Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux
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Archdiocese of Bordeaux-Bazas Archidioecesis Burdigalensis-Bazensis Archidiocèse de Bordeaux-Bazas |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Clermont |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux, the full name of which since 20 November 1937 has been the Archdiocese of Bordeaux-Bazas, 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, 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of Angoulême, Poitiers and La Rochelle, the see of Bordeaux received in 1822, as additional suffragans, those of Agen, withdrawn from the metropolitan of Toulouse, and the newly re-established Périgueux and Luçon.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), Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), and Saint-Denis (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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