Diocese of Laval
| Diocese of Laval | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Rennes |
| Diocesan bishop | Thierry Scherrer |
| Vicar General | Gérard Poirier Bernard Courteille |
| founding | 1855 |
| surface | 5,175 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 307,587 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 282,783 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 89 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,034 |
| Permanent deacons | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 74 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 287 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Sainte-Trinité |
| Website | diocese-laval.cef.fr |
The in France located Diocese of Laval ( lat. : Dioecesis Valleguidonensis ) was prepared from parts of the diocese on June 30, 1855 Angers and Le Mans founded and is today the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes .
Bishopric is Laval in Mayenne in the French region of Pays de la Loire . Laval is also the seat of the prefecture of the department.
Episcopal church is the Sainte-Trinité cathedral in Laval.
Bishops
- Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart (1855–1876)
- Jules-Denis-Marie-Dieudonné Le Hardy du Marais (1876–1886)
- Victor Maréchal (1887-1887)
- Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud (1887–1888)
- Jules Cléret (1889–1895)
- Pierre-Joseph Geay (1896–1904)
- Eugène-Jacques Grellier (1906–1936)
- Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé (1936–1938)
- Paul Richaud (1938–1950), then Archbishop of Bordeaux
- Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau (1950–1962)
- Charles Guilhem (1962–1969)
- Paul-Louis Carrière (1969–1984)
- Louis-Marie Billé (1984–1995), then Archbishop of Aix
- Armand Maillard (1996-2007), then Archbishop of Bourges
- Thierry Scherrer (since 2008)
Web links
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