Diocese of Cahors Dioecesis Cadurcensis Diocèse de Cahors | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Toulouse |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,216 km2 (2,014 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2023) 174,670 (est.) 163,540 (est.) (93.6%) |
| Parishes | 392 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Stephen in Cahors |
| Patron saint | Saint Stephen |
| Secular priests | 45 (Diocesan) 3 (Religious Orders) 7 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Laurent Camiade |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Guy de Kerimel |
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The Diocese of Cahors (Latin: Dioecesis Cadurcensis; French: Diocèse de Cahors) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the whole of the department of Lot.
In the beginning it was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges, and later, from 1676 to the time of the French Revolution, it was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Albi. From 1802 to 1822 Cahors was under the Archbishop of Toulouse, and combined the former Diocese of Rodez with a great part of the former Diocese of Vabres and the Diocese of Montauban. However, in 1822 it was restored almost to its pristine limits and again made suffragan to Albi.
In the Diocese of Cahors in 2023 there was one priest for every 3,407 Catholics.