Diocese of Chambéry
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Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and Tarentaise Archidioecesis Camberiensis, Maruianensis et Tarantasiensis Archidiocèse de Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise |
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| Location | |
| Country |  France |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lyon |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lyon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,460 km2 (2,880 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 432,000 397,700 (92.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | United: 26 April 1966 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis de Sales in Chambéry |
| Co-cathedral |
Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Co-Cathedral of St. Peter in Moûtiers |
| Patron saint |
Saint Francis de Sales Saint John the Baptist Saint Peter and Saint Paul |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Philippe Ballot |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Cardinal Philippe Barbarin |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and Tarentaise (Latin: Archidioecesis Camberiensis, Maruianensis et Tarantasiensis; French: Archidiocèse de Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France and a suffragan of Lyon. The archepiscopal see is Chambéry Cathedral, located in the city of Chambéry. The archdiocese encompasses the department of Savoie, in the Region of Rhône-Alpes. The current archbishop is Mgr. Philippe Ballot, formerly a priest in Besançon.
The diocese was created in 1779, from the Diocese of Grenoble, after a complicated earlier history. It became an archdiocese in 1817, even though at that point it was not within French territory.
In 1467, in the ducal chapel built for the Holy Winding-Sheet (Santo Sudario, better known as the Turin Shroud) by Amadeus IX of Savoy, and the Duchess Yolande of France, Pope Paul II erected a chapter directly subject to the Holy See, and his successor Pope Sixtus IV, united this chapter with the deanery of Savoy. In 1515 Pope Leo X published a papal bull making the deanery an archbishopric, but Francis I of France objected, and it was only in 1775 that this deanery was separated from the Diocese of Grenoble by Pope Pius VI, who, in 1779, created it a bishopric with the see at Chambéry.
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