Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron

Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron

*Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis*

Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron

Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia
Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron; Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis; Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron; Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia;
	Bayonne Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Bordeaux
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Bordeaux
Statistics
Area	7,644 km2 (2,951 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2022); 697,000; 597,000 (est.) (85.7%);
Parishes	70
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	United: 22 June 1909
Cathedral	Cathedral of Notre Dame in Bayonne
Patron saint	Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Heaven
Secular priests	221 (diocesan); 76 (religious Orders); 10 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Marc Aillet
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jean-Paul James
Bishops emeritus	Pierre Molères Bishop (1986-2008)
Map
	; Locator map of current diocese of Bayonne
Website
	Old diocesan web site; Current diocesan web site;

The Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, commonly Diocese of Bayonne, (Latin: Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis; French: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron; Basque: Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux. The diocese comprises the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the région of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Its cathedral, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bayonne is a World Heritage Site. Elsewhere in Aquitaine, the diocese contains two former cathedrals: the Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame de the Assumption, in Lescar; and the Ancienne cathédrale Sainte-Marie, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie.