Roman Catholic Diocese of Aire

Located in France today diocese Aire and Dax (Latin: Dioecesis Aturensis et Aquae Augustae ) the Roman Catholic Church was built in the 5th century as a diocese Aire (Latin: Aturensis ) founded.

History

On November 29, 1801, Diocese of Pius VII as a result of the Concordat with France was disbanded by the Bull Qui Christi Domini and allocated the area to the diocese of Bayonne. On October 6, 1822 was rebuilt with the Bull Paternae charitatis suffragan of Auch. On 3 June 1857 adopted in 1801 also repealed the diocese of Dax, whose territory had been assigned to the diocese of Aire, in its final name on.

The seat of the diocese was founded on March 31, 1933 by Pius XI. laid with the Apostolic Constitution ad rectum et utile of Aire -sur -l'Adour to Dax (Landes). The ancient cathedral of Dax has since been re- main church of the diocese, the Cathedral of Aire -Cathedral. The reform of the French church provinces in 2002, the diocese suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux was.

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