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Diocese of Vannes Dioecesis Venetensis Diocèse de Vannes Eskopti Gwened
Vannes Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Rennes
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo
Statistics
Area	7,092 km (2,738 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 751,309 548,456 (73%)
Parishes	197
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Vannes
Patron saint	St. Padarn
Secular priests	226 (Diocesan) 65 (Religious Orders) 61 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Raymond Centène
Metropolitan Archbishop	Pierre d'Ornellas
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Vannes (Latin: Dioecesis Venetensis; French: Diocèse de Vannes) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It was established in the 5th century. The seat of the bishop is Vannes Cathedral, in the city of Vannes, on the southern shore of the peninsula of Brittany (Bretagne). The diocese corresponds to the French civil department of Morbihan, and has been a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo since 3 January 1859.

Raymond Michel René Centène is the current bishop since his appointment in 2005.

In 2022, in the Diocese of Vannes there was one priest for every 1,884 Catholics.

History

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The ancient Gallo-Roman name for the city of Vannes (city of the Veneti) was Darioritum.

Sede vacante

Bishop Guido Conley died on 21 (or 31) October 1270. On the appointed day, seventeen dignities and canons assembled to elect his successor. Four scrutators were selected to supervise the voting. Nine voters supported Hervé, the Cantor of the cathedral Chapter; six supported Master Gaufridus, one of the canons. The stalemate was reported to the papal Curia, which was living in exile in Viterbo and engaged in the longest papal election in history, and a lawsuit was begun. A new pope was not elected until 1 September 1271, and, since he had been on crusade, he did not arrive in Viterbo until February 1272; he was crowned in Rome as Gregory X on 27 March 1272. He handed the case to Cardinal Simon Paltanieri to act as Assessor, but Gregory died on 10 January 1276 and Paltanieri not long thereafter, with the matter of the Vannes election still undecided. His successor, Pope Innocent V, died six months later. His successor, Pope Adrian V, lasted 5 weeks. His successor, Pope John XXI, appointed Cardinal Guillaume de Bray to continue the case, but John XXI reigned for only 8½ months. During his reign, one of the principals in the case, Canon Gaufridus, died. Pope John's successor, Pope Nicholas III, finally took up the case, and issued a ruling on 12 December 1279. He found the election canonical, confirmed Cantor Hervé, and consecrated him personally.

In 1642, during a pastoral visitation, Bishop Sébastien de Rosmadec (1622–1646) issued an set of statutes for the diocese. On 4 June 1648, he held a synod in Vannes.

On 22 September 1693, Bishop François d'Argouges (1687–1716) held a synod in Vannes, and issued a set of statutes.

Chapter and cathedral

The edifice of the cathedral dates from several epochs. It was vaulted in the 18th century.

From the mid-15th century, the cathedral of Saint Peter was widely famed as the resting place of the remains of S. Vincent Ferrer, O.P. Fra Vincent had spent the last two years of his life, from 1417 to 1419, in Brittany, a good part of that time in Vannes. He died there on 5 April 1419. On 3 June 1455, in a consistory of cardinals and other prelates, Pope Calixtus III pronounced Vincent Ferrer a saint, and on 29 June 1455 he held a solemn public ceremony in which the declaration of canonization was made. Cardinal Alain de Coëtivy, himself a Breton, was sent by Pope Calixtus as legate to France, and on 2–4 June 1456, he presided over the inauguration of the cult of Saint Vincent in the cathedral of Vannes.

The cathedral is staffed and administered by a corporation called the Chapter. The Chapter consisted of four dignities (the archdeacon, the treasurer, the cantor, and the scholasticus) and fourteen canons. In 1746, there were fifteen canons. The dignities and canons were named alternately by the bishop and the pope.

The diocese of Vannes had, at one time, three collegiate churches: Rochefort, founded on 1 June 1527, with a Dean, a Cantor and five canons; Guiméné, founded in 1529 with the approval of Pope Clement VII, with a Provost, six canons, and four chaplains; and Saint-Michel-du-Champ, founded in 1380, with eight canons, which was taken over by Carthusians in 1480.

In the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the National Constituent Assembly abolished cathedral chapters, canonicates, prebends, chapters and dignities of collegiate churches, chapters of both secular and regular clergy of both sexes, and abbeys and priories whether existing under a Rule or in commendam.

The liturgical life of the cathedral was enhanced, during the Counter-Reformation, and under the influence of the Catholic League, by numerous actions and gifts which added to the solemnity and the richness of various festivals.

Seminary

The issue of a diocesan seminary, mandated by the Council of Trent was first raised at a meeting of the clergy of Vannes in 1665. The aristocratic residence of Couessial was acquired, and the seminary opened in 1680. Staff were provided by clergy of the diocese, and canons of the cathedral took a leading role. In 1702, the bishop installed the Lazarists founded 1625 by Vincent de Paul, as faculty, positions they continued to fill until 1833. Subsequently, diocesan priests again served as faculty.

The first school (collège) in Vannes began construction in 1574 near the Porte Saint-Yves, with a donation by Jean de Briçon Seigneur de Pé and his wife Anne Desprez. It received the approval of Bishop Louis de La Haye (1574–1588) on 9 December 1579. On 7 May 1629, the city entrusted the operation of the school to the Jesuits. On 2 August 1762, the Parlement of Rennes suppressed the Society of Jesus.

French Revolution

One of the first acts of the French Revolution was the abolition of feudalism and its institutions, including estates, provinces, duchies, baillies, and other obsolete organs of government.

Even before it directed its attention to the Church directly, the National Constituent Assembly attacked the institution of monasticism. On 13 February 1790. it issued a decree which stated that the government would no longer recognize solemn religious vows taken by either men or women. In consequence, Orders and Congregations which lived under a Rule were suppressed in France. Members of either sex were free to leave their monasteries or convents if they wished, and could claim an appropriate pension by applying to the local municipal authority. These decrees applied to the five monasteries of men in the diocese of Vannes (Redon, S. Gildas de Rhuis, Lanvaux Prières). Also suppressed were the six monasteries of women (including La Joie).

The Assembly ordered the replacement of political subdivisions of the ancien régime with subdivisions called "departments", to be characterized by a single administrative city in the center of a compact area. The decree was passed on 22 December 1789, the boundaries fixed on 26 February 1790, with the institution to be effective on 4 March 1790. Vannes was assigned to the Departement de Morbihan, with its administrative center at Vannes. The diocese of Saint-Malo was abolished, and the southern part of its territory assigned to Morbihan. The National Constituent Assembly then, on 6 February 1790, instructed its ecclesiastical committee to prepare a plan for the reorganization of the clergy. At the end of May, its work was presented as a draft Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which, after vigorous debate, was approved on 12 July 1790. There was to be one diocese in each department, requiring the suppression of approximately fifty dioceses. The suppression of dioceses by the state was uncanonical.

In the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the National Constituent Assembly also abolished cathedral chapters, canonicates, prebends, chapters and dignities of collegiate churches, chapters of both secular and regular clergy of both sexes, and abbeys and priories whether existing under a Rule or in commendam.

Most of the clergy of Morbihan (Vannes) were opposed to the changes mandated by the National Assembly, and only 50 of the 500 clergy were willing to take the required oath of obedience to the Civil Constitution. They therefore faced arrest, trial, and deportation. When Bishop Amelot refused to take the oath in February 1791, he was deposed and there was a popular uprising, which was put down by the new departmental authorities. The bishop was arrested, taken to Paris, sent to prison in Vincennes, and then deported to Switzerland. On 27 March 1791, a constitutional bishop, Charles Le Masle, was elected by special revolutionary electors to replace Bishop Amelot. That act was uncanonical and schismatic. Le Masle held a synod in Vannes in 1796, in a situation in which only 20 of the parishes in the diocese had constitutional priests. He held another synod in Lorient in 1800, and resigned under pressure from Napoleon in 1801.

