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Suffragan archdiocese Chambéry, France

Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise

Camberien(sis), Maurianen(sis) et Tarantasien(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis de Sales, Chambery, in Chambéry, France.

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Established
1779
Catholics
399,425
Priests
75
Territory
7,460 km²

Parishes and churches

42 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Thibault Verny
Born
7 November 1965
Birthplace
Paris

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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.

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.