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Metropolitan see Toulouse, France

Archdiocese of Toulouse

Tolosan(us)

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.

On the map

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

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Established
1317
Catholics
857,475
Priests
132
Territory
6,372 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Guy de Kerimel
Born
7 August 1953
Birthplace
Meknès

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Stephen in Toulouse stands in Toulouse, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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