Bishopric of Pamiers
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Diocese of Pamiers-Couserans-Mirepoix Dioecesis Apamiensis-Couseranensis-Mirapicensis Diocèse de Pamiers-Mirepoix-Couserans |
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| Location | |
| Country | Foix, France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Toulouse |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,903 km2 (1,893 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 154,546 107,400 (est.) (69.5%) |
| Parishes | 304 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 September 1295 (As Diocese of Pamiers) 11 March 1910 (As Diocese of Pamiers-Couserans-Mirepoix) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Antoninus in Pamiers |
| Patron saint | St. Antoninus of Pamiers |
| Secular priests | 42 (diocesan) 4 (Religious Orders) 13 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Philippe Mousset |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Robert Jean Louis Le Gall |
| Emeritus Bishops | Marcel Germain Perrier Bishop Emeritus (2000-2008) |
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Website of the Diocese Diocese de Pamiers, Annuaire 2017 (in French) |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pamiers, Couserans, and Mirepoix (Latin: Dioecesis Apamiensis, Couseranensis, et Mirapicensis; French: Diocèse de Pamiers, Mirepoix, et Couserans) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in southern France. The diocese comprises the department of Ariège and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse. The diocese of Pamiers is divided into five Deaneries: Pamiers, Foix, Haut-Ariège, Couserans, and Pays-d'Olmes-Mirapoix. The episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Antoninus in the city of Pamiers, and the current bishop is Jean-Marc Eychenne, appointed on 17 December 2014.
The diocese of Pamiers has no seminary of its own. Its one seminarist (as of 2017) attends the Séminaire Interprovincial Saint Cyprien in Toulouse.
The traditions of the diocese mention as its first apostle of Christianity St. Antoninus, born at Fredelacum (Frédélas) near Pamiers in the Rouergue, and martyred in his native country at a date uncertain. Cardinal Cesare Baronius believed that he was one of the martyrs of the Theban Legion in 286. The Abbey of St. Antonin was founded near Fredelacum about 960; in 1034 it passed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Girone and was annexed in 1060 to the Congregation of Cluny. By 1095, however, the monastery followed the Rule of Saint Augustine.
A castle built on the site of the abbey by Roger II Count of Foix (1070–1125), was called Appamia; hence the name of Pamiers which passed to the neighbouring small town. The monastery buildings were located a mile and a half outside the walls of the villa that became the city.
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