Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours

Archdiocese of Tours

Archidioecesis Turonensis

Archidiocèse de Tours
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceTours
Statistics
Area6,158 km2 (2,378 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2022)
608,390 (est.)
502,000 (est.) (82.5%)
Parishes39
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Tours)
5th Century (As Archdiocese of Tours)
CathedralCathedral of St. Gatianus in Tours
Patron saintSt. Gatianus of Tours
St. Martin of Tours
Secular priests72 (Diocesan)
23 (Religious Orders)
30 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopVincent Jordy
SuffragansArchdiocese of Bourges
Diocese of Blois
Diocese of Chartres
Diocese of Orléans
Bishops emeritusBernard-Nicolas Aubertin
Map
Locator map, archdiocese of Tours
Website
diocesedetours.catholique.fr
Ecclesiastical province of Tours

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.