Diocese of Coutances
Constantien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Coutances, France
The Diocese of Coutances (Coutances-Avranches) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Manche department in Normandy, France, with origins in the 5th century; the title of Avranches was added in 1854. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Coutances.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1854
- Latin
- Constantien(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Laud of Coutances
- Annuario code
- 001001226
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 408,740
- Population
- 491,532
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.2%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 3,649
- Extent
- 5,991 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gregoire Cador
- Born
- 11 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Solesmes
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Coutances Cathedral stands in Coutances, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Rouen
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rouen.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RouenRouen
- Diocese of Bayeux-LisieuxBayeux-Lisieux
- Diocese of Le HavreLe Havre
- Diocese of SéezSéez
- Diocese of ÉvreuxÉvreux
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen, the Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches) (Latin: Dioecesis Constantiensis (-Abrincensis); French: Diocèse de Coutances (-Avranches)) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France whose territory takes in the entire department of Manche. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutance in the commune of Coutances. In 1802 the diocese was enlarged by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and two archdeaconries drawn from the Diocese of Bayeux, and since 1854 its bishops have carried the title Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches). In 2021 there was one priest for every 3,523 Catholics.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.