Restoration of order

On 29 November 1801, in the concordat of 1801 between the French Consulate, headed by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, and Pope Pius VII, the bishopric of Vannes and all the other dioceses in France were suppressed. This removed all the contaminations and novelties introduced by the Constitutional Church. The pope then recreated the French ecclesiastical order, in the bull "Qui Christi Domini," respecting in most ways the changes introduced during the Revolution, including the reduction in the number of archdioceses and dioceses. Vannes was made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Rennes. The territory of Vannes included part of the ancient Diocese of Saint-Malo, which was subsequently suppressed, after a three way split among the Dioceses of Vannes and Saint-Brieuc and the diocese of Rennes.

Bishop Amelot refused the pope's demand for the resignation of all the bishops of France in 1801, and therefore, when Pius VII abolished the French hierarchy in 1801, Amelot lost his see and another bishop, Antoine-Xavier Maynaud de Pancemont (1802–1807), was nominated by Napoleon and approved by Pius VII, and took Amelot's place.

By 1835, several religious orders had established themselves in the diocese of Vannes: the Hospitalières de Saint-Augustine (two houses), the Ursulines (3 houses), the Dames de la Charité de Saint-Louis (3 houses), the Soeurs de Saint-Esprit (3 houses), and the Soeurs de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (2 houses).

In fiction

Alexandre Dumas, père, in The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, the last book of his d'Artagnan Romances. makes the former musketeer Aramis the bishop of the Diocese of Vannes, on the nomination of Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances of King Louis XIV from 1653 to 1661.

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in France

Bishops of Vannes

To 1000

• (attested 453) :
• (attested c. 465) : Paternus
• (attested 511) : Modestus
• (mid 6th cent.) : Macliavus
• (attested 578/9) : Eunius
• (attested 590) : Regalis
• (mid to late 8th cent.) : Agus
• (attested 797, 814) : Isaac
• 820 : Winhaelhoc
• (attested 820) :Raginarius
• (attested 838–848) Susannus
• (attested 850–868) : Courantgen
• (attested 870) : Dilis
• (attested 878–888) : Kenmonoc
• (attested 891–908) : Bili
• ( ? – ?) : Cunadan
• (attested 945–950) : Blenlivet
• ( ? – ?) : ? Alveus
• (attested 970) : Auriscanus

1000 to 1378

• (attested 1008) : Judicael
• 1037–1065? : Budic
• (attested 1066–1082) : Maingui
• (attested 1089–1128) : Morvan(us)
• 1128–1132 : Jacobus
• 1132?–1143 : Even
• 1143–1177 : Rouaud, O.Cist.
• 1177  : Geoffroy

1177–1182 : Sede vacante

• 1182–1220? : Guethenoc
• 1220–1232 : Robertus
• 1232  : Guilelmus
• 1232–1254 : Cadiocus
• ( 1254 ) : Guillelmus de Quelenec
• 1255–1262 : Alanus
• 1265–1270 : Guido Conley

1270–1279 : Sede vacante

• 1279–1287 : Hervé
• 1287–c. 1310: Henri Tors
• 1310–1312 : Yves
• 1312–1339 : Jean le Parisy
• 1339–1346 : Gaufridus de Saint-Guen
• 1347–1360 : Gualterus de S. Paterno
• 1360–1378 : Gaufridus de Rohan

From 1378 to 1600

• 1378–1382 : Jean, Avignon Obedience
• 1382–1383 : Simon de Langres, O.P., Avignon Obedience
• 1383–1404 : Henri le Barbu, O.Cist., Avignon Obedience
• 1404–1408 : Hugues Lestoquer, O.P., Avignon Obedience
• 1409–1432 : Amaury de la Motte d'Acigné
• 1432–1451 : Jean de Leon, O.P.
• 1451–1475 : Ivo de Pontsal
• 1476–1490 : Cardinal Pierre de Foix (the Younger)
• 1490–1503 : Cardinal Lorenzo Cybo de Mari, Administrator
• 1504–1511 : Jacques II. de Beaune de Semblançay,
• 1511–1513 : Cardinal Robert Guibé
• 1514-1531 : Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci
• 1531–1544 : Cardinal Antonio Pucci
• 1544–1548 : Laurent III. Pucci
• 1550–1557 : Charles de Marillac
• 1557–1558 : Sébastien de L'Aubespine
• 1559–1566 : Philippe du Bec (also Archbishop of Reims)
• 1566–1570 : Jean Le Feuvre
• 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 : Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan
• 1717–1719 : Jean-François-Paul Lefèvre de Caumartin
• 1719– 1742 : Antoine Fagon
• 1742–1746 : Jean-Joseph Chapelle de Saint-Jean de Jumilhac
• 1746–1774 : Charles-Jean de Bertin
• 1774–1801 : Sébastien-Michel Amelot

