Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
Briocen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Brieuc, France
The Diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Saint-Brieuc et Treguier) is a Latin rite diocese covering the Cotes-d'Armor 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. Stephen in Saint-Brieuc.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1852
- Latin
- Briocen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Brioc; St. William Pinchon
- Annuario code
- 001002800
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 595,000
- Population
- 613,000
- Catholic share
- 97.1%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 5,667
- Extent
- 6,867 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 87
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
- Denis Moutel
- Born
- 6 January 1952
- Birthplace
- Ancenis
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. Stephen in Saint-Brieuc stands in Saint-Brieuc, 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 Quimper, CornouailleQuimper
- Diocese of VannesVannes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Region of Brittany, the department of Côtes d'Armor forms the Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier (Latin: Dioecesis Briocensis et Trecorensis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier; Breton: Eskopti Sant-Brieg ha Landreger), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It stands as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. Denis Moutel, appointed in 2010, is its current bishop.
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].