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Diocese of Aire et Dax Dioecesis Aturensis et Aquae Augustae Diocèse d'Aire et Dax | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bordeaux |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Bordeaux |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,364 km2 (3,615 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 407,444 272,000 (66.8%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | Name Changed: 3 June 1857 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St-Jean-Baptiste, Aire |
| Co-cathedral | Cathedral of Nôtre Dame in Dax |
| Patron saint | Notre-Dame de Buglose |
| Secular priests | 78 (Diocesan) 14 (Religious Orders) 25 (Permanent Deacons) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Paul James |
| Bishops emeritus | Herve Gaschignard (2012-2017) |
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The Diocese of Aire and Dax (Latin: Dioecesis Adurensis et Aquae Augustae; French: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It comprises the département of Landes, in the région of Gascony in Aquitaine.
It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Auch under the Ancien Régime, but was not re-established until 1822, when it was again made a suffragan of the re-established Archdiocese of Auch, and was assigned the territory of the former Diocese of Aire and Diocese of Acqs (Dax).[1] It is now a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux.
It has been known since 1857 as the Diocese of Aire and Dax.[2] It is a co-cathedral diocese, with cathedras in the Cathedral St-Jean-Baptiste d' Aire[3] and in Nôtre Dame de Dax.
On April 6, 2017, the resignation letter of recent Bishop Herve Gaschignard was officially accepted by Pope Francis following allegations that Gaschignard engaged in inappropriate behavior with young people.[4][5]
- ^ Goyau, Georges (1907). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: see below[self-published source]
- ^ Cazauran, Pouillé, pp. 45-49.
- ^ French bishop resigns amid accusations of “inappropriate behavior” Crux Staff, 2017-04-06 Archived on 2017-04-07
- ^ "French bishop fired over 'inappropriate' behavior with youth". Fox News. 6 April 2017.