Diocese of Laval Dioecesis Valleguidonensis Diocèse de Laval | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rennes |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rennes |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,175 km2 (1,998 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 307,084 282,200 (est.) (91.9%) |
| Parishes | 31 'new parishes' |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 30 June 1855 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Laval |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
| Secular priests | 59 (Diocesan) 51 (Religious Orders) 23 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Matthieu Dupont |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pierre d'Ornellas |
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The Diocese of Laval (Latin: Dioecesis Valleguidonensis; French: Diocèse de Laval) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal see is Laval Cathedral in the city of Laval. Created in June 1855, the diocese was originally erected from the Diocese of Le Mans, and corresponds to the department of Mayenne. Under the Ancien Régime the diocese of Mans had an Archdeacon of Laval, whose responsibilities extended over the deaneries of Ernée, Évrun, Laval and Mayenne.[1] The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Rennes. The current bishop is Matthieu Dupont, appointed in 2024.[2]
In 2021, in the Diocese of Laval there was one priest for every 2,565 Catholics.
- ^ Léon Maître, Dictionnaire topographique du Département de la Mayenne (Paris: Imprimerie nationaloe 1878), p. vii.
- ^ Diocèse de Laval, Matthieu Dupont, retrieved: 2024-09-10.