Diocese of Coutances-Avranches, France

Also known as

• Dioecesis Constantiensis-Abrincensis

Founded

• 5th century

Suffragan of

• Archdiocese of Rouen, France

Bishops

• Saint Lauto of Coutances
• Archbishop Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot
• Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain
• Bishop Ange-François de Talaru de Chalmazel
• Bishop Arthur de Cossé-Brissac
• Bishop Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne
• Bishop Claude Auvry
• Bishop Claude-Louis Rousseau
• Bishop Étienne Martel de Bacqueville
• Bishop Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville
• Bishop Giuliano della Rovere
• Bishop Jacques Le Févre du Quesnoy
• Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey
• Bishop Jacques-Louis Daniel
• Bishop Jean-Pierre Bravard
• Bishop John Lesley
• Bishop Joseph Gustave François Wicquart
• Bishop Joseph Guérard
• Bishop Louis-Jean-Julien Robiou de la Tréhonnais
• Bishop Léonor I de Goyon de Matignon
• Bishop Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon
• Bishop Nicolas Bourgoin
• Bishop Nicolas de Briroy
• Bishop Pandolfe de Malatesta
• Bishop Pierre Dupont de Poursat
• Bishop Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne
• Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard

Notes

On 29 November 1801 the diocese added the territory of the suppresssed Diocese of Avranches, France. On 12 July 1854 the name of the diocese of was changed to Countances-Avranches.

Additional Information

• Diocese of Counrances
• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Giga-Catholic
• Google Maps
• Patron Saints of the Diocese
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Diocese of Coutances-Avranches, France”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 September 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/diocese-of-coutances-avranches-france/>