Archdiocese of Tours Archidioecesis Turonensis Archidiocèse de Tours | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tours |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,158 km2 (2,378 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 608,390 (est.) 502,000 (est.) (82.5%) |
| Parishes | 39 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century (As Diocese of Tours) 5th Century (As Archdiocese of Tours) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Gatianus in Tours |
| Patron saint | St. Gatianus of Tours St. Martin of Tours |
| Secular priests | 72 (Diocesan) 23 (Religious Orders) 30 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Vincent Jordy |
| Suffragans | Archdiocese of Bourges Diocese of Blois Diocese of Chartres Diocese of Orléans |
| Bishops emeritus | Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| diocesedetours.catholique.fr | |
The Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: Archidioecesis Turonensis; French: Archidiocèse de Tours) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd century, while the formal erection of the diocese dates from the 5th century.
The ecclesiastical province of Tours corresponds with the late Roman province of Tertia Lugdunensis. During Breton independence the see of Dol briefly exercised metropolitical functions (mainly tenth century). In 1859 the Breton dioceses except that of Nantes were constituted into a province of Rennes. Tours kept its historic suffragans of Le Mans, Angers together with Nantes and a newly constituted Diocese of Laval. In 2002 Tours lost all connection with its historic province, all its previous suffragans depending henceforth on an expanded province of Rennes (corresponding to the Brittany and Pays de la Loire administrative regions). Tours since 2002 has become the ecclesiastical metropolis of the Centre administrative region.
In 2022, in the Archdiocese of Tours there was one priest for every 5,284 Catholics.