Diocese of Cahors ( Latin: Dioecesis Cadurcensis , French: Diocèse de Cahors ) - Diocese of the Metropolitanate of Toulouse, Roman Catholic Church in France . Currently, the department of the diocese is vacant.
| Diocese of Cahors | |
|---|---|
| lat Dioecesis cadurcensis fr. Diocèse de cahors | |
 St. Stephen's Cathedral, Cahors | |
| Latin rite | |
| Main city | Cahors |
| A country |  France |
| Established | III century |
| Cathedral | St. Stephen |
| Metropolis | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
| Parishes | 391 |
| Diocese Square | 5,216 km² |
| Diocese population | 181 200 people. |
| The number of Catholics | 169 900 people. |
| Share of Catholics | 93.8% |
| Site | www.cahors.catholique.fr |
The clergy of the diocese includes 74 priests (67 diocesan and 7 monastic priests ), 8 deacons , 8 monks, 89 nuns.
Diocese address: 134 rue Freeric-Suisse, 46000 Cahors, France. Phone: 5 65 35 25 84. Fax: 5 65 22 21 50.
Content
Territory
The jurisdiction of the diocese includes 391 parishes in the Lot department in France.
The bishop's chair is located in Cahors in the church of St. Stephen.
History
The department of Cahors was founded in the III century , and was a bishopric-suffraganism of the archdiocese of Bourges .
On July 11, 1317, the Diocese of Cahors ceded part of its territory to the new diocese of Montauban.
On October 3, 1678, the bishopric entered the church province of the Archdiocese of Albi .
After the concordat of 1801 by the bull of Pope Pius VII of November 29, 1801, the dioceses of Cahors transferred the territories of the abolished dioceses of Montauban, Rodez and Vabra.
On February 17, 1808, the diocese of Montauban was restored to its former territory; on October 6, 1822, the diocese of Rodez was also restored.
On December 8, 2002, the Diocese of Cahors became part of the Metropolitanate of Toulouse .
Ordinaries of the diocese
Kersey Chair
- Marcial ( III century );
- Saint Saturninus ( III century ).
Chair of Cahors
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Statistics
At the end of 2013, of the 181 200 people residing in the diocese, Catholics were 169 900 people, which corresponds to 93.8% of the total population of the diocese.
| year | population | priests | permanent deacons | the monks | parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Total | % | Total | secular clergy | black clergy | the number of Catholics per priest | men | women | |||
| 1950 | 154.500 | 155,000 | 99.7 | 271 | 260 | eleven | 570 | 31 | 645 | 480 | |
| 1959 | ? | 147.754 | ? | 246 | 233 | 13 | ? | 25 | 313 | 478 | |
| 1970 | 145.000 | 151.000 | 96.0 | 201 | 193 | eight | 721 | 13 | 358 | 405 | |
| 1980 | 143.500 | 151.500 | 94.7 | 150 | 143 | 7 | 956 | 7 | 260 | 403 | |
| 1990 | 143.700 | 159.400 | 90.2 | 122 | 112 | ten | 1.177 | 15 | 167 | 403 | |
| 1999 | 140.350 | 155.813 | 90.1 | 110 | 98 | 12 | 1.275 | 3 | 12 | 123 | 403 |
| 2000 | 140.010 | 155.813 | 89.9 | 110 | 98 | 12 | 1.272 | 3 | 12 | 117 | 403 |
| 2001 | 143.200 | 160.124 | 89.4 | 105 | 95 | ten | 1.363 | 3 | ten | 112 | 403 |
| 2002 | 143.050 | 160.124 | 89.3 | 100 | 89 | eleven | 1.430 | four | eleven | 105 | 403 |
| 2003 | 142.900 | 160.124 | 89.2 | 93 | 85 | eight | 1.536 | five | eight | 94 | 403 |
| 2004 | 142.900 | 160.124 | 89.2 | 89 | 83 | 6 | 1.605 | four | 6 | 88 | 403 |
| 2006 | 144,000 | 161.600 | 89.1 | 99 | 90 | 9 | 1.454 | one | 9 | 81 | 403 |
| 2013 | 169900 | 181200 | 93.8 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 2295 | eight | eight | 89 | 391 |
Sources
- Annuario Pontificio for 2013 and previous years on the website Catholic-hierarchy.org , page [1]
- Official site of the Diocese of Cahors
- Borders of the Diocese of Cahors at gcatholic.org
- Bull Qui Christi Domini , in Bullarii romani continuatio , Volume XI, Romae 1845, pp. 245-249 (lat.)
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , Leipzig 1931, pp. 524-526 (lat.)
- Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi , vol. 1 , pp. 177–178; vol. 2 , p. 123; vol. 3 , p. 160; vol. 4 , p. 142; vol. 5 , p. 151; vol. 6 , pp. 156–157 (lat.)
See also
- St. Stephen's Cathedral (Cahors)