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Diocese of Aire et Dax
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The Diocese of Aire and Dax is a Latin Church see covering the Landes department in southwestern France, re-established in 1822 and renamed to include Dax in 1857. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux and is led by Bishop Nicolas Souchu.
- Bishop
- Nicolas Souchu
- Latin name
- Aturen(sis) et Aquae Augustae
- Established
- 1822
- Cathedral
- Cathedrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Aire-sur-l'Adour)
- Co-cathedral
- Cathedrale Notre-Dame (Dax)
- Patron
- Notre-Dame de Buglose
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Bordeaux (Archdiocese of Bordeaux)
- Catholics
- 272,000
- Chancery
- Evêché, 100 avenue Francis Planté, 40100 Dax, France
- Telephone
- Tel. 5.54.89.09.11
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Bayonne 42 km
- Diocese of Arua UG 69 km
- Diocese of San Sebastián ES 88 km
- Tarbes et Lourdes 104 km
- Bordeaux 126 km
- Auch 132 km
Parishes near the see
- Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption · Dax 1 km
- Saint-Martin-du-Marsan · Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 2 km
- Saint-Joseph-des-Barthes · Tercis-les-Bains 6 km
- Bon Pasteur · Saugnac-et-Cambran 6 km
- Notre-Dame de Buglose · Buglose 10 km
- Sainte-Marie-des-Arrigans · Pouillon 12 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001000617 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08