Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bordeaux |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Bordeaux |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,644 km2 (2,951 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 697,000 597,000 (est.) (85.7%) |
| Parishes | 70 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | United: 22 June 1909 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Bayonne |
| Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Heaven |
| Secular priests | 221 (diocesan) 76 (religious Orders) 10 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Marc Aillet |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Paul James |
| Bishops emeritus | Pierre Molères Bishop (1986-2008) |
| Map | |
 Locator map of current diocese of Bayonne | |
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The Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, commonly Diocese of Bayonne, (Latin: Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis; French: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron; Basque: Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux. The diocese comprises the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the région of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Its cathedral, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bayonne is a World Heritage Site. Elsewhere in Aquitaine, the diocese contains two former cathedrals: the Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame de the Assumption, in Lescar; and the Ancienne cathédrale Sainte-Marie, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie.