Diocese of Fossano
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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 | Biagio Mondino |
| surface | 275 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 41,730 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 38,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 93.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 720 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di San Giovenale |
| Website | www.diocesifossano.it |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fossano ( lat. : Dioecesis Fossanensis , ital. : Diocese of Fossano ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Fossano .
history
The diocese of Fossano was established on April 15, 1592 by Pope Clement VIII with the Apostolic Constitution Hodie ex certis from territory of the Archdiocese of Turin and subordinated to this as a suffragan . In 1801 the diocese of Fossano was dissolved and the territory was annexed to the archdiocese of Turin. On July 17, 1817, the diocese of Fossano was re-established by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Beati Petri .
The Bishop of Fossano is also Bishop of Cuneo in persona episcopi .
Bishops of Fossano
- Camillo Daddeo , 1592-1600
- Pedro de León , 1602-1606
- Tommaso Piolatto CRL , 1606-1620
- Agostino Solaro di Moretta , 1621-1625
- Federico Sandri-Trotti , 1627-1646
- Nicola Dalmazzo OSA , 1648-1653
- Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti , 1658–1675
- Ottaviano della Rovere B , 1675-1677
- Maurizio Bertone CRS , 1678-1701
- Cristoforo Lorenzo Baratta , 1727-1740
- Giambattista Penza , 1741-1754
- Filippo Mazzetti , 1755-1761
- Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo , 1762-1799
- Luigi Fransoni , 1821–1832, then Archbishop of Turin
- Ferdinando Matteo Maurizio Bruno di Tournafort , 1836–1848
- Carlo Giacinto Luigi Maria Fantini , 1849-1852
- Emiliano Manacorda , 1871-1909
- Giosuè Signori , 1910–1918, then Bishop of Alessandria
- Quirico Travaini , 1919-1934
- Angelo Soracco , 1934-1943
- Dionisio Borra , 1943-1963
- Giovanni Francesco Dadone , 1963–1980
- Severino Poletto , 1980–1989, then Bishop of Asti
- Natalino Pescarolo , 1992-2005
- Giuseppe Cavallotto , 2005-2015
- Piero Delbosco , since 2015
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Fossano - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Fossano (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Fossano on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
