Diocese of Bayonne
Baionen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bayonne, France
The Diocese of Bayonne (Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department in southwestern France, an ancient see united with Lescar and Oloron on 22 June 1909. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux. Its seat is the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie in Bayonne.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1909
- Latin
- Baionen(sis)
- Patron
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000863
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 597,000
- Population
- 697,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.7%
- Priests
- 221
- Catholics per priest
- 2,701
- Extent
- 7,644 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 78
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
- Marc Aillet
- Born
- 17 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Parakou
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 of Sainte-Marie, Bayonne stands in Bayonne, 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 Bordeaux
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bordeaux.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BordeauxBordeaux
- Diocese of AgenAgen
- Diocese of Aire et DaxAire et Dax
- Diocese of PérigueuxPérigueux
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux, the Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron (Latin: Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis; French: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron; Basque: Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, commonly referred to simply as the Diocese of Bayonne.
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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.