The Archdiocese of Bourges (Latin: Archidioecesis Bituricensis; French: Archidiocèse de Bourges) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic ChurchinFrance. The Archdiocese comprises the departementsofCher and Indre in the RegionofVal de Loire. Bourges Cathedral stands in the city of Bourges in the departmentofCher. 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 2012) 549,900 502,700 (91.4%) |
| Parishes | 64 |
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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 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Jérôme Daniel Beau |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Jordy |
| Bishops emeritus | Hubert Barbier Armand Maillard |
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In 2002 it lost its metropolitan function (and thus the archbishop no longer wears the pallium), its province having ceased to exist (the province had already been substantially modified from the late Roman province of Aquitania Prima with which it had initially corresponded - Albi had been erected as an archbishopric in the medieval context of heresiological conflict; Orléans, Chartres, and Blois - historically dependent on Sens - had been attached to Paris, from which they passed to Bourges in the 1960s). The Archdiocese (also the three above- mentioned sees) is now suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tours; other dioceses until recently dependent on Bourges are now suffragans of the Clermont-Ferrand Archdiocese. Historical ecclesiastical geography has here thus 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.
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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.
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