Diocese of Quimper-Léon, France

Founded

• 5th century as the Diocese of Quimper

Suffragan of

• Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, e Saint-Malo, France

Notes

Merged with territory from the Diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France and Diocese of Tréguier, France on 29 November 1801; they had been suppressed in the anti-Catholic excesses of the French Revolution. Name changed to Quimper-Léon on 23 November 1853.

Bishops

• Saint Alanus of Quimper
• Saint Alorus of Quimper
• Saint Corentius of Quimper

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Diocese of Quimper-Léon
• Google Map