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Suffragan diocese Carcassonne et Narbonne, France

Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne

Carcassonen(sis) et Narbonen(sis)

The Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne is a Latin rite diocese covering the Aude department in southern France; the see of Carcassonne was erected in 533 and was renamed Carcassonne et Narbonne on 14 June 2006. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montpellier. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael in Carcassonne.

On the map

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Carcassonne et Narbonne, France, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
533
Catholics
229,000
Priests
50
Territory
6,313 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Bruno Valentin
Born
22 January 1972
Birthplace
Nancy

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Michael, Carcassonne stands in Carcassonne et Narbonne, 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

The entire department of Aude forms the territory of the Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne (Latin: Dioecesis Carcassonensis et Narbonensis; French: Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Montpellier.