Archdiocese of Rennes
Rhedonen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Rennes, France
The Archdiocese of Rennes (Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo) is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, an ancient see erected in the 3rd century that heads the ecclesiastical province of Rennes covering Brittany and the Pays de la Loire sees. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rennes.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1859
- Latin
- Rhedonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter
- Annuario code
- 001002739
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 874,200
- Population
- 1,078,000
- Catholic share
- 81.1%
- Priests
- 227
- Catholics per priest
- 3,851
- Extent
- 6,775 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 129
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
- Archbishop
- Pierre d'Ornellas
- Born
- 9 May 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 of St. Peter in Rennes stands in Rennes, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AngersAngers
- 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
The department of Ille et Vilaine and the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo share the same boundaries. A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, the see carries its name in three languages: Latin (Archidioecesis Rhedonensis, Dolensis et Sancti Maclovii), French (Archidiocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo), and Breton (Arc'heskopti Roazhon, Dol ha Sant-Maloù).
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].