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Suffragan diocese Cahors, France

Diocese of Cahors

Cadurcen(sis)

The Diocese of Cahors is a Latin rite diocese covering the Lot department in southwestern France, with origins in the 3rd century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Cahors.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Stephen, Cahors, in Cahors, France.

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Catholics
163,540
Priests
45
Territory
5,216 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Laurent Camiade
Born
22 November 1966
Birthplace
Agen

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Stephen, Cahors stands in Cahors, 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

Comprising the whole of the department of Lot, the Diocese of Cahors (Latin: Dioecesis Cadurcensis; French: Diocèse de Cahors) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. At first it stood as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges; later, from 1676 until the French Revolution, it was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Albi.