Diocese of Biella
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Piedmont |
| Ecclesiastical province | Vercelli |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vercelli |
| Diocesan bishop | Roberto Farinella |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gabriele Mana |
| founding | 1772 |
| surface | 804 km² |
| Parishes | 114 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 176,600 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 164,500 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 93.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 109 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,127 |
| Permanent deacons | 26 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 85 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 219 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Santo Stefano |
| Website | www.diocesi.biella.it |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Biella ( lat. : Dioecesis Bugellensis , ital. : Diocese of Biella ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Biella .
history
The diocese of Biella was established on June 1, 1772 by Pope Clement XIV with the Apostolic Constitution Praecipua demandati from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Vercelli and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Turin as a suffragan .
In 1803 the diocese was dissolved. On July 17, 1817, the Diocese of Biella was re-established by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Beati Petri and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Vercelli as a suffragan.
Bishops of Biella
- Giulio Cesare Viancini , 1772-1796
- Giovanni Battista Canaveri CO , 1797-1811
- Bernardino Bollati , 1818-1828
- Placido Maria Tadini OCD , 1829–1831, then Apostolic Administrator of Genoa
- Jean-Pierre Losana , 1833–1873
- Basilio Leto , 1873-1885
- Domenico Cumino , 1886-1901
- Giuseppe Gamba , 1901–1906, then Bishop of Novara
- Giovanni Andrea Masera , 1906–1912, then auxiliary bishop in Sabina
- Natale Serafino , 1912–1917, then Bishop of Chiavari
- Giovanni Garigliano , 1917-1936
- Carlo Rossi , 1936–1972, * 1890, † 1980
- Vittorio Piola , 1972-1986
- Massimo Giustetti , 1986-2001
- Gabriele Mana , 2001–2018
- Roberto Farinella , since 2018
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Biella - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (Italian)
- Entry on the Diocese of Biella on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
