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Suffragan diocese Bayeux-Lisieux, France

Diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux

Baiocen(sis)-Lexovien(sis)

The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux is an ancient Latin rite diocese covering the Calvados department in Normandy, France; the title of Lisieux was added in 1855 and the name took its current form in January 2025. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Bayeux, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Peter in Lisieux.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Bayeux, in Bayeux-Lisieux, France.

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Established
1854
Catholics
406,160
Priests
104
Territory
5,548 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jacques Habert
Born
2 May 1960
Birthplace
Saint-Malo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Bayeux stands in Bayeux-Lisieux, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Peter, Lisieux.

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History

Coextensive with the Department of Calvados, the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis; French: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rouen, also in Normandy. The Concordat of 1802 folded the former Diocese of Lisieux into that of Bayeux, and a pontifical brief of 1854 authorized the Bishop of Bayeux to style himself Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux. In 2022 the diocese had one priest for every 2,672 Catholics.

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