Roman Catholic Diocese of Annecy

Diocese of Annecy
Dioecesis Anneciensis
Diocèse d'Annecy

Location
Country  France
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'
Information
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 Yves Boivineau
Metropolitan Archbishop Cardinal Philippe Barbarin
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Annecy (Latin: Dioecesis Anneciensis; French: Diocèse d'Annecy) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. 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 archbishop is Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau, appointed in 2001.

As of 2015 there was one priest for every 3,279 Catholics.

History

From 1535 to 1801 the bishops of Geneva, exiled by the Reformation from Geneva, lived at Annecy. St. Francis de Sales was Bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622. From 1801 to 1822, Annecy belonged to the Diocese of Chambéry and Geneva, but was made an episcopal see 15 February 1822, by the papal bull Sollicita catholici gregis.

The memory of St. Bernard of Menthon, founder of the hospice of the Grand St. Bernard, is still honoured in the Diocese of Annecy. St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal founded the Congregation of the Visitation at Annecy in 1610; at the death of its foundress the convents belonging to this order numbered 87. The relics of these saints are preserved in the Church of the Visitation at Annecy. The ancient Benedictine abbey of Talloires is near the Lac d'Annecy.

Bishops of Annecy

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     This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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