Constitutional church (schismatic)

• 1791–1801 : Charles le Masle

since 1800

• 1802–1807 Antoine-Xavier Maynaud de Pancemont
• 1807–1817 : Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort
• 1817–1826 : Henri-Marie-Clauce de Bruc-Montplaisir
• 1826–1827 : Simon Garnier
• 1827–1860 : Charles-Jean de la Motte de Broons et de Vauvert
• 1861–1863 : Louis-Anne Dubreil
• 1863–1865 : Jean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan
• 1865–1897 : Jean-Marie Bécel
• 1898–1903 : Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule
• 1906–1928 : Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud
• 1929–1941 : Hippolyte Tréhiou
• 1941–1964 : Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec
• 1964–1991 : Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard
• 1991–2005 : François-Mathurin Gourvès
• 2005-pres.: Raymond Michel René Centène

References

1. Pius IX, "Ubi Primum Placuit", 3 January 1859 ("anno millesimo octingesimo quinquagesimo octavo") in: Pii IX. Pontificis Maximi Acta: Acta exhibens quae ad Ecclesiam universalem spectant, Pars prima. (in Latin and Italian) Vol. III (Ex Typographia bonarum artium habita facultate. Giorgio Franz in Monaco, 1864), pp. 34-48, esp. 35, 39: "...excipimus postulationes...Napoleonis...Imperatoris.., quibus Episcopalem Ecclesiam Rhedonensem ad Metropoliticam dignitatem attolli, eique Episcopatus Venetensem, Briocensem et Corisopitensem Metropolitico Turonensis Archiepiscopi iuri modo subditos in suffraganeos adiici implorandum studuit."
2. J. de La Martinière, "Darioritum: Métropole de la cité des Vénètes, après la conquête romaine," (in French), in: Bulletin mensuel de la société polymathique du Morbihan, Année 1923 (Vannes: Société polymathique du Morbihan 1923), pp. 124-141: "La métropole de la cité des Vénètes à l'époque galloromaine s'est appelée, au iv siècle, du nom de la cité et, antérieurement, Darioritum.;;;Il y a en outre des raisons de proposer l'identification de Locmariaker avec Vindana portus. Navalis portus, Port-Navalo serait une annexe du port principal." Hauréau, Gallia christiana XIV, p. 915.
3. Eubel I, p. 520. Trevaux, p. 160.
4. Frederic J. Baumgartner, Behind Locked Doors: A. History of the Papal Elections, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2003), pp. 37-40. J.N.D. Kelly & M.J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, second edition (OUP 2010), p. 199. Jules Gay, Les registres de Nicolas III, (in Latin), Paris: Fontemoing 1898), pp. 254-255.
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6. Statuts synodaux du diocèse de Vannes , publiés dans le synode général, tenu à Vennes, le 22 septembre 1693, par M. François d'Argouges, évêque de Vennes. (Vannes: la veuve de Pierre Doriou 1693).
7. H. Fages, Historia de San Vicente Ferrer, (in Spanish), Volume 2 (Valencia: A. García, 1903), pp. 261-267. Laura Ackerman Smoller, The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby: The Cult of Vincent Ferrer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014), Chapter 1.
8. Cesare Baronio (ed. Augustin Theiner), Annales ecclesiastici, (in Latin), Vol. 29 (Bar-le-Duc:Typis Celestinorum — Bertrand 1876), p. 47 § 42.
9. H. Fages, p. 325.
10. Trevaux, p. 148.
11. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 436, note 1.
12. Trevaux, p. 148.
13. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XIV, p. 915. Trevaux, p. 149-150.
