Diocese of Aire et Dax
Aturen(sis) et Aquae Augustae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aire et Dax, France
The Diocese of Aire and Dax is a Latin Church see covering the Landes department in southwestern France, re-established in 1822 and renamed to include Dax in 1857. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux and is led by Bishop Nicolas Souchu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1822
- Latin
- Aturen(sis) et Aquae Augustae
- Patron
- Notre-Dame de Buglose
- Annuario code
- 001000617
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 272,000
- Population
- 407,444
- Catholic share
- 66.8%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 3,487
- Extent
- 9,364 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Nicolas Souchu
- Born
- 25 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
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-Jean-Baptiste stands in Aire et Dax, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedrale Notre-Dame.
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 BayonneBayonne
- Diocese of PérigueuxPérigueux
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The département of Landes, in the région of Gascony in Aquitaine, forms the territory of the Diocese of Aire and Dax (Latin: Dioecesis Adurensis et Aquae Augustae; French: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].