Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise
Camberien(sis), Maurianen(sis) et Tarantasien(sis)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Chambéry, France
The Archdiocese of Chambery, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Tarentaise is a Latin rite archdiocese covering the Savoie department in eastern France; Chambery was erected as a diocese in 1779, elevated to an archdiocese in 1817, and united with the sees of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Tarentaise on 26 April 1966. Since 2002 it is a non-metropolitan archdiocese, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis de Sales in Chambery, with co-cathedrals in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Moutiers.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1779
- Latin
- Camberien(sis), Maurianen(sis) et Tarantasien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001001103
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 399,425
- Population
- 454,000
- Catholic share
- 88.0%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 5,326
- Extent
- 7,460 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Archbishop
- Thibault Verny
- Born
- 7 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Paris
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 Basilica of St. Francis de Sales, Chambery stands in Chambéry, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne; Co-Cathedral of St. Peter, Moutiers.
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 LyonLyon
- Diocese of AnnecyAnnecy
- 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
One prelate has governed three distinct French jurisdictions since 1966, holding at once the titles Archbishop of Chambéry, Bishop of Maurienne, and Bishop of Tarentaise. Together the united sees form the Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise (Latin: Archidioecesis Camberiensis, Maruianensis et Tarantasiensis; French: Archidiocèse de Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise), a complex of three Catholic Church jurisdictions in France. Each of the three belongs, as a suffragan, to the province of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
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].