Diocese of Le Mans
Cenomanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Le Mans, France
The Diocese of Le Mans is an ancient Latin Catholic diocese covering the entire Sarthe department, with roots in the early centuries of the Church. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo and led by Bishop Jean-Pierre Vuillemin since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 500
- Latin
- Cenomanen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Julian of Le Mans
- Annuario code
- 001001982
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 371,760
- Population
- 579,120
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 64.2%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 4,706
- Extent
- 6,244 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 60
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
- Jean-Pierre Vuillemin
- Born
- 21 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Rambervillers
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
Cathedral of Saint-Julien in Le Mans stands in Le Mans, 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 Rennes
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RennesRennes
- Diocese of AngersAngers
- Diocese of LavalLaval
- Diocese of LuçonLuçon
- Diocese of NantesNantes
- Diocese of Quimper, CornouailleQuimper
- Diocese of Saint-BrieucSaint-Brieuc
- Diocese of VannesVannes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo, the Diocese of Le Mans (Latin: Dioecesis Cenomanensis; French: Diocèse du Mans) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Over its history it had previously stood as suffragan to Bourges, Paris, Sens, and Tours, in ascending order.
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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.