Diocese of Acqui

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The cathedral of Acqui Terme
The cathedral of Acqui Terme

The Italian Catholic diocese of Acqui straddles the (civil) regions of Piedmont and Liguria. As a suffragan of the archdiocese of Turin[1], it falls within the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont.

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[edit] History

It is very probable that the diocese of Acqui was erected at the end of the fourth century, about the same time, it would appear, as the dioceses of Novara, Turin, Ivrea, Aosta and perhaps, Asti and Alba.

The first undoubted bishop of Acqui is Ditarius. A tablet found in 1753 in the church of St. Peter, informs us that Ditarius, the bishop, died on the 25 January, 488, in the Consulate of Dinamias and Syphidius. Popular tradition gives Deusdedit, Andreas Severus Masimus, and, earliest of all, Majorinus, as bishops prior to him.

Majorinus probably lived either at the end of the fourth, or in the beginning of the fifth, century. The name was very common in the third, fourth, and fifth centuries. Augustine of Hippo (De Haereses, I, 69) speaks of two bishops of this name; two others appear as signers of the Letter of the Synod of Carthage to Pope Innocent I (401-417) against Pelagius (Ep. St. Aug., II, 90). Veneration was offered to the saint from time immemorial by the church in Acqui, shown by his statues and relics. This veneration, however, has ceased since a decree of the Congregation of Rites (8 April, 1628) prohibited the veneration of saints whose sanctity had not been declared by the Holy See.

In the list of the bishops of Acqui, Saint Guido (1034-70) was of the Counts of Acquesana under whose government the cathedral was erected. He is the patron saint of Acqui.[2]

[edit] Parishes

The diocese, which covers an area of 1,683 km², is divided into 115 parishes.[3] The majority are in the Piedmont region (provinces of Alessandria and Asti), the rest are in Liguria (provinces of Genoa and Savona). A list of parishes by province and commune follows[4]

[edit] Liguria

[edit] Province of Genoa

Campo Ligure
Natività di Maria Vergine
Masone
Cristo Re e Nostra Signora Assunta
Rossiglione
Nostra Signora Assunta
S. Caterina Vergine e Martire
Tiglieto
Nostra Signora Assunta

[edit] Province of Savona

Altare
S. Eugenio
Cairo Montenotte
S. Andrea Apostolo
S. Lorenzo Martire
Cristo Re (Bragno)
S. Giuseppe (San Giuseppe di Cairo)
Carcare
S. Giovanni Battista
Cuore Immacolato di Maria (Vispa)
Dego
S. Ambrogio
Mioglia
S. Andrea Apostolo
Pontinvrea
S. Lorenzo Martire
Sassello
S. Croce e S.Maria Maddalena (Maddalena)

[edit] Piedmont

[edit] Province of Alessandria

Acqui Terme
Cristo Redentore
Madonna Pellegrina
Nostra Signora Assunta
Nostra Signora della Neve
S. Francesco
Beata Vergine delle Grazie (Moirano)
Alice Bel Colle
S. Giovanni Battista
Belforte Monferrato
Natività di Maria Vergine e San Colombano
Bergamasco
Natività di Maria Vergine
Bistagno
S. Giovanni Battista
Carpeneto
S. Giorgio Martire
Cartosio
S. Andrea Apostolo
Casaleggio Boiro
S. Martino
Cassine
S. Caterina di Alessandria
Cassinelle
S. Margherita
Cavatore
S. Lorenzo Martire
Cremolino
Nostra Signora del Carmine
Denice
S. Lorenzo Martire
Grognardo
S. Andrea Apostolo
Lerma
S. Giovanni Battista
Melazzo
S. Bartolomeo Apostolo
Molare
Nostra Signora della Pieve
Nostra Signora delle Rocche
Morsasco
S. Bartolomeo Apostolo
Orsara Bormida
S. Martino
Ovada
Nostra Signora Assunta
Nostra Signora della Neve
Ponti
Nostra Signora Assunta
Ponzone
S. Bernardo (Ciglione)
Rocca Grimalda
S. Giacomo Maggiore
San Cristoforo
S. Cristoforo
Sezzadio
Maria Immacolata
Spigno Monferrato
S. Ambrogio
Trisobbio
Nostra Signora Assunta

[edit] Province of Asti

Bruno
Nostra Signora Annunziata
Bubbio
Nostra Signora Assunta
Calamandrana
Maria Immacolata
Canelli
S. Leonardo
Cassinasco
S. Ilario di Poitiers
Castel Boglione
S. Cuore di Gesù e Nostra Signora Assunta
Castel Rocchero
S. Andrea Apostolo
Castelletto Molina
S. Bartolomeo Apostolo
Castelnuovo Belbo
S. Biagio
Cessole
Nostra Signora Assunta
Fontanile
S. Giovanni Battista
Incisa Scapaccino
S. Giovanni Battista
Loazzolo
S. Antonio Abate
Maranzana
S. Giovanni Battista
Mombaruzzo
S. Maria Maddalena
Nostra Signora Addolorata (Bazzana)
Cuore Immacolato di Maria (Stazione Mombaruzzo)
Monastero Bormida
S. Giulia
Montabone
S. Antonio Abate
Nizza Monferrato
S. Giovanni Lanero
S. Ippolito
Quaranti
S. Lorenzo Martire
Roccaverano
Maria SS. Annunziata
S. Girolamo
Rocchetta Palafea
S. Evasio
San Giorgio Scarampi
S. Giorgio Martire
San Marzano Oliveto
S. Marziano
Serole
S. Lorenzo Martire
Sessame
S. Giorgio Martire
Vesime
Nostra Signora Assunta e S. Martino Vescovo

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  3. ^ Diocesi di Acqui. Chiesa Cattolica Italiana.
  4. ^ Parrocchie. Chiesa Cattolica Italiana.

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

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