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Diocese of Angers

Dioecesis Andegavensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 372
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 7,107 (2,745 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Ouest
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocese49.org/
  • Mailing Address: 10 rue du Parvis Saint-Maurice, B.P. 90246, 49002 Angers CEDEX 01, France
  • Telephone: 2.41.88.07.00

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
372ErectedDiocese of Angers (erected)
30 June 1855Territory LostDiocese of Angers
Diocese of Le Mans
Diocese of Laval (erected)
23 July 1974Territory AddedDiocese of Poitiers (Puy-Saint-Bonnet) Diocese of Angers
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Angers (from Tours)
2 March 2017Territory AddedDiocese of Nantes (Le Fresne-sur-Loire) Diocese of Angers

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1959475,000518,00091.7%9281501,0784402203,500417ap1960
1970530,000584,70990.6%7841739575533733,582420ap1971
1980553,000638,00086.7%6759176672112022,938421ap1981
1990611,000719,00085.0%5647964395071782,436419ap1991
1999573,000705,86981.2%455565111,121171341,90985ap2000
2000586,300732,94280.0%444504941,186221311,85285ap2001
2001583,000732,94279.5%416494651,253211301,73785ap2002
2002583,300732,94279.6%400504501,296131351,69585ap2003
2003564,700752,94275.0%394484421,277231301,69785ap2004
2004564,706752,94275.0%381574381,289291291,63585ap2005
2006559,114745,48675.0%353524051,380281091,57685ap2007
2012566,000783,00072.3%289493381,674371041,26885ap2013
2015573,000790,00072.5%243512941,948481001,15262ap2016
2018578,550805,55571.8%210552652,183501071,00062ap2019
2020582,800811,47071.8%179522312,522529492662ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 88
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 87
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 108
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 82
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 84
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 83
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 74
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 100
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 54
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 488, to Page 490
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 500, and Page 501
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 109, Page 675

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