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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch

Archdiocese of Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez
Archidioecesis Auxitanus-Condomiensis-Lectoriensis-Lomberiensis
Archidiocèse d'Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez
Cathédrale d'Auch 01.jpg
Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Toulouse
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse
Statistics
Area 6,171 km2 (2,383 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
192,561
167,745 (87.1%)
Parishes 26
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 6th Century (As Diocese of Auch)
879 (As Archdiocese of Auch)
29 June 1908 (As Archdiocese of Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez)
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary in Auch
Patron saint Nativity of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Maurice Marcel Gardès
Metropolitan Archbishop Robert Jean Louis Le Gall
Emeritus Bishops Maurice Lucien Fréchard Archbishop Emeritus (1996-2004)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch, otherwise known in antiquity as Augusta Auscorum, is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in France. The archdiocese now comprises the department of Gers in south-west France. It now is officially Auch, Condom, Lectoure and Lombez. The archdiocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse, and the current bishop, who therefore does not wear the pallium, is Maurice Marcel Gardès, appointed in 2004.

Originally erected in the 6th century as the diocese of Auch, the diocese was elevated in 847 to an archdiocese. As a metropolitan see at the time, it had ten suffragan sees: Acqs (Dax) and Aire, afterwards united as the Diocese of Aire; Lectoure, later reunited with the Archdiocese of Auch; Couserans, afterwards united with the Diocese of Pamiers; Oloron, Lescar, and Bayonne, united later as the diocese of Bayonne; Bazas, afterwards united with the Archdiocese of Bordeaux; Comminges, united later with the Archdiocese of Toulouse; and Tarbes.


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