Diocese of Agen Dioecesis Agennensis Diocèse d'Agen | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bordeaux |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Bordeaux |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,384 km2 (2,079 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 342,700  (est.)205,300 (est.) |
| Parishes | 26  |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Caprais of Agen |
| Deacon and Martyr | Saint Stephen |
| Secular priests | 46 (diocesan) 24 (Religious Orders) 14 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alexandre de Bucy |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James |
| Apostolic Administrator | Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré |
| Bishops emeritus | Hubert Herbreteau |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| catholique-agen.cef.fr | |
The Diocese of Agen (Latin: Dioecesis Agennensis; French: Diocèse d'Agen) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1]
The Diocese of Agen comprises the département of Lot-et-Garonne, in the région of Aquitaine. It has been successively suffragan to the Archdioceses of Bordeaux (under the old regime), Toulouse (1802–1822), and Bordeaux again (since 1822).[2]
- ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy: Diocese of Agen. Retrieved: 2016-07-07. L'Eglise catholique en Lot-et-Garonne: Site du Diocèse d'Agen, Official website, Retrieved: 2016-07-07 (in French)[self-published source]
- ^ Georges, Goyau (1907). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.