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Diocese of Asti

Dioecesis Astensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Marco Prastaro, Bishop
  • Francesco Guido Ravinale, Bishop Emeritus

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Asti (erected)
5 June 1388Territory LostDiocese of Asti Diocese of Mondovi (erected)
15 April 1592Territory LostDiocese of Asti
Diocese of Mondovi
Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Diocese of Fossano (erected)
22 June 1955Territory LostDiocese of Asti (Saretto (in Cisterna d'Asti) and S. Rochi (in Monta d'Alba)) Diocese of Alba (Pompea)
22 June 1955Territory AddedDiocese of Alba (Pompea) (Lame (in Canale)) Diocese of Asti

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
182172,185.0%OTC
1835107OTC
1886166,513.0%3160110OTC
1950152,626152,97899.8%27867345442392350131ap1951
1959145,000145,31899.8%2595030946952550138ap1960
1970150,000151,25099.2%2003023065235510139ap1971
1980159,500160,50099.4%17850228699361435139ap1981
1990149,776152,04298.5%15420174860725306128ap1991
1999148,742152,06397.8%12536161923743295128ap2000
2000149,019153,98796.8%12331154967737274128ap2001
2001147,500154,26095.6%11733150983740258128ap2002
2002147,400154,50095.4%111291401,052636234128ap2003
2003148,500152,00097.7%111341451,024642235118ap2004
2004148,401153,40196.7%104331371,083641209118ap2005
2006147,900153,22096.5%102381401,056645193128ap2007
2012142,900155,90091.7%84371211,1801139169126ap2013
2015152,000162,25793.7%94321261,2061237146126ap2016
2018148,000158,00093.7%82341161,2751240121126ap2019
2020151,400161,63393.7%73281011,4991832141126ap2021
2022145,500157,86792.2%6416801,8181819108126ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 113, and Page 114
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 97
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 121
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 98
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 102
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 103, and Page 104
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 92
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 127
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 70
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 812, to Page 813
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 737, and Page 738

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