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Diocese of Angers Dioecesis Andegavensis Diocèse d'Angers | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Ecclesiastical province | Rennes |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,166 km2 (2,767 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 783,000 566,000 (72.3%) |
Parishes | 85 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 372 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Maurice in Angers |
Patron saint | Saint Maurice |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Emmanuel Delmas |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Pierre d'Ornellas |
Map | |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Angers (Latin: Dioecesis Andegavensis; French: Diocèse d'Angers) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal see is located in Angers Cathedral in the city of Angers. The diocese extends over the entire department of Maine-et-Loire.
It was a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Tours under the old regime as well as under the Concordat. Currently, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo.