Diocese of Pamiers-Couserans-Mirepoix Dioecesis Apamiensis-Couseranensis-Mirapicensis Diocèse de Pamiers-Mirepoix-Couserans | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Foix, France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Toulouse |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,903 km2 (1,893 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 153,153  106,735  (69.7%) |
| Parishes | 304 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 September 1295 (As Diocese of Pamiers) 11 March 1910 (As Diocese of Pamiers-Couserans-Mirepoix) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Antoninus in Pamiers |
| Patron saint | St. Antoninus of Pamiers |
| Secular priests | 21 12 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Benoît Gschwind |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Guy de Kerimel |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese Diocese de Pamiers, Annuaire 2017 (in French) | |
The Diocese of Pamiers, Couserans, and Mirepoix (Latin: Dioecesis Apamiensis, Couseranensis, et Mirapicensis; French: Diocèse de Pamiers, Mirepoix, et Couserans) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in southern France.
Erected in 1295, it was a historical diocese of county of Foix. The diocese was suppressed in 1801, it was restored in 1822. The diocese comprises the department of Ariège and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse. The diocese of Pamiers is divided into five Deaneries: Pamiers, Foix, Haut-Ariège, Couserans, and Pays-d'Olmes-Mirapoix. The episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Antoninus in the city of Pamiers.
In 2021, in the Diocese of Pamiers, Couserans, and Mirepoix there was one priest for every 5,082 Catholics.