Roman Catholic Diocese of Fossano

Diocese of Fossano Dioecesis Fossanensis
Fossano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Turin
Statistics
Area	275 km^2 (106 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 40,100 39,400 (98.3%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 April 1592
Cathedral	Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria e S. Giovenale
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Giuseppe Cavallotto
Map
Website
www.diocesifossano.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Fossano (Latin: Dioecesis Fossanensis) is in Piedmont, in the Province of Cuneo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.^[1][2]

Fossano became an episcopal see in 1592. As of 2008, the incumbent bishop is Giuseppe Cavallotto.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Fossano

Erected: 15 April 1592
Latin Name: Fossanensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Torino

• Camillo Daddeo (Doddeo) (15 Apr 1592 - 24 Sep 1600 Died)
• Pedro de León (4 Mar 1602 - 1606 Died)
• Tommaso Piolatto (Biolato), C.R.L. (1606 - 15 Sep 1620 Died)
• Agostino Solaro di Moretta (29 Mar 1621 - 18 Jun 1625 Died)
• Federico Sandri-Trotti (20 Dec 1627 - 5 Nov 1646 Died)
• Nicola Dalmazzo (Dalmatico), O.S.A. (23 Nov 1648 - 20 Apr 1653 Died)
• Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti (8 Jul 1658 - 20 Apr 1675 Died)^[3]
• Ottaviano della Rovere, B. (17 Jun 1675 - Oct 1677 Died)
• Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. (28 Mar 1678 - 27 Nov 1701 Died)
• Cristoforo Lorenzo Baratta (26 Nov 1727 - 20 Jul 1740 Died)
• Giambattista Pensa (17 Apr 1741 - 1 Jun 1754 Died)
• Filippo Mazzetti (17 Feb 1755 - 1761 Died)
• Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo (19 Apr 1762 - 18 Nov 1800 Died)
• Luigi Fransoni (13 Aug 1821 - 24 Feb 1832 Confirmed, Archbishop of Torino {Turin})
• Ferdinando Matteo Maurizio Bruno di Tournafort (1 Feb 1836 - 27 Sep 1848 Died)
• Carlo Giacinto Luigi Maria Fantini (28 Sep 1849 - 28 Aug 1852 Died)
• Emiliano Manacorda (24 Nov 1871 - 29 Jul 1909 Died)
• Giosuè Signori (15 Apr 1910 - 23 Dec 1918 Appointed, Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia))
• Quirico Travaini (16 Jan 1919 - 19 Mar 1934 Died)
• Angelo Soracco (12 Dec 1934 - 11 Mar 1943 Died)
• Dionisio Borra (30 Apr 1943 - 2 Sep 1963 Retired)
• Giovanni Francesco Dadone (17 Sep 1963 - 29 Oct 1980 Died)
• Severino Poletto (29 Oct 1980 - 16 Mar 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Asti)
• Natalino Pescarolo (4 May 1992 - 24 Aug 2005 Retired)
• Giuseppe Cavallotto (24 Aug 2005 - 9 Oct 2015 Retired)
• Piero Delbosco (9 Oct 2015 - )

Parishes

There are 33 parishes, all within the Piedmontese Province of Cuneo.^[4]

Piedmont

Province of Cuneo

Centallo

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Bernardo Abate (Roata Chiusani)

S. Biagio (San Biagio)

Cervere

Maria Vergine Assunta

S. Michele Arcangelo (Grinzano)

Fossano

S. Antonio Abate

S. Bernardo

S. Filippo

S. Lorenzo

S. Maria del Salice

S. Maria di Loreto

S. Maria e S. Giovenale

S. Martino

Spirito Santo

Beata Vergine delle Grazie (Boschetti)

S. Pietro Apostolo in Gerbo (Gerbo)

S. Maria Maddalena (Maddalene)

S. Maria della Neve in Mellea (Mellea)

S. Maria della Neve in Murazzo (Murazzo)

Maria Santissima Annunziata (Piovani)

S. Sebastiano (San Sebastiano)

S. Vittore (San Vittore)

S. Antonio Al Baligio (Sant’Antonio Baligio)

S. Maria della Neve in Tagliata (Tagliata-Fossano)

Genola

S. Michele Arcangelo

Salmour

Santi Pietro e Paolo

S. Antonio Da Padova (Sant’Antonino)

Savigliano

Maria Vergine Assunta in Levaldigi (Levaldigi)

S. Anna (Tetti Roccia)

Villafalletto

Santi Pietro e Paolo

S. Pietro in Vincoli (Gerbola)

Santi Lorenzo e Sebastiano (Monsola)

Vottignasco

Sacra Famiglia

References

1. "Diocese of Fossano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 9, 2019
2. "Diocese of Fossano" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 9, 2016
3. "Bishop Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 9, 2019
4. chiesacattolica.it (Retrieved:2008-03-11 10:47:30 +0000)

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy page
• (Italian) Official page

Coordinates: 44°33′00″N 7°44′00″E / 44.5500°N 7.7333°E