Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes (Dioecesis Rupellensis-Santonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the département of Charente-Maritime. Suffragan to the archdiocese of Bordeaux the episcopal see is La Rochelle Cathedral. Saintes Cathedral is Co-Cathedral of the diocese.The diocese of Maillezais was transferred on 7 May 1648 to La Rochelle.
