Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Rouen |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rouen |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,548 km2 (2,142 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 694,056 406,160 (est.) (58.5%) |
Parishes | 51 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Bayeux |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Peter in Lisieux |
Secular priests | 104 (Diocesan) 48 (Religious Orders) 31 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jacques Habert |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Dominique Lebrun |
Bishops emeritus | Jean-Claude Boulanger |
Map | |
Website | |
bayeuxlisieux.catholique.fr |
The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis; French: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rouen, also in Normandy.
With the Concordat of 1802, the former Diocese of Lisieux was merged with that of Bayeux. A pontifical brief in 1854 authorized the Bishop of Bayeux to call himself Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux.
In 2022, in the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux there was one priest for every 2,672 Catholics.