Archdiocese of Auch
Auxitan(us)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Auch, France
The Archdiocese of Auch (Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez) is a Latin rite archdiocese covering the Gers department in southwestern France; the ancient see was elevated to an archdiocese in 879 and united with Condom, Lectoure and Lombez in 1908. Since 2002 it is a non-metropolitan archdiocese, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Sainte-Marie in Auch.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1908
- Latin
- Auxitan(us)
- Patron
- Nativity of Our Lady
- Annuario code
- 001000751
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,010
- Population
- 191,377
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.6%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 4,000
- Extent
- 6,171 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Archbishop
- Bertrand Lacombe
- Born
- 5 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Montpellier
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
Cathedral Basilica of Sainte-Marie, Auch stands in Auch, 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 Toulouse
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toulouse.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AlbiAlbi
- Archdiocese of ToulouseToulouse
- Diocese of CahorsCahors
- Diocese of MontaubanMontauban
- Diocese of PamiersPamiers
- Diocese of Rodez–VabresRodez–Vabres
- Diocese of Tarbes et LourdesTarbes et Lourdes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In south-west France, the department of Gers forms the territory of the Archdiocese of Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez (Latin: Archidioecesis Auxitana-Condomiensis-Lectoriensis-Lomberiensis; French: Archidiocèse d'Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), a Latin Church archdiocese usually called simply the Archdiocese of Auch. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Bertrand Lacombe, appointed in 2020, currently leads the see as the 119th bishop of Auch. In 2022 the archdiocese counted one priest for every 3,478 Catholics.
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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.