Diocese of Montauban
Montis Albani
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Montauban, France
The Diocese of Montauban is a Latin rite diocese covering the Tarn-et-Garonne department in southwestern France, erected on 11 July 1317 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Notre Dame of the Assumption in Montauban.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 July 1317
- Latin
- Montis Albani
- Annuario code
- 001002274
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 185,500
- Population
- 262,780
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.6%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 3,041
- Extent
- 3,717 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Alain Guellec
- Born
- 16 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Pont-l'Abbé
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 Notre Dame of the Assumption in Montauban stands in Montauban, 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 AuchAuch
- Archdiocese of ToulouseToulouse
- Diocese of CahorsCahors
- 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
Coextensive with Tarn-et-Garonne, the Diocese of Montauban (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Albani; French: Diocèse de Montauban) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. The bishop's seat is in Montauban Cathedral.
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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.