Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry 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.
