Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches

E1037319

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches is an ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, with a long medieval history and jurisdiction over parishes in the Manche department.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
administrativeCenter Episcopal residence of Coutances ⓘ
linked to: Coutances Cathedral
bishopTitle Bishop of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
borderedBy English Channel ⓘ
cathedral Coutances Cathedral ⓘ
city Avranches ⓘ
Coutances ⓘ
coCathedral Saint-André Cathedral, Avranches ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentBishop Laurent Le Boulc’h ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ecclesiasticalProvince Ecclesiastical province of Rouen ⓘ
established 4th century ⓘ
governedBy Code of Canon Law ⓘ
hasCathedralChapter Chapter of Coutances Cathedral ⓘ
hasClergyType religious clergy ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of the Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent concordat re-establishment in 19th century ⓘ
loss of Channel Islands jurisdiction in 16th century ⓘ
reorganization during the French Revolution ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
hasMajorChurch Basilica of Saint-Gervais d’Avranches ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://catholique-coutances.fr ⓘ
hasPatronSaint Saint Paul ⓘ
Saint Peter ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
historicalJurisdiction Channel Islands ⓘ
jurisdictionOver parishes in Manche department ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Western Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Manche department ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
mergedFrom Roman Catholic Diocese of Avranches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances ⓘ
metropolitanSee Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen ⓘ
partOf Catholic Church in France ⓘ
region Normandy ⓘ
rite Roman Rite ⓘ
subjectTo Holy See ⓘ
suiIurisChurch Latin Church ⓘ
territoryIncludes Channel Islands (historically) ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coutances → isSeatOf → Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
Coutances Cathedral → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
Église Notre-Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
Église Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien → partOf → Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
Basilique Saint-Gervais d’Avranches → isPartOf → Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches → mergedFrom → Roman Catholic Diocese of Avranches ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Coutances → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches ⓘ