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Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)

Dioecesis Corisopitensis (-Leonensis)



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 23 November 1853
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 6,785 (2,620 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Ouest
  • Official Web Site: https://diocese-quimper.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, 3 rue de Rosmadec, CS 42009, 29018 Quimper CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 2.98.55.34.47
  • Fax: 2.98.55.84.21

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Quimper
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Quimper (erected)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (suppressed) Diocese of Quimper
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Tréguier (suppressed) Diocese of Quimper
Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)
23 November 1853Name ChangedDiocese of Quimper Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)
1948737,000738,82699.8%1,042521,09467352319325ap1951
1970763,500768,90099.3%916809967664202,600338ap1971
1980812,000818,00099.3%749558041,0093461,996338ap1981
1990812,000840,00096.7%600556551,23973401,595337ap1991
1999764,000867,00088.1%454485021,52112188970337ap2000
2000768,000872,00088.1%434404741,62012190886337ap2001
2001750,000852,41888.0%420404601,63013170835337ap2002
2002750,000852,41888.0%401324331,73216144818337ap2003
2003750,000852,41888.0%390304201,78517155791337ap2004
2004750,000852,68588.0%375404151,80718160765337ap2005
2010722,000885,90081.5%277273042,37527130577323ap2011
2014733,000899,87081.5%239322712,70433100482323ap2015
2017740,600905,85581.8%212252373,1243981342324ap2018
2020742,630909,02881.7%175272023,6764468286324ap2021
2022635,201915,09069.4%161301913,3254567242325ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Quimper
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 211
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 136, and Page 137
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 178, and Page 179
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 165
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 173
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 184
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 605, to Page 606

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