Diocese of Vannes Dioecesis Venetensis Diocèse de Vannes Eskopti Gwened | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rennes |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,092 km2 (2,738 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 751,309 548,456 (73%) |
| Parishes | 197 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Vannes |
| Patron saint | St. Padarn |
| Secular priests | 226 (Diocesan) 65 (Religious Orders) 61 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Raymond Centène |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pierre d'Ornellas |
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The Diocese of Vannes (Latin: Dioecesis Venetensis; French: Diocèse de Vannes) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It was established in the 5th century. The seat of the bishop is Vannes Cathedral, in the city of Vannes, on the southern shore of the peninsula of Brittany (Bretagne). The diocese corresponds to the French civil department of Morbihan, and has been a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo since 3 January 1859.[1]
Raymond Michel René Centène is the current bishop since his appointment in 2005.
In 2022, in the Diocese of Vannes there was one priest for every 1,884 Catholics.
- ^ Pius IX, "Ubi Primum Placuit", 3 January 1859 ("anno millesimo octingesimo quinquagesimo octavo") in: Pii IX. Pontificis Maximi Acta: Acta exhibens quae ad Ecclesiam universalem spectant, Pars prima. (in Latin and Italian) Vol. III (Ex Typographia bonarum artium habita facultate. Giorgio Franz in Monaco, 1864), pp. 34-48, esp. 35, 39: "...excipimus postulationes...Napoleonis...Imperatoris.., quibus Episcopalem Ecclesiam Rhedonensem ad Metropoliticam dignitatem attolli, eique Episcopatus Venetensem, Briocensem et Corisopitensem Metropolitico Turonensis Archiepiscopi iuri modo subditos in suffraganeos adiici implorandum studuit."