Diocese of Angoulême
Engolismen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Angoulême, France
The Diocese of Angouleme is a Latin Church see covering the Charente department in western France, with origins in the 3rd century. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Poitiers and has been led by Bishop Herve Gosselin since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3rd century
- Latin
- Engolismen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Ausonius of Angouleme
- Annuario code
- 001000692
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 269,000
- Population
- 352,015
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 76.4%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 5,848
- Extent
- 5,972 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 45
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Hervé Gosselin
- Born
- 16 April 1956
- Birthplace
- Nantes
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Pierre stands in Angoulême, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Poitiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Poitiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PoitiersPoitiers
- Diocese of La RochelleLa Rochelle
- Diocese of LimogesLimoges
- Diocese of TulleTulle
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected in the 3rd century, the Diocese of Angoulême (Latin: Dioecesis Engolismensis; French: Diocèse d'Angoulême) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France whose episcopal see is the Angoulême Cathedral. Its territory is the département of the Charente. Traditionally suffragan to the Archbishopric of Bordeaux, under the old régime as well as under the Concordat, it has been suffragan to the Archdiocese of Poitiers since 2002. In 2022 there was one priest for every 4,981 Catholics in the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.