Ancient Diocese of Vannes and Nantes
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Diocese of Vannes Dioecesis Venetensis Diocèse de Vannes |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rennes |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rennes |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,092 km2 (2,738 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 727,000 583,000 (80.2%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Vannes |
| Patron saint | St Padarn |
| Secular priests | 261 (diocesan) 94 (religious orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Raymond Centène |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pierre d'Ornellas |
| Emeritus Bishops | François-Mathurin Gourvès Bishop Emeritus (since 2005) |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes (Lat. Venetensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected in the 5th century, the Episcopal see is Vannes Cathedral, in the city of Vannes. The diocese corresponds to the department of Morbihan, and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes. Raymond Michel René Centène is the current bishop, since his appointment in 2005.
In 1801, the diocese was expanded after the Concordat of 1802, to include part of the ancient Diocese of Saint-Malo, which was subsequently suppressed, after a three way split among the dioceses of Vannes and Saint-Brieuc and the Archdiocese of Rennes.
Alexandre Dumas makes Aramis the local Ordinary of the Diocese of Vannes in The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, the last book of his d'Artagnan Romances.
Coordinates: 47°39′08″N 2°44′25″W / 47.65222°N 2.74028°W
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