Diocese of Quimper, Cornouaille
Corisopiten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Quimper, France
The Diocese of Quimper (Quimper et Leon, historic Cornouaille) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Finistere department in Brittany, an ancient see erected in the 5th century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Corentin in Quimper.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1853
- Latin
- Corisopiten(sis)
- Patron
- St. Corentin of Quimper
- Annuario code
- 001002704
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 635,201
- Population
- 915,090
- Catholic share
- 69.4%
- Priests
- 161
- Catholics per priest
- 3,945
- Extent
- 6,785 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- Laurent Dognin
- Born
- 3 January 1953
- Birthplace
- Paris
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 Basilica of St. Corentin in Quimper stands in Quimper, 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.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RennesRennes
- Diocese of AngersAngers
- Diocese of LavalLaval
- Diocese of Le MansLe Mans
- Diocese of LuçonLuçon
- Diocese of NantesNantes
- Diocese of Saint-BrieucSaint-Brieuc
- Diocese of VannesVannes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded originally in the 5th century, the Diocese of Quimper (-Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: Dioecesis Corisopitensis (-Cornubiensis) et Leonensis; French: Diocèse de Quimper (-Cornouaille) et Léon) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The anti-clericalism of the French Revolution saw the diocese dismantled, and in 1853 its name changed from the Diocese of Quimper (-Cornouaille) to the Diocese of Quimper (-Cornouaille) and Léon.
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].