Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon
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Diocese of Luçon Dioecesis Lucionensis Diocèse de Luçon |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rennes |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,015 km2 (2,709 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 539,664 505,000 (93.6%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 August 1317 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Luçon |
| Patron saint | Assumption of Mary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alain Castet |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Pierre d'Ornellas |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon (Latin: Dioecesis Lucionensis; French: Diocèse de Luçon) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its see is Luçon Cathedral, in the commune of Luçon. The diocese comprises the department of Vendée.
It was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801 and annexed to the Diocese of La Rochelle; however, its re-establishment was urged in the Concordat of 11 June 1817 and came into effect in 1821. The Diocese of Luçon then comprised the territory of the ancient diocese (minus a few parishes incorporated in the Diocese of Nantes) and almost all the former Diocese of Maillezais. The current bishop is Alain Castet, appointed on April 14, 2008
The monastery of Luçon was founded in 682 by Ansoald, Bishop of Poitiers, who placed it under the government of St. Philbert (616-684). The latter, being expelled from Jumièges, established the monastery of the Black Benedictines on the Isle of Her (Noirmoutiers), of which Luçon was at first a dependency, probably as a priory. The list of the abbots of Luçon begins about the middle of the eleventh century.
In 1317 Pope John XXII erected the Bishopric of Luçon and among the occupants of the see were:
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