Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes

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Diocese of Vannes Dioecesis Venetensis Diocèse de Vannes Eskopti Gwened
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Vannes
Patron saint	St. Padarn
Secular priests	261 (diocesan) 94 (religious orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Raymond Centène
Metropolitan Archbishop	Pierre d'Ornellas
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Vannes (Latin: Dioecesis Venetensis; French: Diocèse de Vannes) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in the 5th century, the Episcopal see is

. Raymond Michel René Centène is the current bishop since his appointment in 2005.

History

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In 1801, the diocese was expanded after the

.

In fiction

Bishops of Vannes

to 1600

• Amaury de la Motte d'Acigné † (1409 Appointed – 1 Nov 1432 Appointed,
  Bishop of Saint-Malo
  )
• 1476–1490: Cardinal Pierre de Foix the Younger
• 1490–1503 Lorenzo Cybo de Mari
• 1504–1511: Jacques II. de Beaune de Semblançay
• 26 February 1511 – 1513: Cardinal Robert Guibé
• 30 July 1514 – 26 September 1531: Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci
• 1531–1544: Cardinal Antonio Pucci
• 1544–1548: Laurent III. Pucci
• 1550–1557: Charles de Marillac
• 1557–1558:
  Sébastien de L'Aubespine
• 1559–1566:
  Archbishop of Reims
  )
• 1566–1570: Jean Le Feuvre
• 1572–1573: Pierre de Saint-Martin
• 31 May–August, 1574: Jean de La Haye
• 1574–1588: Louis de La Haye
• 1592–1596: Georges d'Aradon

1600 to 1800

• 1599–1622: Jacques Martin
• 1622–1646: Sébastien de Rosmadec
• 1648–1671: Charles de Rosmadec
• 1671–1687: Louis Casset de Vautorte^[2]
• 1687–1716: François d'Argouges
• 1716–1717: Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan
• 1717–1719: Jean-François-Paul Lefèvre de Caumartin
• Antoine Fagon † (29 Aug 1719 Appointed – 16 Feb 1742 Died)
• Jean-Joseph Chapelle de Saint-Jean de Jumilhac † (2 Apr 1742 Appointed – 17 Apr 1746 Appointed,
  Archbishop of Arles
  )
• Charles-Jean de Bertin † ( 1746 Appointed – 1774 Died)
• Sébastien-Michel Amelot † (10 Nov 1774 Appointed – 1801 Resigned)

since 1800

• Antoine-Xavier Maynaud de Pancemont^[3] † (9 Apr 1802 Appointed – 13 Mar 1807 Died)
• Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort † (19 Nov 1807 Appointed – 8 Aug 1817 Appointed,
  Archbishop of Aix
  )
• Henri-Marie-Clauce de Bruc-Montplaisir † (27 Aug 1817 Appointed – 18 Jun 1826 Died)
• Simon Garnier † (28 Jun 1826 Appointed – 8 May 1827 Died)
• Charles-Jean de la Motte de Broons et de Vauvert † (4 Jul 1827 Appointed – 5 May 1860 Died)
• Louis-Anne Dubreil † (5 Jun 1861 Appointed – 24 Oct 1863 Appointed,
  Archbishop of Avignon
  )
• Jean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan † (24 Oct 1863 Appointed – 1865 Resigned)
• Jean-Marie Bécel † (30 Dec 1865 Appointed – 6 Nov 1897 Died)
• Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule † (22 Mar 1898 Appointed – 21 Oct 1903 Died)
• Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed – 2 Oct 1928 Died)
• Hippolyte Tréhiou † (15 Apr 1929 Appointed – 9 Jan 1941 Died)
• Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec † (11 Oct 1941 Appointed – 24 Sep 1964 Retired)
• Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard † (24 Sep 1964 Appointed – 16 Nov 1991 Retired)
• François-Mathurin Gourvès † (16 Nov 1991 Succeeded – 28 Jun 2005 Retired)
• Raymond Michel René Centène (28 Jun 2005 Appointed – present)

References

Bibliography

Reference works

• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 649–650. (Use with caution; obsolete)
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin) pp. 520.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin) p. 264.
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help) p. 329.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. pp. 362.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. pp. 408.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 436.

Studies

• Chadwick, Nora Kershaw (1969). Early Brittany. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
  ISBN 9780900768262
  .
• Duchesne, Louis (1910). Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises. Paris: Fontemoing. second edition (in French) pp. 375–379.
• Hauréau, Barthélemy (1856). Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa... De provincia Turonensi (in Latin). Vol. Tomus Quartus decimus (XIV). Paris: Typographia Regia. pp. 915–970, Instrumenta, pp. 209–224.
• Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 (in French). Paris: A. Picard. pp. 454–458.
• Leguay, Jean-Pierre (1988). Histoire de Vannes et de sa région (in French). Toulouse: Privat.
  ISBN 9782708982727
  .
• Le Mené, Joseph-Marie (1888). Histoire du diocèse de Vannes (in French). Vol. Tomes I et II. Vannes: E. Lafolye.
• Morice, Pierre-Hyacinthe (1742). Mémoires pour servir de preuves à l'Histoire ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne: tirés des archives de cette province, de celles de France et d'Angleterre, des recueils de plusieurs sçavans antiquaires, et mis en ordre, par Dom Hyacinthe Morice,... Tome I [-III] (in French and Latin). Vol. Tome I (de 3). Paris: Charles Osmont.

External links

• (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919 Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved: 2016-12-24.

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