Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges
Catholic archdiocese in France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catholic archdiocese in France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archdiocese of Bourges (Latin: Archidioecesis Bituricensis; French: Archidiocèse de Bourges) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese comprises the departements of Cher and Indre in the Region of Val de Loire. Bourges Cathedral stands in the city of Bourges in the department of Cher. Although this is still titled as an Archdiocese, it ceased as a metropolitan see in 2002 and is now a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of Tours.
Archdiocese of Bourges Archidioecesis Bituricensis Archidiocèse de Bourges | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tours |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Tours |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 14,210 km2 (5,490 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 533,000 500,000 (93.8%) |
| Parishes | 58 |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Stephen in Bourges |
| Patron saint | St. Ursinus of Bourges |
| Secular priests | 66 (Diocesan) 19 (Religious Orders) 18 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | vacant |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Jordy |
| Bishops emeritus | Hubert Barbier Armand Maillard |
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The diocese was founded in the 3rd century. Its first bishop was St. Ursinus of Bourges. In the Middle Ages there was a dispute between the bishop of Bourges and the bishop of Bordeaux about the primacy of Aquitaine. Bourges was the place of many synods. The synods 1225 and 1226 are the most important and dealt with the Albigenses.
The province was substantially modified from the late Roman province of Aquitania Prima with which it initially corresponded. The Archdiocese of Albi was erected in the medieval context of heresiological conflict; Orléans, Chartres, and Blois - historically dependent on Sens - were attached to Paris, from which they passed to Bourges in the 1960s. The Archdiocese, along with the three above-mentioned sees, is now suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tours. Historical ecclesiastical geography has here changed to correspond with France's new regions, much as diocesan and provincial boundaries from Napoleon's Concordat of 1801 onwards changed mainly in accordance with those of the Revolution's départements.
In 2002 it lost its metropolitan function.
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