Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes

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Diocese of Nantes

Dioecesis Nannetensis

Diocèse de Nantes
Eskopti Naoned
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th Century
CathedralCathedral of St. Peter in Nantes
Patron saintSt. Donatian and St. Rogatian
Secular priests352 (diocesan)
50 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLaurent Percerou
Metropolitan ArchbishopPierre d'Ornellas
Bishops emeritusGeorges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Nantes (

Archdiocese of Tours. Its see is Nantes Cathedral in the city of Nantes
.

History

According to late traditions,

Saint Radegund, attributed to Saint Martin of Vertou
the chief role in the conversion of the Nantais to Christianity, and that the traditions concerning the mission of Saint Clarus are later than 1400.

The earliest list of the bishops of Nantes (made, according to

Burgundy
.

Among the noteworthy bishops are: Saint Felix (550-83), whose municipal improvements at Nantes were praised in the poems of

metropolitan see of Tours, created a see at Guérande, in favour of an ecclesiastic of Vannes, in the heart of the Diocese of Nantes; the preacher Cospeau
(1621–36).

The diocese venerates: the monk

Bishop of Maastricht (7th century), a native of the district of Herbauges
.

Charles of Blois won Nantes from his rival Jean de Montfort in 1341. On 8 August 1499, Louis XII married Anne of Brittany
at Nantes.

Chateaubriant, a town of the diocese, was a Calvinist centre in the 16th century. The Edict of Nantes
(1595), which granted Protestants religious freedom and certain political prerogatives.

In 1665, by order of

War of La Vendée, waged in defence of religious freedom and to restore royalty. At Savenay in December, 1793, succumbed the remains of the Vendean army, already defeated in the battle of Cholet. The atrocities committed at Nantes by the Terrorist Carrier
are well-known.

Four councils were held at Nantes, in 600, 1127, 1264, and 1431. The mausoleum of

Michel Colomb, is one of the finest monuments of the Renaissance. The chief places of pilgrimage of the diocese are: Notre-Dame de Bon Garant at Orvault
, a very old pilgrimage, repeatedly made by Francis II, Duke of Brittany; Notre-Dame de Bon Secours at Nantes, a pilgrimage centre which dates back to the 14th century; Notre-Dame de Toutes Aides. Notre-Dame de Miséricorde became a place of pilgrimage in 1026 in memory of the miracle by which the country is said to have been freed from a dragon; the present seat of the pilgrimage is the Church of St. Similien at Nantes.

The

Ursulines, founded by Saint Angela Merici, were established at Nantes in 1640. Among the congregations for women originating in the diocese are: the Sisters of Christian Instruction, a teaching order founded in 1820 at Beignon (Diocese of Vannes) by Abbé Deshayes
, of which the mother-house was transferred to St-Gildas des Bois in 1828; Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, a teaching and nursing order, founded in 1853 (mother-house at La Haye Mahéas); Franciscan Sisters, founded in 1871 (mother-house at St-Philbert de Grandlieu); Oblate Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus, founded in 1875 by Sophie Victorine de Gazeau (mother-house at Nantes).

Bishops

To 1000

  • c. 280:
    Saint Clair
  • c. 310–330: Ennius
  • c. 330: Saint Similien
  • c. 374: Eumalius or Evhémère I.
  • c. 383: Martius
  • End of 4th century: Arisius
  • Didier, † c. 444
  • c. 446: Léon
  • Euribe, † 461
  • 462 – † c. 472: Nonnechius I.
  • Cariundus, † c. 475
  • Cerunius
  • Clemens or Clément I., † c. 502
  • 511: Epiphane
  • c. 515 – † 541: Evhémère II.
  • 548 – † 8. June 582: Saint Felix I.
  • Nonnechius II., † 596.
  • 610–614: Eufronius
  • c. 614–626: Léobard
  • c. 630: Saint Pascharius
  • c. 637: Taurinus
  • c. 640: Haïco
  • c. 650: Salapius
  • c. 703: Agathée
  • Amelon
  • c. 725: Émilien
  • 732: Salvius
  • 756–757: Déomart
  • c. 776 – † c. 800: Odilard
  • c. 800: Alain
  • c. 820 – † 833: Atton
  • 834 – † 835: Drutcaire
  • 835–824. June 843:
    Saint Gonthard
  • 843–846: Actard
  • 851: Gislard
  • 853–871: Actard (again)
  • 872–886: Ermengar
  • 886 – † 5. February 896: Landrain
  • 900 – † 906: Foucher
  • c. 906: Isayas
  • 907: Adalard
  • Hoctron
  • 950–958: Herdren
  • c. 960 – † c. 980: Gauthier I.
  • 987: Judicaël
  • 990: Hugo
  • 992 – † 1005: Hervé

1000 to 1300

  • 1005 – † 15 October 1041: Gautier II.
  • 1047 – 3 October 1049: Budic, Pudicus († 1050), deposed by Pope Leo IX[1]
  • 1049–1052: Erard, Aerard, Airard[2]
  • 1052 – † 31 July 1079: Quiriac[citation needed] (or Guérec, Guerech, Waroch or Werech)
  • 1079–1111: Benedict[citation needed]
  • 1112: Robert I.
  • 1112 – † 29 October 1140: Brice
  • 1142 – † 1147: Iterius
  • 1147 – † 29 December 1169: Bernard I.
  • 25 December 1170 – † 15 January (1184?): Robert II.
  • 1184 – † 1187: Artur?
  • 1185–1197:
    Bishop of Poitiers
    ), † 29 November 1198
  • 1199 – † 1208: Geoffroi
  • Gautier III, † 1212?
  • 1213 – † 8 February 1227: Etienne de la Bruyère
  • 1227: Clément II († 8 September 1227)
  • 1228 – † 4 February 1235: Henri I.
  • 1236 – May 1240: Robert III (transferred to Jerusalem)
  • 1240 – † 21 September 1263: Galeran
  • 1264 – † 7 February 1267: Jacques I.
  • 1267 – † October 1277: Guillaume I. de Vern
  • 1278 – † 11 May 1291: Durand
  • 1292 – † 1297: Henri II. de Calestrie
  • 1299–1304: Henri III.
  • End September 1304 – † 14 February 1337: Daniel Vigier
  • 17 July 1338: Barnabé
  • 1339 – † 24 August (1353?): Olivier Salahadin
  • 20 December 1354 – † 23 February 1366: Robert Paynel
  • 16 March 1366 – 1384: Simon de Langres
  • 4 April 1384 – † 13 September 1391: Jean I. de Montrelais (also
    Bishop of Vannes
    )
  • 4 September 1392 – † 8 August (1397?): Bonabius de Rochefort
  • 1397 – † 1404: Bernard du Peyron
  • 1404 – † 17 April 1419:
    Bishop of Vannes
    )
  • 24 August 1419 – † 14 September 1443:
    Bishop of Saint-Brieuc
    )
  • 1443–1461: Guillaume II. de Malestroit
  • 19 March 1462 – † 23 February 1477: Amauri d'Acigné
  • 1477: Jacques II. d'Elbiest
  • 1477 – † 12 November 1487: Pierre I. du Chaffault
  • 1 October (1489?) – † August 1493: Robert V. d'Espinay
  • 1495 – † 25 September 1500: Jean III. d'Espinay

1500–1800

From 1800

See also

References

  1. ^ Jean Dunbabin, France in the Making, 843-1180 (2000), p. 198.
  2. ^ William Ziezulewicz, Sources of reform in the episcopate of Airard of Nantes, 1050-1054, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, July 1996
  3. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 14.11.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

Sources

External links

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