Suffragan diocese Le Mans, France
Diocese of Le Mans
Cenomanen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Le Mans is an ancient Latin Catholic diocese covering the entire Sarthe department, with roots in the early centuries of the Church. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo and led by Bishop Jean-Pierre Vuillemin since 2023.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 500
- Catholics
- 371,760
- Priests
- 79
- Territory
- 6,244 km²
Parishes and churches
93 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint-DenisSolesmesView parish
- Saint-DésiréChampagnéView parish
- Saint-Facile et Sainte-AurélieLe Grand-LucéView parish
- Saint-GeorgesBallonView parish
- Saint-GeorgesBouloireView parish
- Saint-GeorgesDangeulView parish
- Saint-Georges du PlainLe MansView parish
- Saint-GermainNoyen-sur-SartheView parish
- Saint-GermainSaint-Germain-du-ValView parish
- Saint-GermainSavigné-l’ÉvêqueView parish
- Saint-GermainYvré-l’ÉvêqueView parish
- Saint-Germain du ValMalicorneView parish
- Saint-GillesBessé-sur-BrayeView parish
- Saint-GuingaloisChâteau-du-LoirView parish
- Saint-HippolyteVivoinView parish
- Saint-Jean-BaptisteChantenay-VilledieuView parish
- Saint-Jean-BaptisteVibrayeView parish
- Saint-JulienLa Suze-sur-SartheView parish
- Saint-LazareLe MansView parish
- Saint-LiboireLe MansView parish
- Saint-LéonardLouplandeView parish
- Saint-MadeleineMulsanneView parish
- Saint-MartinAllonnesView parish
- Saint-MartinChangéView parish
- Saint-MartinÉcommoyView parish
- Saint-MartinLuché-PringéView parish
- Saint-MartinParcé-sur-SartheView parish
- Saint-MartinSaint-Mars-sous-BallonView parish
- Saint-MartinSolesmesView parish
- Saint-Martin de PontlieueLe MansView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean-Pierre Vuillemin
- Born
- 21 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Rambervillers
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint-Julien in Le Mans stands in Le Mans, 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
Now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo, the Diocese of Le Mans (Latin: Dioecesis Cenomanensis; French: Diocèse du Mans) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Over its history it had previously stood as suffragan to Bourges, Paris, Sens, and Tours, in ascending order.