Diocese of Annecy
Annecien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Annecy, France
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 1822
- Latin
- Annecien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001000696
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 528,000
- Population
- 829,017
- Catholic share
- 63.7%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 6,600
- Extent
- 4,317 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 122
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Yves Le Saux
- Born
- 24 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Hennebont
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Lyon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lyon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et TarentaiseChambéry
- Archdiocese of LyonLyon
- Diocese of Belley-ArsBelley-Ars
- Diocese of Grenoble-VienneGrenoble-Vienne
- Diocese of Saint-EtienneSaint-Etienne
- Diocese of ValenceValence
- Diocese of ViviersViviers
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].