Moûtiers Cathedral

Moûtiers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Moûtiers) is a Roman Catholic church in Moûtiers en Tarentaise, France. The cathedral is a national monument, and was formerly the seat of the Archdiocese of Tarentaise, which was abolished under the Concordat of 1801. It was afterwards the seat of the re-formed Bishopric of Tarentaise from 1825 until 1966, when the diocese of Tarentaise, Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and the Archdiocese of Chambéry were amalgamated to form the present Archdiocese of Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise.

Moûtiers Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Moûtiers
Moûtiers Cathedral
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceArchdiocese of Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise
RegionSavoie
RiteRoman
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
StatusActive
Location
LocationMoûtiers,  France
Geographic coordinates
Architecture
Typechurch
StyleRomanesque, Gothic

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