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Diocese of Le Mans

Dioecesis Cenomanensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Le Mans (erected)
30 June 1855Territory LostDiocese of Angers
Diocese of Le Mans
Diocese of Laval (erected)
8 December 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Le Mans (from Tours)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949375,391412,21491.1%4851206056202582,895401ap1951
1969420,000461,83990.9%328934219971521,400160ap1971
1980416,000490,38584.8%2752751,512401,301388ap1981
1990428,000539,00079.4%2341113451,24031511,100388ap1991
1999375,000536,00070.0%187932801,3392194662125ap2000
2000370,900529,90070.0%182892711,3682290649125ap2001
2001370,900529,90070.0%175872621,4152388617121ap2002
2002381,000529,90071.9%173852581,4762386502119ap2003
2003370,000529,00069.9%166792451,5102380566116ap2004
2004370,000529,00069.9%163742371,5612375741113ap2005
2013361,900555,00065.2%119171362,661331839498ap2014
2016366,232569,03564.4%115191342,7333145361102ap2017
2019364,300567,56164.2%93191123,2523126429094ap2020
2021371,760579,12064.2%79794,7053024529093ap2022

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 180, and Page 181
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 124
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 162
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 145
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 154
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 159
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 562, to Page 563

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