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Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis)
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Bordeaux |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 1,681,330 1,076,000 (64%) |
Parishes | 587 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Andrew in Bordeaux |
Patron saint | St. Andrew |
Secular priests | 161 (Diocesan) 53 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Jean-Paul James |
Suffragans | Diocese of Agen Diocese of Aire Diocese of Bayonne Diocese of Périgueux |
Auxiliary Bishops |
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Bishops emeritus | Jean-Pierre Ricard |
Map | |
Website | |
bordeaux.catholique.fr |
The Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis); French: Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas); Occitan: Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal see is 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 suppressed Diocese of Bazas. The Archdiocese of Bordeaux is a metropolitan see, with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: Dioceses of Agen, Aire and Dax, Bayonne, and Périgueux.