The Roman Catholic Diocese of Annecy (

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: ''Dioecesis Anneciensis''; French: ''Diocèse d'Annecy'') is a

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of the

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of the

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in France. Saint-Gingolph VS, a town in the Swiss canton of

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, is also part of the diocese. Originally erected in 1822, after the

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as a subdivision of the

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, the diocese comprises the entirety of the

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in the

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. Only recently, in 2002, did the metropolitan change. The diocese is now suffragan to the

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. The current bishop is Yves Le Saux, appointed in 2022. 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.

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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 Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

. The ancient

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abbey of

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is near the

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Bishops of Annecy

*Claude-François de Thiollaz (21 Apr 1822 Appointed – 14 Mar 1832 Died) *Pierre-Joseph Rey (13 Jun 1832 Appointed – 31 Jan 1842 Died) *Louis Rendu (25 Aug 1842 Appointed – 28 Aug 1859 Died) *Charles-Marie Magnin (11 Dec 1860 Appointed – 14 Jan 1879 Died) *Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard (9 May 1879 Appointed – 3 Aug 1901 Died) *Pierre-Lucien Campistron (13 May 1902 Appointed – 22 Aug 1921 Died) *Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel (21 Nov 1921 Appointed – 11 May 1940 Appointed,

Archbishop of Aix The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...

) *Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron (30 Sep 1940 Appointed – 13 Jul 1962 Died) *Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage (28 Sep 1962 Appointed – 27 Sep 1983 Retired) *

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(19 May 1984 Appointed – 25 Apr 2000 Appointed,

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) *Yves Boivineau (7 May 2001 Appointed – 27 Jun 2022 Retired) *

Yves Le Saux Yves Le Saux (born 1960) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Le Mans from 2009 to 2022. He has been appointed bishop of Annecy. He is a member of the Emmanuel Community. Biography Yves Le Saux was born on 24 December 1960 ...

(27 Jun 2022 Appointed – present)

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External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24.

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