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Metropolitan see Rennes, France

Archdiocese of Rennes

Rhedonen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Peter in Rennes, in Rennes, France.

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Established
1859
Catholics
874,200
Priests
227
Territory
6,775 km²

Parishes and churches

32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Pierre d'Ornellas
Born
9 May 1953
Birthplace
Paris

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Peter in Rennes stands in Rennes, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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).

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