Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viviers is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected in the 4th century the diocese was restored in the Concordat of 1822 and comprises the department of Ardèche in the Region of Rhône-Alpes. Currently the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. Its current bishop is François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel appointed in 1999.
