Diocese of Laval
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The Diocese of Laval is a French Roman Catholic diocese, seated at Laval Cathedral.
The diocese is co-terminous with the department of Mayenne and was created from the Diocese of Le Mans as from 30 June 1855.
[edit] List of bishops
- Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart - 1855-1876
- Jules-Denis-Marie-Dieudonné Le Hardy du Marais - 1876-1886
- Victor Maréchal - appointed and died 1887
- Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud - 1887-1888
- Jules Cléret - 1889-1895
- Pierre-Joseph Geay - 1896-1904
- Eugène-Jacques Grellier - 1906-1936
- Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé - 1936-1938
- Paul-Marie-André Richaud - 1938-1950 (appointed Archbishop of Bordeaux; Cardinal)
- Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau - 1950-1962
- Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem - 1962-1969
- Paul-Louis Carrière - 1969-1984
- Louis-Marie Billé - 1984-1995 (appointed Archbishop of Aix; Archbishop of Lyon; Cardinal)
- Armand Maillard - 1996-2007
- Thierry Scherrer - 2008-
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