Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi

Archdiocese of Albi-Castres-Lavaur
Archidioecesis Albiensis-Castrensis-Vauriensis
Archidiocèse d'Albi-Castres-Lavaur

Location
Country France
Ecclesiastical province Toulouse
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse
Statistics
Area 5,780 km2 (2,230 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2012)
385,700
286,600 (74.3%)
Parishes 509
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century (As Diocese of Albi)
3 October 1678 (As Archdiocese of Albi)
17 February 1922 (As Archdiocese of Albi-Castres-Lavaur)
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St Cecilia in Albi
Patron saint Saint Cecilia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Jean Marie Henri Legrez
Metropolitan Archbishop Robert Jean Louis Le Gall
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi-Castres-Lavour (Lat:Archidioecesis Albiensis (-Castrensis-Vauriensis)), usually referred to simply as the Archdiocese of Albi, is a non-metropolitan archdiocese (one having no suffragan dioceses) of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in southern France. The archdiocese comprises the whole of the department of Tarn, and is itself currently suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse, a metropolitan archdiocese. The current Archbishop of Albi is Jean Legrez, O.P. appointed archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. He formerly served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude, France.

History

Originally erected in the 3rd century as the Diocese of Albi, the diocese at the time was the suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges. In 1678, the diocese was finally promoted to an Archdiocese.

One significant holder of the post was Saint Salvius.

Following the Concordat of 11 June 1817, the archdiocese was restored in 1822 to its former borders and title.

In February 1922, the name was changed to the Archdiocese of Albi-Castres-Lavour, which it remains to this day.

List of bishops and archbishops

To 1000

1000-1300

1300-1500

1500-1700

1700-present

References

  1. ↑ wikipedia biography entry catholic Hierarchy websites
  2. ↑ wikipedia biography entry & Catholic Hierarchy websites

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, August 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.