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Roman Catholic Diocese of Annecy
Catholic diocese in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Annecy (Latin: Dioecesis Anneciensis; French: Diocèse d'Annecy) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Saint-Gingolph VS, a town in the Swiss canton of Valais, is also part of the diocese. Originally erected in 1822, after the Concordat as a subdivision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry, the diocese comprises the entirety of the department of Haute-Savoie in the Region of Rhône-Alpes. Only recently, in 2002, did the metropolitan change. The diocese is now suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyon. The current bishop is Yves Le Saux, appointed in 2022.
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Lyon |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lyon |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,317 km2 (1,667 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 727,000 (est.) 521,400 (est.) (71.7%) |
Parishes | 38 'new parishes' |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 15 February 1822 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Peter in Annecy |
Patron saint | St. Francis de Sales St. Peter in Chains |
Secular priests | 134 (diocesan) 25 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop elect | Yves Le Saux |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Olivier de Germay |
Bishops emeritus | Yves Boivineau |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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As of 2015 there was one priest for every 3,279 Catholics.