Diocese of Cuneo
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Piedmont |
| Ecclesiastical province | Turin |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Turin |
| Diocesan bishop | Piero Delbosco |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Giuseppe Cavallotto |
| Vicar General | Giovanni Battista Riberi |
| founding | 1817 |
| surface | 1,566 km² |
| Parishes | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 117,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 105,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 89.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 101 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 897 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 264 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Bosco |
| Website | www.diocesicuneo.it |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuneo ( lat. Dioecesis Cuneensis , ital. Diocese of Cuneo ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cuneo .
history
The diocese of Cuneo was established on July 17, 1817 by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Beati Petri from cession of territory from the diocese of Mondovì and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Turin as a suffragan .
The Bishop of Cuneo is in persona episcopi also Bishop of Fossano .
Bishops of Cuneo
- Amedeo Bruno di Samone , 1817–1838
- Giuseppe Agostino Salomoni CM , 1840–1842
- Clemente Manzini OCarm , 1844-1865
- Andrea Formica , 1867-1885
- Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo , 1885–1895, then Bishop of Como
- Andrea Fiore , 1895-1914
- Natale Gabriele Moriondo OP , 1914–1920, then titular bishop of Cidyessus
- Giuseppe Castelli , 1920–1924, then Bishop of Novara
- Quirico Travaini , 1926-1934
- Giacomo Rosso , 1934-1956
- Guido Tonetti , 1957–1971
- Carlo Aliprandi , 1971-1999
- Natalino Pescarolo , 1999-2005
- Giuseppe Cavallotto , 2005-2015
- Piero Delbosco , since 2015
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Cuneo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Cuneo (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Cuneo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
