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Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron)

Dioecesis Baionensis (-Lascurrensis et Oloronensis)



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 22 June 1909
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 7,712 (2,978 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sud-Ouest
  • Official Web Site: http://diocese64.org/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, 16 Place Mgr. Vansteenberghe, 64100 Bayonne CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 5.59.59.16.88

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Bayonne
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Bayonne (erected) ((or 6th Century))
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Aire (suppressed) Diocese of Bayonne
Archdiocese of Bordeaux
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges (suppressed) Diocese of Bayonne
Archdiocese of Toulouse
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Lescar (suppressed) Diocese of Agen
Diocese of Bayonne
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Lombez (suppressed) Diocese of Bayonne
Archdiocese of Toulouse
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Tarbes (suppressed) Diocese of Agen
Diocese of Bayonne
6 October 1822Territory LostDiocese of Bayonne Diocese of Aire
Diocese of Tarbes
Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron)
22 June 1909UnitedDiocese of Bayonne Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron)
19 May 1933Territory LostDiocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron) (Northern part of the parish of Crouzeilles) Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron) (from Auch)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron)
1950407,338415,79798.0%8531661,0193993081,983512ap1951
1959416,060420,01999.1%8551911,0463973381,900520ap1960
1970501,274508,73498.5%7161458615822241,816527ap1971
1980532,600536,70099.2%6441547986672371,610527ap1981
1990554,000575,00096.3%50114164286232261,330526ap1991
1995550,000581,00094.7%4081315391,02062111,153523ap2000
2000550,000581,00094.7%4021315331,03162111,153523ap2001
2001550,000581,00094.7%4021315331,03162111,153523ap2002
2002550,000620,76388.6%3711284991,102618983589ap2003
2003550,000620,76388.6%3361304661,180519781269ap2004
2004550,000620,76388.6%3311404711,167519879369ap2005
2006505,000606,00083.3%3491394881,034620075669ap2007
2012570,000669,30085.2%2791234021,417816347169ap2013
2015576,000676,60885.1%2981194171,3811014440469ap2016
2018572,200667,24985.8%2441003441,6631012644970ap2019
2020582,500679,35485.7%224883121,8661112740770ap2021
2022597,000697,00085.7%221762972,010108935870ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Bayonne
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 125
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 101
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 127, and Page 128
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 108
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 112
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 113
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 508, to Page 509

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