The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes (

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: ''Dioecesis Venetensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Vannes'') is a

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of the

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of the

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. Erected in the 5th century, the Episcopal see is

Vannes Cathedral Vannes Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Vannes) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Peter in Vannes, Brittany, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Vannes. The present Gothic church was erected on the site of ...

in the city of

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived ...

. The diocese corresponds to the department of

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, and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. Raymond Michel René Centène is the current bishop since his appointment in 2005.

History

In 1801, the diocese was expanded after the

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, to include part of the ancient Diocese of Saint-Malo, which was subsequently suppressed, after a three way split among the Dioceses of Vannes and

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and the

Archdiocese of Rennes The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rhedonensis, Dolensis et Sancti Maclovii''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo''; br, Arc'heskopti Roazhon, Dol ha Sant-Maloù) is a dioces ...

In fiction

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makes

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the local Ordinary of the Diocese of Vannes in '' The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later'', the last book of his

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Bishops of Vannes

to 1600

*Amaury de la Motte d'Acigné † (1409 Appointed – 1 Nov 1432 Appointed,

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) * 1476–1490: Cardinal Pierre de Foix the Younger * 1490–1503

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* 1504–1511: Jacques II. de Beaune de Semblançay * 26 February 1511 – 1513: Cardinal

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* 30 July 1514 – 26 September 1531: Cardinal

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* 1531–1544: Cardinal Antonio Pucci * 1544–1548: Laurent III. Pucci * 1550–1557:

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* 1557–1558:

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* 1559–1566:

Philippe du Bec Philippe Crespin du Bec (1519 – January 10, 1605) was a French churchman of the 16th century. He was successively Bishop of Vannes (1559–1566), Bishop of Nantes (1566–1594) and Archbishop of Reims (1594–1605). Master of the King's Chapel a ...

(also

Archbishop of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...

) * 1566–1570: Jean Le Feuvre * 1572–1573: Pierre de Saint-Martin * 31 May–August, 1574: Jean de La Haye * 1574–1588: Louis de La Haye * 1592–1596: Georges d'Aradon

1600 to 1800

* 1599–1622: Jacques Martin * 1622–1646: Sébastien de Rosmadec * 1648–1671: Charles de Rosmadec * 1671–1687: Louis Casset de Vautorte * 1687–1716: François d'Argouges * 1716–1717:

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* 1717–1719: Jean-François-Paul Lefèvre de Caumartin *Antoine Fagon † (29 Aug 1719 Appointed – 16 Feb 1742 Died) *Jean-Joseph Chapelle de Saint-Jean de Jumilhac † (2 Apr 1742 Appointed – 17 Apr 1746 Appointed,

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) *Henri-Marie-Clauce de Bruc-Montplaisir † (27 Aug 1817 Appointed – 18 Jun 1826 Died) *Simon Garnier † (28 Jun 1826 Appointed – 8 May 1827 Died) *Charles-Jean de la Motte de Broons et de Vauvert † (4 Jul 1827 Appointed – 5 May 1860 Died) *Louis-Anne Dubreil † (5 Jun 1861 Appointed – 24 Oct 1863 Appointed,

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) *Jean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan † (24 Oct 1863 Appointed – 1865 Resigned) *Jean-Marie Bécel † (30 Dec 1865 Appointed – 6 Nov 1897 Died) *Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule † (22 Mar 1898 Appointed – 21 Oct 1903 Died) *Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed – 2 Oct 1928 Died) *Hippolyte Tréhiou † (15 Apr 1929 Appointed – 9 Jan 1941 Died) *Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec † (11 Oct 1941 Appointed – 24 Sep 1964 Retired) *Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard † (24 Sep 1964 Appointed – 16 Nov 1991 Retired) * François-Mathurin Gourvès † (16 Nov 1991 Succeeded – 28 Jun 2005 Retired) *Raymond Michel René Centène (28 Jun 2005 Appointed – present)

References

Bibliography

Reference works

* pp. 649–650. (Use with caution; obsolete) * (in Latin) pp. 520. * (in Latin) p. 264. * p. 329. * pp. 362. * pp. 408. * p. 436.

Studies

* * second edition pp. 375–379. * * * * *

External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
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Morbihan 5th-century establishments in sub-Roman Gaul Vannes