Diocese of Annecy, France 🇫🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Annecy / Annecien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lyon

Neighbouring Dioceses: Belley–Ars (←), Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (↗), Sion (→), Aosta (→), Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Notes: includes de jure the town of Saint-Gingolph in Switzerland

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Pierre ès liens

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1822.02.15: Established as Diocese of Annecy / Annecien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chambéry and became suffragan of Chambéry)
2002.12.08: Became suffragan of Lyon

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.10)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.27 – ...):

Bishop Yves Le Saux (65)

Member of Clerical Association of the Emmanuel Community

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Annecy (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yves Le Saux (65)
(2022.06.27 – ...)

Bishop of Annecy (France)
Member of Clerical Association of the Emmanuel Community

Jésus, doux et humble de cœur

Born:	1960.12.24 (Hennebont, France)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.01.25

Priest of Autun (France) (1986.06.22 – 2008.11.21)

Member of Clerical Association of the Emmanuel Community (1990? – ...)

Bishop of Le Mans (France) (2008.11.21 – 2022.06.27)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (2022.06.27 – ...)

Bishop Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau (79)
(2001.05.07 – 2022.06.27)

Bishop emeritus of Annecy (France)

Je suis avec toi

Born:	1947.02.21 (Ardelay, France)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.26

Priest of Luçon (France) (1973.06.23 – 2001.05.07)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (2001.05.07 – 2022.06.27)

Bishop Hubert Barbier (94) (later Archbishop)
(1984.05.19 – 2000.04.25)

Archbishop emeritus of Bourges (France)

Born:	1932.08.04 (La-Chaize-le-Vicomte, France)
Ordained Priest:	1955.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.12.13

Priest of Luçon (France) (1955.09.18 – 1980.10.06)

Titular Bishop of Noba (1980.10.06 – 1984.05.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy (France) (1980.10.06 – 1984.05.19)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (1984.05.19 – 2000.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) (2000.04.25 – 2002.12.08)

Archbishop of Bourges (France) (2002.12.08 – 2007.09.11)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage
(1962.09.28 – 1983.09.27)

Born:	1908.09.30 (Marcq-en-Baroeul, France)
Ordained Priest:	1934.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.11.03
Died:	1991.10.29 († 83)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (1962.09.28 – 1983.09.27)

Bishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron
(1940.09.30 – 1962.07.13)

Born:	1887.12.07 (Vezins, France)
Ordained Priest:	1910.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.11.30
Died:	1962.07.13 († 74)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (1940.09.30 – 1962.07.13)

Bishop Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel (later Archbishop)
(1921.11.21 – 1940.05.11)

Born:	1877.09.29 (Saint-Brieuc, France)
Ordained Priest:	1900.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.06.20
Died:	1951.02.07 (Saint-Brieuc, France † 73)

Titular Bishop of Ænus s. Hænus (1920.05.07 – 1921.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tours (France) (1920.05.07 – 1921.11.21)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (1921.11.21 – 1940.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) (1940.05.11 – 1944.12.13)

Titular Archbishop of Ænus (1944.12.13 – 1951.02.07)

Bishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron
(1902.06.09 – 1921.08.22)

Born:	1840.10.26 (Mirande, France)
Ordained Priest:	1864.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.03.13
Died:	1921.08.22 († 80)

Priest of Auch (France) (1864.09.24 – 1902.06.09)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1902.05.13] 1902.06.09 – 1921.08.22)

Bishop Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard
(1879.05.15 – 1901.08.03)

Born:	1820.07.18 (Saint-Quentin, France)
Ordained Priest:	1853.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.06.29
Died:	1901.08.03 († 81)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1879.05.09] 1879.05.15 – 1901.08.03)

Bishop Charles-Marie Magnin
(1861.03.18 – 1879.01.14)

Born:	1802.11.14 (La Muraz, France)
Ordained Priest:	1826.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.06.11
Died:	1879.01.14 († 76)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1860.12.11] 1861.03.18 – 1879.01.14)

Bishop Louis Rendu
(1843.01.27 – 1859.08.28)

Born:	1789.12.09 (Meyrin-près-Genève, France)
Ordained Priest:	1814.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.04.09
Died:	1859.08.28 († 69)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1842.08.25] 1843.01.27 – 1859.08.28)

Bishop Pierre-Joseph Rey
(1832.07.02 – 1842.01.31)

Born:	1770.04.22 (Mégevette, France)
Ordained Priest:	1793.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.08.01
Died:	1842.01.31 († 71)

Priest of Genève (Switzerland) (1793.04.25 – 1824.05.24)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) ([1824.03.20] 1824.05.24 – 1832.07.02)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1832.06.13] 1832.07.02 – 1842.01.31)

Bishop Claude-François de Thiollaz
(1822.09.27 – 1832.03.14)

Post mortem lauda

Born:	1752.04.08 (Chaumont-sur-Frangy, France)
Ordained Priest:	1776.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1823.04.27
Died:	1832.03.14 († 79)

Priest of Annecy (France) (1776.06.01 – 1822.09.27)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1822.04.21] 1822.09.27 – 1832.03.14)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hubert Barbier (94) (later Archbishop) (1980.10.06 – 1984.05.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bernard Panafieu (later Cardinal) (1974.04.18 – 1978.11.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Minor Basilica: Basilique Notre-Dame de la Visitation, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Minor Basilica: Basilique Saint-François-de-Sales, Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Minor Basilica: Basilique Saint-Joseph des Fins, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Belley–Ars (←), Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (↗), Sion (→), Aosta (→), Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,388 km²

Population: 539,850 Catholics (63.7% of 847,627 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 101 priests (74 diocesan, 27 religious), 26 deacons, 249 religious (37 brothers, 212 sisters), 1 seminarian