Suffragan diocese Coutances, France
Diocese of Coutances
Constantien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Coutances (Coutances-Avranches) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Manche department in Normandy, France, with origins in the 5th century; the title of Avranches was added in 1854. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Coutances.
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- Established
- 1854
- Catholics
- 408,740
- Priests
- 112
- Territory
- 5,991 km²
Parishes and churches
50 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Saint Martin de Saint Martin de LandellesSaint Martin de LandellesView parish
- Paroisse Saint Michel de DuceyDuceyView parish
- Paroisse Saint Patrice de Le TeilleulLe TeilleulView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre et Saint Paul de La Haye PesnelLa Haye PesnelView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre et Saint Paul de Tessy sur VireTessy sur VireView parish
- Paroisse Saint Vincent de Paul de MarignyPaul de MarignyView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Clair des PieuxTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jean XXIII de Cherbourg-La GlacerieTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Michel en MortainaisTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Paul d'Agon-CoutainvilleTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Sauveur d'Octeville-NouainvilleTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de MontmartinTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Bernadette de Villedieu les poelesVilledieu-les-PoêlesView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Jeanne d'Arc de PicauvillePicauvilleView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Marie de CanisyCanisyView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Trinite de Gavray HambyeGavray HambyeView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Bernadette de MartinvastTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Famille de Dèze-Pont-HébertTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Paroisse Sainte-Marie du CotentinTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Paroisse Sainte-Thérèse de l'Enfant-JésusTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gregoire Cador
- Born
- 11 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Solesmes
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The cathedral
Coutances Cathedral stands in Coutances, 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.
History
Suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen, the Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches) (Latin: Dioecesis Constantiensis (-Abrincensis); French: Diocèse de Coutances (-Avranches)) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France whose territory takes in the entire department of Manche. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutance in the commune of Coutances. In 1802 the diocese was enlarged by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and two archdeaconries drawn from the Diocese of Bayeux, and since 1854 its bishops have carried the title Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches). In 2021 there was one priest for every 3,523 Catholics.