Diocese of Pinerolo
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Piedmont |
| Ecclesiastical province | Turin |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Turin |
| Diocesan bishop | Derio Olivero |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Piergiorgio Debernardi |
| Vicar General | Gustavo Bertea |
| founding | 1748 |
| surface | 1,440 km² |
| Parishes | 62 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 96,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 79,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 888 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 192 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di San Donato |
| Website | www.diocesipinerolo.it |
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The Diocese of Pinerolo ( lat. : Dioecesis Pineroliensis , ital. : Diocese of Pinerolo ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Pinerolo .
history
The diocese of Pinerolo was established on December 23, 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV with the Apostolic Constitution In sacrosancta . In 1805 the diocese of Pinerolo was dissolved and the territory was annexed to the diocese of Saluzzo . On July 17, 1817, the diocese of Pinerolo was re-established by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Beati Petri .
The diocese of Pinerolo is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Turin as a suffragan .
Bishops of Pinerolo
- Giovanni Battista D'Orliè De Saint Innocent CRSA , 1749–1794
- Giuseppe Maria Grimaldi , 1797–1803, then Bishop of Ivrea
- Teresio Maria Carlo Vittorio Ferrero della Marmora , 1805-1817
- François-Marie Bigex , 1817–1824, then Archbishop of Chambéry
- Pierre-Joseph Rey , 1824–1832, then Bishop of Annecy
- Andreas Charvaz , 1834–1848, then titular archbishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
- Lorenzo Guglielmo Maria Renaldi , 1848–1873
- Giovanni Domenico Vassarotti , 1874–1881
- Filippo Chiesa , 1881–1886, then Bishop of Casale Monferrato
- Giovanni Maria Sardi , 1886-1894
- Giovanni Battista Rossi , 1894–1922
- Angelo Bartolomasi , 1922–1929, then military archbishop of Italy
- Gaudenzio Binaschi , 1930–1968
- Massimo Giustetti , 1974–1975, then Bishop of Mondovì
- Pietro Giachetti , 1976-1998
- Piergiorgio Debernardi , 1998-2017
- Derio Olivero , since 2017
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Pinerolo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Pinerolo (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Pinerolo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
