Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Nantes, France
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Diocese of Nantes
Dioecesis Nannetensis
Diocèse de Nantes Eskopti Naoned
Nantes Cathedral
Location
Country
France
Ecclesiastical province
Rennes
Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo
Statistics
Area
6,980 km2 (2,690 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2013) 1,303,103 912,172 (70.0%)
Parishes
79 'new parishes'
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
4th Century
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter in Nantes
Patron saint
St. Donatian and St. Rogatian
Secular priests
352 (diocesan) 50 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Laurent Percerou
Metropolitan Archbishop
Pierre d'Ornellas
Bishops emeritus
Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese
The Diocese of Nantes (Latin: Dioecesis Nannetensis; French: Diocèse de Nantes; Breton: Eskopti Naoned) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Nantes, France. The diocese consists of the department of Loire-Atlantique. It has existed since the 4th century. It is now suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo, having previously been suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tours. Its see is Nantes Cathedral in the city of Nantes.
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