Diocese of Montauban Dioecesis Montis Albani Diocèse de Montauban | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Toulouse |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,717 km2 (1,435 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 262,780 (est.) 185,450 (est.) (70.6%) |
Parishes | 321 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 July 1317 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame of the Assumption in Montauban |
Secular priests | 61 (Diocesan) 6 (Religious Orders) 10 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alain Guellec |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Guy de Kerimel |
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Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Montauban (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Albani; French: Diocèse de Montauban) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese is coextensive with Tarn-et-Garonne, and is currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. The episcopal seat of the Diocese of Montauban is in Montauban Cathedral.
Suppressed under the Concordat of 1802 and divided between the three neighbouring dioceses of Toulouse, Agen, and Cahors, Montauban was re-established by imperial decree of 1809, but this measure was not approved by the Holy See. Re-established by the Concordat of 1817, the diocese did not receive a bishop approved by the Papacy until 1824.
In 2021, in the Diocese of Montauban there was one priest for every 2,767 Catholics.