Diocese of Ajaccio Dioecesis Adiacensis Diocèse d'Ajaccio Diocesi d'Aiacciu | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Marseille |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Marseille |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,722 km2 (3,368 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 340,000 277,000 (81.5%) |
| Parishes | 434 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio |
| Patron saint | St. Euphrase |
| Secular priests | 56 (Diocesan) 20 (Religious Orders) 13 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Marc Aveline |
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The Diocese of Ajaccio (Latin: Dioecesis Adiacensis; French: Diocèse d'Ajaccio) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.[1][2] The diocese comprises the whole of the island of Corsica.
Erected in the 3rd century, the diocese was formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa. After the French Concordat of 1801, the diocese became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles,[3] until 2002 when it was attached to the archdiocesan province of Marseille. In 2012, in the diocese of Ajaccio, there was one priest for every 3,636 Catholics.
- ^ "Diocese of Ajaccio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Ajaccio" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ Convenzione tra il governo francese e S. S. Pio VII: bolle, discorsi, leggi, decreti, giuramenti, proclami, ec., relativi ai culti in Francia (in Italian). Genoa: Stamperia della Libertá in Scurreria. 1802. p. 161.