14. J. B. Duvergier, Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, règlemens avis du Conseil d'état, (in French), Volume 1 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1834), p. 244: "20. Tous titres et offices , autres que ceux mentionnés en la présente constitution , les dignités , canonicats, prébendes, demi-prébendes, chapelles, chapellenies, tant des églises cathédrales que des églises collégiales, et tous chapitres réguliers et séculiers de l'un et de l'autre sexe, les abbayes et prieurés en règle ou en commende, aussi de l'un et de l'autre sexe, et tous autres bénéfices et prestimonies généralement quelconques , de quelque nature et sous quelque dénomination que ce soit, sont, à compter du jour de la publication du présent décret, éteints et supprimés, sans qu'il puisse jamais en être établi de semblables."
15. Elizabeth C. Tingle , Purgatory and Piety in Brittany 1480-1720 (London-New York: Routledge, 2016), pp. 139-141.
16. Trevaux, p. 149.
17. Diego Mens Casas, "La construction de l’église du collège jésuite de Vannes: un modèle parisien et un architecte finistérien," (in French), 2021, Monographie sur la chapelle Saint Yves de Vannes, 2021, unpaginated.
18. J. B. Duvergier, Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, règlemens avis du Conseil d'état, (in French), Volume 1 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1834), p. 118: "La loi constitutionnelle du royaume ne reconnaitra plus de voeux monastiques solennels des personnes de l'un ni de l'autre sexe: en conséquence, les ordres et congrégations réguliers dans lesquels on fait de pareils voeux sont et demeureront supprimés en France, sans qu'il puisse en être établi de semblables à l'avenir." Michael Burleigh, Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe, from the French Revolution to the Great War (New York: Harper Collins 2006), p. 54.
19. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XIV, p. 1018.
20. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 436, note 1.
21. Pisani, pp. 10-11. Departement de Puy-de-Dôme, "Création du département"; retrieved 15 July 2024.
22. "Civil Constitution," Title I, "Article 1. Chaque département formera un seul diocèse, et chaque diocèse aura la même étendue et les mêmes limites que le département."
23. Ludovic Sciout, Histoire de la constitution civile du clergé (1790-1801): L'église et l'Assemblée constituante, (in French and Latin) ., Vol. 1 (Paris: Firmin Didot 1872), p. 182: Art. 2 "...Tous les autres évêchés existant dans les quatre-vingt-trois départements du royaume, et qui ne sont pas nommément compris au présent article, sont et demeurent supprimés."
24. Pisani, pp. 10-12. Jean-de-Dieu-Raimond de Boisgelin de Cucé, Exposition des principes sur la Constitution civile du clergé, par les évêques députés á l'Assemblée nationale, (in French), (Paris: Chez Guerbaert, 1791), p. 11: "C'est une maxime incontestable, que toute jurisdiction ne peut cesser, que par la puissance qui la donne. C'est de l'église seule, que les évêques tiennent leur jurisdiction; c'est l'église seule, qui peut les en priver."
25. J. B. Duvergier, Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, règlemens avis du Conseil d'état, (in French), Volume 1 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1834), p. 244: "20. Tous titres et offices , autres que ceux mentionnés en la présente constitution , les dignités , canonicats, prébendes, demi-prébendes, chapelles, chapellenies, tant des églises cathédrales que des églises collégiales, et tous chapitres réguliers et séculiers de l'un et de l'autre sexe, les abbayes et prieurés en règle ou en commende, aussi de l'un et de l'autre sexe, et tous autres bénéfices et prestimonies généralement quelconques , de quelque nature et sous quelque dénomination que ce soit, sont, à compter du jour de la publication du présent décret, éteints et supprimés, sans qu'il puisse jamais en être établi de semblables."
26. Pisani, p. 148.
27. Pisani, pp. 151, 159.
28. J.B. Duvergier (ed.), Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, (in French and Latin), Volume 13 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1826), pp. 372-373; p. 387.
