Suffragan diocese Annecy, France
Diocese of Annecy
Annecien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Annecy is a Latin rite diocese covering the Haute-Savoie department in eastern France, erected on 15 February 1822 from territory of the ancient Diocese of Geneva. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter in Annecy.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1822
- Catholics
- 528,000
- Priests
- 80
- Territory
- 4,317 km²
Parishes and churches
38 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Bienheureux Ponce en Haut-GiffreSamoënsView parish
- Paroisse de l'Epiphanie entre Arve et BorneBonnevilleView parish
- Paroisse La Sainte Famille de la MandallazSillingyView parish
- Paroisse La Trinité au pays des VoironsFillingesView parish
- Paroisse La Visitation en Vallée VerteBoëgeView parish
- Paroisse Le Christ Ressuscité entre lac et collineAnnecy-le-VieuxView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de l'Aumône en AlbanaisRumillyView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame des HermonesAllingesView parish
- Paroisse Saint-André en Gavot-LémanEvianView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Benoît des NationsAnnemasseView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Bernard du Mont-BlancChamonixView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Bruno en vallée d'ArveClusesView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François d'Assise en vallée d'ArveSallanchesView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François de SalesGroisyView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François en ChablaisThononView parish
- Paroisse Saint-François Jacquard entre Môle et BrassesViuz-en-SallazView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Germain du lacMenthon-Saint-BernardView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Guérin en Vallée d'AulpsMorzineView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jacques - Val des UssesFrangyView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jean aux portes d'AnnecyCran-GevrierView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jean Bosco en ChablaisBons-en-ChablaisView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jean XXIII d'Arve et SalèveReignierView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste en ChablaisDouvaineView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Joseph en pays de FavergesFaverges-SeythenexView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Luc entre Fier et MandallazMeythetView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Marc du ParmelanPringyView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Matthieu en GenevoisAmbillyView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Maurice en Vallée d'AbondanceAbondanceView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Pierre FavreThônesView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Vincent du Haut-RhôneSeysselView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Yves Le Saux
- Born
- 24 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Hennebont
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter, Annecy stands in Annecy, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Some 26 miles (42km) south of Geneva lies the Diocese of Annecy (Latin: Dioecesis Anneciensis; French: Diocèse d'Annecy), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1822, after the Concordat, as a suffragan (ecclesiastical subordinate) of the archdiocese of Chambéry, it takes in the entirety of the department of Haute-Savoie in the Region of Rhône-Alpes; the town of Saint-Gingolph VS, in the Swiss canton of Valais, also belongs to the diocese.