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Suffragan diocese Aire et Dax, France

Diocese of Aire et Dax

Aturen(sis) et Aquae Augustae

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Aire et Dax, France.

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Established
1822
Catholics
272,000
Priests
78
Territory
9,364 km²

Parishes and churches

36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Nicolas Souchu
Born
25 July 1958
Birthplace
Neuilly-sur-Seine

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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.

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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.

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