Roman Catholic Diocese of Saluzzo

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This article is about a Roman Catholic diocese. For the Comune bearing the same name, see Saluzzo.

The Diocese of Saluzzo is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Turin, and the current bishop is Giuseppe Guerrini. In 2004 it counted c. 89,000 baptized.

It was created in 1511. The first bishop was Gianantonio della Rovere, who after eight months resigned in favour of his brother Sisto della Rovere, later a Cardinal.