Roman Catholic Diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne

Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne Dioecesis Carcassonensis et Narbonensis Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne
Carcassonne Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Montpellier
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Montpellier
Statistics
Area	6,313 km2 (2,437 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 353,980 255,600 (72.2%)
Parishes	14
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	533 (established as Diocese of Carcassonne, renamed as Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne: 14 June 2006)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Michael in Carcassonne
Patron saint	St. Nazarius and St. Celsus St. Michael the Archangel
Secular priests	64 and 35 religious priests
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Bruno Valentin
Metropolitan Archbishop	Norbert Turini
Bishops emeritus	Jacques Despierre Alain Planet
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne (Latin: Dioecesis Carcassonensis et Narbonensis; French: Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Aude. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Montpellier.

On the occasion of the Concordat of 1802, the former Diocese of Carcassonne, nearly all the old Archdiocese of Narbonne, almost the entire Diocese of Saint-Papoul, a part of the ancient Diocese of Alet and ancient Diocese of Mirepoix, and the former Diocese of Perpignan, were united to make the one Diocese of Carcassonne. In 1822 the Diocese of Perpignan was re-established. In 2006 the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne.^[1]