Suffragan diocese Bayonne, France
Diocese of Bayonne
Baionen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Bayonne (Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department in southwestern France, an ancient see united with Lescar and Oloron on 22 June 1909. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux. Its seat is the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie in Bayonne.
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- Established
- 1909
- Catholics
- 597,000
- Priests
- 221
- Territory
- 7,644 km²
Parishes and churches
66 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Bienheureux François DardanHasparrenView parish
- Paroisse Bienheureux Louis-Édouard CestacAngletView parish
- Paroisse de la Sainte-FamillePauView parish
- Paroisse du Christ-SauveurPauView parish
- Paroisse La Trinité d'OloronOloron-Sainte-MarieView parish
- Paroisse Le Bon Pasteur de BaïgorrySaint-Étienne-de-BaïgorryView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame d'AbetPuyoôView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame d'OssauLarunsView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de l'AssomptionBayonneView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de l'EspéranceJurançonView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de l'OussePontacqView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de la BidassoaHendayeView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de PentecôteMourenxView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame des LuysArzacq-ArraziguetView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du CheminBardosView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du PiémontAssonView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du Rocher-Saint-MartinBiarritzView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du Vic-BilhLembeyeView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame en BéarnLescarView parish
- Paroisse Piétat-l'ArribèreNayView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Ambroise en la Vallée HeureuseMazères-LezonsView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Blaise en BaïguraHéletteView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Christophe des CoteauxGanView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Esprit de la RhuneSaint-Pée-sur-NivelleView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François-XavierNavarrenxView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François-Xavier d'AmikuzeOrègueView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François-Xavier en GaraziSaint-Jean-Pied-de-PortView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jacques des GavesSauveterre-de-BéarnView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jacques du BaïguraOssèsView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jacques du Pays de MixeSaint-PalaisView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Marc Aillet
- Born
- 17 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Parakou
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Sainte-Marie, Bayonne stands in Bayonne, 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.
History
A suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux, the Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron (Latin: Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis; French: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron; Basque: Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, commonly referred to simply as the Diocese of Bayonne.
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- Pope Leo XIV to visit France
- Pope Leo XIV opens public registration for France visit
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Bishop Marc Aillet issues communiqué
Bishop Marc Aillet of the Diocese of Bayonne issued a communiqué on September 19, 2026.
- Mgr Marc Aillet comments on Pope's meeting with victims of sex abuse in Lourdes
- Bishops launch national instance for victims of sex abuse
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