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Diocese of Saint-Brieuc

Briocen(sis)

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:

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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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.