Diocese of Acqui
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Piedmont |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Turin |
| Diocesan bishop | Luigi Testore |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Pier Giorgio Micchiardi |
| surface | 1,751 km² |
| Parishes | 115 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 156,100 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 148,500 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 95.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 95 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,442 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 8 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 351 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale Nostra Signora Assunta |
| Website | [1] |
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The diocese of Acqui ( Latin Dioecesis Aquensis , Italian Diocesi di Acqui ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy with its seat in Acqui Terme . It lies in the civil regions of Piedmont and Liguria . As a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin , it belongs to the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont.
history
It is very likely that the Diocese of Acqui was founded at the end of the 4th century, at the same time as the Dioceses of Novara , Turin, Ivrea , Aosta and probably also Asti and Alba . The first sure bishop of Acqui is Ditarius, who - according to an inscription found in 1753 - died on January 25, 488. Tradition gives him Deusdedit and Andreas Severus Masimus as predecessors, and also mentions Maiorinus as the first bishop of Acqui.
Maiorinus probably lived either at the end of the 4th or the beginning of the 5th century, the name was common at this time: Augustine of Hippo ( De Haereses , I, 69) mentions two bishops of this name, two others appear as signers of the letter Synod of Carthage (416) against Pelagius to Pope Innocent I (Ep. St. Aug., II, 90). Until the decision of the Holy Congregation for Rites (April 8, 1628), which forbade the veneration of people who were not canonized by the Vatican , Maiorinus was the local saint of Acqui.
The cathedral Nostra Signora Assunta was built from 1034 and consecrated on November 11, 1067 by Bishop Guido.
structure
The diocese covers 1683 km² and is divided into 115 parishes, most of which are in Piedmont. The parishes are:
Liguria
Metropolitan city of Genoa
- Campo Ligure
- Natività di Maria Vergine
- Masone
- Cristo Re e Nostra Signora Assunta
- Rossiglione
- Nostra Signora Assunta and S. Caterina Vergine e Martire
- Tiglieto
- Nostra Signora Assunta
Savona Province
- Altars
- S. Eugenio
- Cairo Montenotte
- S. Andrea Apostolo, S. Lorenzo Martire, Cristo Re and S. Giuseppe
- Carcare
- S. Giovanni Battista and: Cuore Immacolato di Maria
- Dego
- S. Ambrogio
- Mioglia
- S. Andrea Apostolo
- Pontinvrea
- S. Lorenzo Martire
- Sassello
- S. Croce e S. Maria Maddalena
Piedmont
Alessandria Province
Asti Province
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See also
- Saint Giuseppe Marello , Bishop of Acqui from 1889 to 1895, beatified in 1993 and canonized in 2001
- Livio Maritano , Bishop of Acqui from 1979 to 2000
- Pier Giorgio Micchiardi , Bishop of Acqui since 2000
