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Diocese of Fossano

Dioecesis Fossanensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Piero Delbosco, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 15 April 1592
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 275 (106 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Piemonte
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesifossano.org/
  • Mailing Address: Via Vescovado 8, 12045 Fossano [Cuneo], Italia
  • Telephone: 0172.60.071
  • Fax: 0172.63.76.91

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
15 April 1592ErectedDiocese of Asti
Diocese of Mondovi
Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Diocese of Fossano (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
182129,635.0%OTC
183521OTC
188635,291.0%83025OTC
195039,19139,40099.5%810182,1771721030ap1951
197035,25035,250100.0%7214864092113532ap1971
198036,67036,685100.0%6713804581218432ap1981
199039,40039,60099.5%581775525226533ap1991
199939,90040,30099.0%471764623192833ap2000
200039,90040,30099.0%441761654192833ap2001
200139,54040,10098.6%431861648232733ap2002
200239,52040,10098.6%431861647252633ap2003
200339,32040,10098.1%461864614252433ap2004
200439,35040,10098.1%431558678222033ap2005
200639,40040,10098.3%401555716261933ap2007
201339,20041,20095.1%4019596641302133ap2014
201638,90041,73093.2%3717547204262233ap2017
201938,00041,50091.6%3115468265221733ap2020
202137,64041,10091.6%2315389905211533ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 814, to Page 815

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