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Archdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise)

Archidioecesis Camberiensis (-Maruianensis-Tarantasiensis)



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Bishop(s)

  • Thibault Verny, Archbishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • United: 26 April 1966
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lyon
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: France
  • Square Kilometers: 7,460 (2,881 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Centre-Est
  • Official Web Site: https://www.catholique-savoie.fr/
  • Mailing Address: Maison diocesaine, 2 place Cardinal Garrone, CS 10107, 73001 Chambery CEDEX, France; Maison diocesaine, 47 rue Bonrieux, B.P. 108, 73303 Saint-John-de-Maurienne CEDEX, France
  • Telephone: 4.79.33.21.46; 4.79.64.05.90
  • Fax: 4.79.70.26.95; 4.79.24.38.26

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Chambéry
18 August 1779ErectedDiocese of Grenoble Diocese of Chambéry (erected)
29 November 1801Territory AddedDiocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (suppressed)
Archdiocese of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise) (suppressed)
Diocese of Chambéry
Archdiocese of Chambéry
10 July 1817ElevatedDiocese of Chambéry Archdiocese of Chambéry
15 February 1822Territory LostArchdiocese of Chambéry Diocese of Annecy (erected)
5 August 1825Territory LostArchdiocese of Chambéry Diocese of Tarentaise (erected)
7 August 1825Territory LostArchdiocese of Chambéry Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (erected)
Archdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise)
26 April 1966UnitedArchdiocese of Chambéry
Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Diocese of Tarentaise
Archdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise)
8 December 2002ElevatedArchdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise) (no longer a Metropolitan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Chambéry
1950129,700130,50099.4%29285377344197633174ap1951
1957138,000140,00098.6%28212040234376500175ap1960
Archdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise)
1970256,973286,39989.7%41174485529102715357ap1971
1980276,000307,00089.9%3426340568180730370ap1981
1990316,000339,00093.2%246553011,0495107579348ap1991
1999331,600354,70093.5%199102091,5861520348354ap2000
2000347,000371,34393.4%177452221,5631671380367ap2001
2001341,000365,62593.3%186242101,6231661373348ap2002
2002332,600356,74893.2%170322021,6461770356348ap2003
2003314,000356,74888.0%169562251,39518106447346ap2004
2004314,000356,74888.0%165321971,5931960386200ap2005
2006316,982360,25288.0%112301422,2321941312111ap2007
2013397,700432,00092.1%117291462,7232878209136ap2014
2016399,000446,67689.3%99251243,21722102180141ap2017
2019390,800444,20088.0%8712993,9472656175141ap2020
2021399,425454,00088.0%75401153,4733061136141ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Chambéry
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 828
  • Archdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise)
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 625, and Page 626
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