Diocese of Annecy Dioecesis Anneciensis Diocèse d'Annecy | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lyon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lyon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,317 km2 (1,667 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 829,017  528,000 (est.) |
| Parishes | 38 'new parishes' |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 15 February 1822 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Peter in Annecy |
| Patron saint | St. Francis de Sales St. Peter in Chains |
| Secular priests | 80 (diocesan)  24 (Religious Orders) 26 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Yves Le Saux |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Olivier de Germay |
| Bishops emeritus | Yves Boivineau |
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The Diocese of Annecy (Latin: Dioecesis Anneciensis; French: Diocèse d'Annecy) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, located 26 miles (42km) south of Geneva. Saint-Gingolph VS, a town in the Swiss canton of Valais, is also part of the diocese. Originally erected in 1822, after the Concordat as a suffragan (ecclesiastical subordinate) of the archdiocese of Chambéry, the diocese of Annecy is composed of the entirety of the department of Haute-Savoie in the Region of Rhône-Alpes.
On 8 December 2002, the archdiocese of Chambéry was demoted to the rank of simple diocese, and along with its suffragan dioceses was transferred to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon.
The current bishop of Annecy is Yves Le Saux, appointed in 2022.
As of 2015 there was one priest for every 3,279 Catholics; as of 2022, there was one priest for every 5028 Catholics.