Suffragan diocese Nantes, France
Diocese of Nantes
Nanneten(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Nantes is a Latin rite diocese covering the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, erected in the 4th century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Peter in Nantes.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Catholics
- 1,088,800
- Priests
- 232
- Territory
- 6,980 km²
Parishes and churches
63 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Saint-Joseph-et-Saint-GeorgesNantes - EstView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Luc-de-BretagneNantes - NordView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Luc-Saint-Louis-de-MontfortNantes - OuestView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Martin-du-SillonSillonView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Martin-du-Val-d’ErdreMarches de BretagneMass times recorded
- Paroisse Saint-Matthieu-sur-LoireNantes - EstView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Nicolas-de-L’EstuairePays de RetzView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Paul-Notre-Dame-du-RosaireNantes - SudView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Philibert-et-Saint-Jacques-sur-LognePays de RetzView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Pierre-des-EauxPresquile - Saint-NazaireView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Pierre-Saint-Étienne-sur-ErdreNantes - NordView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Pierre-sur-LoireMarches de BretagneView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Vincent-des-VignesVignobleView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Vital-en-RetzPays de RetzMass times recorded
- Paroisse Saint-YvesNantes - OuestView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Yves-de-la-Côte-SauvagePresquile - Saint-NazaireView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Anne-de-GoulaineNantes - SudView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Anne-en-Guémené-PlesséSillonView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Anne-en-Presqu’île-GuérandaisePresquile - Saint-NazaireView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Anne-Francoise-en-RetzPays de RetzView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Anne-Saint-ClairNantes - OuestView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Catherine-du-Petit-PortNantes - NordView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Croix-de-MontfortSillonView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Croix-en-RetzPays de RetzView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Famille-en-Pays-de-la-MéeMarches de BretagneView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-MadeleineNantes - CentreView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Marie-de-DoulonNantes - EstView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Marie-du-Val-de-SèvreVignobleView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Marie-en-Pays-d’AncenisMarches de BretagneView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Thérèse-des-DunesPresquile - Saint-NazaireView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Laurent Percerou
- Born
- 11 September 1961
- Birthplace
- Dreux
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter in Nantes stands in Nantes, 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
In existence since the 4th century, the Diocese of Nantes (Latin: Dioecesis Nannetensis; French: Diocèse de Nantes; Breton: Eskopti Naoned) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Nantes, France, its territory formed by the department of Loire-Atlantique. Formerly suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tours, it is now suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. The bishop's seat is the Cathedral of Ste. Pierre in the city of Nantes. In 2021 the diocese counted one priest for every 3,802 Catholics.
This see in the wire
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Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Pope Leo XIV to visit France
- Bishop Laurent Percerou leads pilgrimage to Assise
- Mgr Percerou inaugurates Maison de Marie in Châteaubriant
- Bishop Laurent Percerou launches Diocese of Nantes' Year of Father de Montfort
- Diocese of Nantes to host 24th La Vie readers' university
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