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Date | Event | From | To |
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372 | Erected | Diocese of Angers (erected) | |
30 June 1855 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Angers
Diocese of Le Mans | Diocese of Laval (erected) |
23 July 1974 | Territory Added | Diocese of Poitiers (Puy-Saint-Bonnet) | Diocese of Angers |
8 December 2002 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Angers (from Tours) | |
2 March 2017 | Territory Added | Diocese of Nantes (Le Fresne-sur-Loire) | Diocese of Angers |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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1959 | 475,000 | 518,000 | 91.7% | 928 | 150 | 1,078 | 440 | 220 | 3,500 | 417 | ap1960 | |
1970 | 530,000 | 584,709 | 90.6% | 784 | 173 | 957 | 553 | 373 | 3,582 | 420 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 553,000 | 638,000 | 86.7% | 675 | 91 | 766 | 721 | 1 | 202 | 2,938 | 421 | ap1981 |
1990 | 611,000 | 719,000 | 85.0% | 564 | 79 | 643 | 950 | 7 | 178 | 2,436 | 419 | ap1991 |
1999 | 573,000 | 705,869 | 81.2% | 455 | 56 | 511 | 1,121 | 17 | 134 | 1,909 | 85 | ap2000 |
2000 | 586,300 | 732,942 | 80.0% | 444 | 50 | 494 | 1,186 | 22 | 131 | 1,852 | 85 | ap2001 |
2001 | 583,000 | 732,942 | 79.5% | 416 | 49 | 465 | 1,253 | 21 | 130 | 1,737 | 85 | ap2002 |
2002 | 583,300 | 732,942 | 79.6% | 400 | 50 | 450 | 1,296 | 13 | 135 | 1,695 | 85 | ap2003 |
2003 | 564,700 | 752,942 | 75.0% | 394 | 48 | 442 | 1,277 | 23 | 130 | 1,697 | 85 | ap2004 |
2004 | 564,706 | 752,942 | 75.0% | 381 | 57 | 438 | 1,289 | 29 | 129 | 1,635 | 85 | ap2005 |
2006 | 559,114 | 745,486 | 75.0% | 353 | 52 | 405 | 1,380 | 28 | 109 | 1,576 | 85 | ap2007 |
2012 | 566,000 | 783,000 | 72.3% | 289 | 49 | 338 | 1,674 | 37 | 104 | 1,268 | 85 | ap2013 |
2015 | 573,000 | 790,000 | 72.5% | 243 | 51 | 294 | 1,948 | 48 | 100 | 1,152 | 62 | ap2016 |
2018 | 578,550 | 805,555 | 71.8% | 210 | 55 | 265 | 2,183 | 50 | 107 | 1,000 | 62 | ap2019 |
2020 | 582,800 | 811,470 | 71.8% | 179 | 52 | 231 | 2,522 | 52 | 94 | 926 | 62 | ap2021 |
2022 | 586,000 | 815,883 | 71.8% | 153 | 46 | 199 | 2,944 | 52 | 82 | 960 | 60 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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