Roman Catholic Diocese of Alessandria

Diocese of Alessandria
Dioecesis Alexandrinus Statiellorum

Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Vercelli
Statistics
Area 740 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
156,200
150,100 (96.1%)
Parishes 75
Information
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1175
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo
Patron saint Saint Baudolino [1]
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Guido Gallese
Map
Website
www.diocesialessandria.it

The Diocese of Alessandria (Latin: Dioecesis Alexandrinus Statiellorum) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is a suffragan of the diocese of Vercelli.[2]

History

Alessandria was made a see in 1175 by Pope Alexander III. In a Brief of 30 January 1176, he declared that he selected a bishop without any detriment to the rights of the chapter for the future.

It was suppressed in 1213, and united to the diocese of Acqui in 1405; suppressed in 1803, and re-established as independent in 1817. It was vacant from 1854 to 1867.[3]

List of Bishops

1175 Arduino
1176–1180 Ottone
1180–1187 Uberto
1187–1213 Ugo Tornielli
1213See vacant
1235–1280Bonifacio
1280–1300Ascherio
1300–1321Bertolino or Bartolomeo dal Pozzo
1321–1347 Odone Guasco
1347–1351 Antonio Guasco
1351–1375 Francesco dal Pozzo
1375–1400 Franceschino dal Pozzo
1400–1405 Arpino Colli
1405–1416Bertolino Beccari
1417–1432Michele Mantegazza
1443–1457Marco Marinone
1458–1478 Marco de Capitaneis (also known as Marco Cattaneo)
1478–1509Gian Carlo San Giorgio
1509–1517Alessandro Guasco
1518–1534Pallavicino Visconti
1534–1565Ottaviano Guasco
1565–1568Girolamo Gallarati
1569–1571Agostino Baglione
1571–1584Guarnero Trotti
1584–1598Ottavio Pallavicini[4]
1598–1610Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi
1611–1640Erasmo Paravicini
1641–1643Francesco Visconti
1644–1659Deodato Scaglia
1659–1680Carlo Ciceri[5]
1680–1694Alberto Mugiasca
1695–1704 Carlo Ottaviano Guasco
1704–1706 Filippo Maria Resta
1706–1727Francesco Arborio Gattinara
1727–1729Carlo Vincenzo Ferreri[6]
1730–1743Gian Mercurino Antonio Gattinara
1744–1755 Giuseppe Alfonso Miroglio
1757–1786Giuseppe Tomaso de Rossi
1788–1794 Carlo Giuseppe Pistone
1796–1803 Vincenzo Maria Mossi
1805–1816Gian Crisostomo Villaret
1818–1832Alessandro d'Angennes
1833–1854Dionigi Andrea Pasio
1867–1872Giacomo Antonio Colli
1874–1897Pietro Giocondo Salvaj
1897–1918Giuseppe Capecci
1918–1921 Giosuè Signori
1922–1945Nicolao Milone
1945–1964Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P.
1965–1980 Giuseppe Almici[7]
1980–1989Ferdinando Maggioni
1989–2007Fernando Charrier
2007–2011Giuseppe Versaldi
since 2012Guido Gallese

Parishes

The diocese has 75 parishes, all within the Piedmontese province of Alessandria.[8]

Piedmont

Province of Alessandria

Alessandria
Cuore Immacolato di Maria
Madonna del Buon Consiglio
Madonna del Suffragio
Nostra Signora del Carmine
S. Alessandro
S. Baudolino
S. Giovanni Evangelista
S. Giuseppe Artigiano
S. Lorenzo
S. Maria della Sanità
S. Maria di Castello
S. Paolo
S. Pietro
S. Pio V
S. Rocco
S. Stefano
Santi Apostoli
SS. Annunziata
Natività di Maria (Cantalupo)
Beata Vergine Assunta (Casalbagliano)
S. Rocco (Cascinagrossa)
S. Giorgio (Castelceriolo)
Nostra Signora di Fatima (Litta Parodi)
S. Bartolomeo (Lobbi)
SS. Nome di Maria (Mandrogne)
Beata Vergine del Rosario (San Giuliano Nuovo)
Beata Vergine Assunta (San Giuliano Vecchio)
S. Michele (San Michele)
Beata Vergine Immacolata (Spinetta Marengo)
Natività di Maria (Spinetta Marengo)
S. Bartolomeo (Valle San Bartolomeo)
Beata Vergine Assunta (Valmadonna)
S. Varena (Villa del Foro)
Alluvioni Cambiò
S. Carlo
S. Anna (Grava)
Bassignana
S. Stefano
S. Maria della Neve (Fiondi)
Beata Vergine Assunta (Mugarone)
Borgoratto Alessandrino
Beata Vergine Assunta
Bosco Marengo
Santi Pietro e Pantaleone
S. Maria Maddalena (Levata)
S. Michele Arcangelo (Quattro Cascine)
Capriata d’Orba
S. Pietro
Carentino
Beata Vergine Assunta
Casal Cermelli
Beata Vergine Assunta
S. Antonio Da Padova
Castellazzo Bormida
S. Carlo
S. Maria
S. Martino
Castelspina
Beata Vergine Assunta
Felizzano
Santi Michele e Pietro
Frascaro
S. Nicolao
Frugarolo
S. Felice
Gamalero
S. Lorenzo
S. Rocco (San Rocco)
Isola Sant’Antonio
S. Antonio Da Padova
Montecastello
S. Maria di Ponzano
Oviglio
S. Felice
Pasturana
S. Martino
Pecetto di Valenza
S. Maria
Pietra Marazzi
S. Martino
S. Germano (Pavone d’Alessandria)
Piovera
S. Michele Arcangelo
Predosa
Natività di Maria
Beata Vergine Assunta (Castelferro)
S. Lorenzo (Mantovana)
Quargnento
S. Dalmazio
Rivarone
Natività di Maria
Solero
S. Perpetuo
Tassarolo
S. Nicolao
Valenza
Nostra Signora della Pietà
S. Antonio
S. Eusebio
S. Maria Maggiore
Sacro Cuore di Gesù

Notes

  1. ↑ Saints.SQPN.com
  2. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
  3. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. ↑ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of March 6, 1591
  5. ↑ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 2, 1686
  6. ↑ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of July 6, 1729
  7. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
  8. ↑ chiesacattolica.it (retrieved:2008-03-11 12:43:17 +0000)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 44°54′00″N 8°37′00″E / 44.9000°N 8.6167°E / 44.9000; 8.6167

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