29. Duvergier (ed.), Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état,, Volume 13, p. 374: "Ecclesiam archiepiscopalem Turonensem, et episcopales Cenomanensem, Andegavensem, Rhedonensem, Nannctensem, Corisopitensem, Venetensem et Briocensem, quas ei in suffragancas assignamus."
30. Trevaux, p. 181-185.
31. La France ecclésiastique (in French) Vol. 2 (Paris: Gauthier 1836), p. 433.
32. Alexandre Dumas. The Romances of Dumas: The Vicomte de Bragelonne, vol. 1 (New York: Athenaeum Society, 1893, p. 165. William Allan McNair (1972). In search of the four musketeers. Sydney: Alpha Books. ISBN 9780855530495., especially Chapter 18.
33. In the list of bishops who attended the Council of Angers in October 453, there are four names whose dioceses are not given: Chariato, Rumordius, Viventius, and Sarmatio. One of these, perhaos Chariato, was bishop of Vannes. Duchesne, pp. 246-247, 377 no. 1.
34. Paternus was consecrated at the Council of Vannes, which met sometime between 461 and 490. Lloyd, John Edward (1895). "Padarn" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. p. 34. . Haddan, Art West (1873). Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland (in Latin). Clarendon. p. 73.. Trevaux, pp. 150-151. Duchesne, pp. 249, 377, no. 2.
35. Bishop Modestus attended the Council of Orléans on 10 July 511. Duchesne, p. 377, no. 3. Charles De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 — A. 695 (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 13: "Modestus episcopus de Venitus suscripsi."
36. Macliav: Trevaux, pp. 151-152. Duchesne, p. 377, no. 4.
37. Bishop Eunius (Ennius) was sent as an envoy by Duke Guerech, who had refused to pay tribute to the Franks, to the Frankish king Chilperic. Chilperic exiled the bishop from Vannes, and made him retire to Angers. Hyacinthe Morice, Histoire ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne, (in French) Volume 1 (Impr. Delaguette, 1750), p. 18. Trevaux, p. 152. Duchesne, p. 377, no. 5.
38. Regalis: Duchesne, p. 377-378, no. 6.
39. Agus (Igus) subscribed a document during the reign of Charlemagne. Duchesne, p. 378, no. 7: "regnante Karolo imperatore Ago episcopo in Venetis civitate."
40. Trevaux, p. 153. Duchesne, p. 378, no. 8.
41. Trevaux, p. 154. Duchesne, p. 378, no. 9.
42. Ragmard: Trevaux, p. 154. Duchesne, p. 378, no. 10.
43. Susannus was deposed for simony in 848. Trevaux, pp. 154. Duchesne, p. 378-379, no. 11.
44. Bishop Courantgen was captured by the Normans in 854 and released in 855. Trevaux, p. 154-155. Duchesne, p. 379, no. 12.
45. Dilis: Trevaux, p. 155. Duchesne, p. 379, no. 13.
46. Kenmonoc: Trevaux, p. 155. Duchesne, p. 379, no. 14.
47. Bili: Trevaux, p. 155. Duchesne, p. 379, no. 15.
48. Blenlivet: Trevaux, p. 155.
49. Alveus: Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 923.
50. Orscand: Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 923. Trevaux, p. 155.
51. Judicael: Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 923. Trevaux, p. 155.
52. Budic: Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 923. Trevaux, p. 155.
53. Maingui: Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 923. Trevaux, p. 155.
54. Morvanus: Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 923. Trevaux, p. 155.
55. Jacobus: Trevaux, p. 157.
56. Even is first attested in a document dated 31 December 1137. Trevaux, p. 157.
57. Rouaud was the first abbot of Lanvaux. He was elected in 1143, and died on 26 June 1177. Trevaux, p. 157.
58. Geoffrey was elected and died in the same year. Trevaux, p. 157-158.
59. The see of Vannes was vacant for five years. Trevaux, p. 158.
60. Guethenoc: Trevaux, p. 158.
61. Eubel I, p. 520.
