Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio
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Diocese of Ajaccio Dioecesis Adiacensis Diocèse d'Ajaccio |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Corsica,  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Marseille |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Marseille |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,722 km2 (3,368 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 278,100 258,200 (92.8%) |
| Parishes | 434 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio |
| Patron saint | St. Euphrase |
| Secular priests | 47 (diocesan) 24 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Olivier de Germay |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Georges Pontier |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio (Latin: Dioecesis Adiacensis; French: Diocèse d'Ajaccio) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the whole of the island of Corsica.
Erected in the 3rd century, the diocese was formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa. After the French Concordat of 1801, the diocese became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles, until 2002 when it was attached to the archidiocesan province of Marseille. In 2012 in the diocese of Ajaccio there was one priest for every 3,636 Catholics.
Its first bishop known to history was Evandrus, who assisted at the Council of Rome in 313.
In 1077 Pope Gregory VII granted the sovereignty of the island of Corsica to Pisa. In 1347 Pisa was forced to cede its control over the island of Corsica to Genoa. Pope Eugene IV tried to reestablish papal sovereignty, but he failed.
At the end of the sixteenth century the Cathedral of Ajaccio had only two dignitaries, the Archpriest and the Archdeacon, and three Canons with three prebends. Pope Sixtus V added five Canons, making a total of ten members of the body. In 1695 there were two dignities and twelve Canons.
In 1759, Ajaccio had a population of around 5,000, under the political control of the Republic of Genoa, though the diocese was suffragan to the Metropolitan of Pisa. The Cathedral had one dignitary and thirteen canons, there was one monastery of monks.
Before the French Revolution, Corsica contained five other dioceses:
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1791) suppressed all these bishoprics in favor of one diocese for the entire island, called the Diocese de Corse, inside the province of the Côtes de la Méditerranée.
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