Archdiocese of Toulouse
Tolosan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Toulouse, France
The Archdiocese of Toulouse is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France, erected in the 3rd century (St. Saturnin) and head of the ecclesiastical province of Toulouse. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Toulouse.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1317
- Latin
- Tolosan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Stephen
- Annuario code
- 001003262
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 857,475
- Population
- 1,392,500
- Catholic share
- 61.6%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 6,496
- Extent
- 6,372 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 135
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Guy de Kerimel
- Born
- 7 August 1953
- Birthplace
- Meknès
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Stephen in Toulouse stands in Toulouse, 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.
The province of Toulouse
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AlbiAlbi
- Archdiocese of AuchAuch
- Diocese of CahorsCahors
- Diocese of MontaubanMontauban
- Diocese of PamiersPamiers
- Diocese of Rodez–VabresRodez–Vabres
- Diocese of Tarbes et LourdesTarbes et Lourdes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Department of Haute-Garonne, with its seat at Toulouse Cathedral, the Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in France. Archbishop Guy de Kerimel has led it since 2021. In 2022 there was one priest for every 3,997 Catholics in the archdiocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].