62. Bishop Guido died on 26 August 1254, Eubel I, p. 520.
63. Alanus was consecrated in 1255, and died on 18 February 1262. Eubel I, p. 520.
64. Bishop Guido died on 21 October 1270. Eubel I, p. 520.
65. Hervé (Henri) Bloc had been Cantor of the cathedral Chapter. He was appointed bishop by Pope Nicholas III on 12 December 1279. He died on 22 March 1287. Trevaux, p. 160. Eubel I, p. 520 with note 1.
66. Henri: Trevaux, p. 161. Eubel I, p. 520.
67. Yves: Trevaux, p. 161.
68. Henri: Trevaux, p. 161. Eubel I, p. 520.
69. Gaufridus held a degree in Civil and Canon Law. Despite the reservation announced by the papacy on the appointment of the next bishop, the Chapter went ahead after the death of Bishop Jean and elected Geoffrey, a canon of the cathedral of Vannes. He was nonetheless provided (appointed) by Pope Benedict XII on 10 March 1339. J.M. Vidal, Benoît XII: Lettres communes, (in Latin), Vol. 2 (Paris: Fontemoing 1910), p. 131, no. 6546. Eubel I, p. 520.
70. Gualterus: Eubel I, p. 520 with note 4.
71. Geoffrey was the son of Vicomte Olivier de Rohan, and a canon of Saint-Malo. He was not, despite what Trevaux says, transferred to Saint-Brieuc in 1391. Trevaux, pp. 161-162. Eubel I, p. 520.
72. Jean de Monstrelais was a canon of Tours, and was elected by the cathedral Chapter of Vannes. He was named to the diocese of Vannes by Urban VI in April 1378, and appointed to the same diocese by Clement VII on 5 November 1378. He was transferred to the diocese of Nantes on 20 October 1382, by Pope Clement VII. He died on 13 September 1391. Trevaux, p. 162. Eubel I, pp. 356 520.
73. Simon was a doctor of theology and bishop of Langres. He was transferred to Vannes by Pope Clement VII on 20 October 1382, in an exchange of dioceses with Bishop Jean de Monstrelais. He resigned, due to ill health in 1383. Trevaux, p. 162. Eubel I, pp. 356, 520.
74. Henri held a licenciate in theology, and was abbot of Prières. He was placed in possession of the diocese by the papal legate in Brittany, Archbishop Thomas of Naples. He was transferred to the diocese of Nantes on 2 May 1404, by Pope Benedict XIII. He died on 27 April 1419. Trevaux, p. 162. Eubel I, pp. 356, 520.
75. Hugues had been Bishop of Tréguier. He was transferred to Vannes by Pope Benedict XIII, on 25 August 1404. In 1406, he was Chancellor of Brittany and confessor of the duke. He died on 10 October 1408. Trevaux, p. 162-163. Eubel I, pp. 494, 520.
76. Amaury was elected bishop of Vannes by the cathedral Chapter, and confirmed by Pope Alexander V on 25 February 1410. He was consecrated by the archbishop of Tours, Hamelin de Breuil. He was transferred by Pope Eugenius IV on 1 Nov 1432 to the diocese of Saint-Malo. He died on 5 August 1434. Trevaux, p. 162-163. Eubel II, pp. 182, 264.
77. Jean Valdire had been bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (1427–1432). Eubel II, p. 264 with note 1.
78. Ivo had held the dignity of Treasurer of the cathedral Chapter. He died on 7 January 1475 Eubel II, p. 264 with note 2.
79. Pierre was named bishop of Vannes on 11 March 1476. He was named a cardinal on 18 December 1476. He died on 17 July 1490. Eubel II, p. 17, no. 15, with note 12.
80. Cybo, the nephew of Pope Innocent VIII, was named a cardinal in the consistory of 9 March 1489. He was appointed administrator of the diocese of Vannes in the consistory of 29 August 1490, by Pope Innocent VIII (Cybo). He died on 21 December 1503. Eubel II, pp. 20, no. 1 with note 5; 264 with note 4; III, p. 329 with note 2.
81. 26 February 1511 – 1513
82. 30 July 1514 – 26 September 1531
