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Suffragan archdiocese Auch, France

Archdiocese of Auch

Auxitan(us)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Sainte-Marie, Auch, in Auch, France.

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Established
1908
Catholics
160,010
Priests
40
Territory
6,171 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Bertrand Lacombe
Born
5 November 1966
Birthplace
Montpellier

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Sainte-Marie, Auch stands in Auch, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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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