Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
Briocen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Brieuc, France
The Diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Saint-Brieuc et Treguier) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Cotes-d'Armor department in Brittany, an ancient see erected in the 5th century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Stephen in Saint-Brieuc.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1852
- Latin
- Briocen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Brioc; St. William Pinchon
- Annuario code
- 001002800
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 595,000
- Population
- 613,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.1%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 5,667
- Extent
- 6,867 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 87
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
- Denis Moutel
- Born
- 6 January 1952
- Birthplace
- Ancenis
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 Basilica of St. Stephen in Saint-Brieuc stands in Saint-Brieuc, 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.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RennesRennes
- Diocese of AngersAngers
- Diocese of LavalLaval
- Diocese of Le MansLe Mans
- Diocese of LuçonLuçon
- Diocese of NantesNantes
- Diocese of Quimper, CornouailleQuimper
- Diocese of VannesVannes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Region of Brittany, the department of Côtes d'Armor forms the Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier (Latin: Dioecesis Briocensis et Trecorensis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier; Breton: Eskopti Sant-Brieg ha Landreger), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It stands as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. Denis Moutel, appointed in 2010, is its current bishop.
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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.