83. Saint-Martin was a Gascon. He was nominated bishop of Vannes by the Sieur de Saint-Colombe, captain of the guard of King Charles IX of France, and took his oath of allegiance on 8 June 1572. He never received his bulls, and abandoning the expectation of their being issued, he resigned without having been consecrated a bishop. Hauréau, Gallia Christiana 14 p. 935. Trevaux, p. 155. Trevaux, p. 168. Eubel III, p. 329.
84. Jean de La Haye was appointed bishop in the papal consistory of 22 March 1574, by Pope Gregory XIII, and took possession on 31 May. He died by poison in August 1574. Trevaux, p. 168-169. Eubel III, p. 329.
85. Louis de La Haye: Trevaux, p. 160. Eubel III, p. 329.
86. Georges d'Aradon: Trevaux, p. 168. Eubel III, p. 329.
87. Cazet de Vautorte had previously been Bishop of Lectoure (1655–1671). He was nominated to Vannes by Louis XIV on 28 January 1671, and approved by Pope Clement IX on 22 June 1671. He died in Vannes either on 13 or 27 December 1671. Jean, pp. 454-455. Ritzler, V, p. 408 and n. 3.
88. (29 Aug 1719 Appointed – 16 Feb 1742 Died)
89. Jumilhac was nominated by King Louis XV of France on 2 April 1742, and confirmed by Pope Benedict XIV on 9 July 1742. He was consecrated on 12 August. On 17 April 1746, he was nominated archbishop of Arles by the king, and on 19 September he was transferred to the diocese of Arles, by the pope. He died in Paris on 20 February 1775. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 436 with note 2.
90. ( 1746 Appointed – 1774 Died). Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 436 with note 3.
91. (10 Nov 1774 Appointed – 1801 Resigned). Bishop AMelot refused to swear the oath of obedience to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. He was arrested in February 1791, and taken under guard to Paris. Eventually he was permitted to go into exile in Switzerland.Pisani, pp. 147-148. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 436 with note 4.
92. Le Masle was elected by the constitutional electors of Morbihan on 27 March 1791, after three refusals by others. He was consecrated in Paris by Constitutional bishop Jean-Baptiste Gobel, assisted by bishops Jean-Baptiste Dubourg-Miroudot and Jean-Baptiste Dumouchel. Pisani, pp. 147-153; 457.
93. Pancemont was appointed by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte on 9 Apr 1802, and confirmed on 10 April 1802. He was consecrated on 11 April at Notre-Dame de Paris by the Papal Legate, Cardinal Caprara. He died on 13 March 1807. Ch. Hamel (1901). Histoire de l'église de Saint-Sulpice ... (in French). Paris: V. Lecoffre. pp. 90–102. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 390.
94. (19 Nov 1807 Appointed – 8 Aug 1817 Appointed, Archbishop of Aix)
95. (27 Aug 1817 Appointed – 18 Jun 1826 Died)
96. (28 Jun 1826 Appointed – 8 May 1827 Died). Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 391.
97. (4 Jul 1827 Appointed – 5 May 1860 Died). Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 391.
98. (5 Jun 1861 Appointed – 24 Oct 1863 Appointed, Archbishop of Avignon). Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 135, 391.
99. (24 Oct 1863 Appointed – 1865 Resigned)
100. (30 Dec 1865 Appointed – 6 Nov 1897 Died)
101. (22 Mar 1898 Appointed – 21 Oct 1903 Died)
102. (21 Feb 1906 Appointed – 2 Oct 1928 Died)
103. (15 Apr 1929 Appointed – 9 Jan 1941 Died)
104. (11 Oct 1941 Appointed – 24 Sep 1964 Retired)
105. (24 Sep 1964 Appointed – 16 Nov 1991 Retired)
106. (16 Nov 1991 Succeeded – 28 Jun 2005 Retired)
107. (28 Jun 2005 Appointed – present)

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External links

• (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919 Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved: 2016-12-24.

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• Roman Catholic dioceses in France
• Morbihan
• 5th-century establishments in sub-Roman Gaul
• Vannes