Diocese of Angers
Andegaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Angers, France
The Diocese of Angers is a Latin rite diocese in western France covering the Maine-et-Loire department, erected in 372. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Maurice in Angers.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 372
- Latin
- Andegaven(sis)
- Patron
- St. Maurice
- Annuario code
- 001000691
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 586,000
- Population
- 815,883
- Catholic share
- 71.8%
- Priests
- 153
- Catholics per priest
- 3,830
- Extent
- 7,166 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Emmanuel Delmas
- Born
- 28 December 1954
- Birthplace
- Figeac
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 St. Maurice, Angers stands in Angers, 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 LavalLaval
- Diocese of Le MansLe Mans
- 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
Extending over the entire department of Maine-et-Loire, the Diocese of Angers (Latin: Dioecesis Andegavensis; French: Diocèse d'Angers) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, with its episcopal see at Angers Cathedral in the city of Angers. Under the old regime and under the Concordat it was a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Tours; since the general reorganization of the French hierarchy of 8 December 2002 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. In 2022 the diocese had one priest for every 2,944 Catholics.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].