Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia
Diocese of Alba Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Turin |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,050 km2 (410 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 130,800 125,700 (96.1%) |
Parishes | 126 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 4th century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo |
Secular priests | 143 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Marco Brunetti |
Emeritus Bishops | Sebastiano Dho |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesidialba.it |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia (Latin: Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis) comprises eighty towns in the civilian Province of Cuneo and two in the Province of Asti.[1][2]
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.[3]
Bishops
Heading the list of the bishops of Alba is a St. Dionysius, of whom we are told that after serving there for some years he became Archbishop of Milan. He was the Dionysius who so energetically opposed Arianism and was exiled in the year 355 by the Emperor Constans. Papebroch[4] disputes the reliability of this tradition, since a bishop of that period was forbidden to leave his diocese for another. A list of nine early bishops of Alba, from another St. Dionysius (380) down to a Bishop Julius (553), was compiled from sepulchral inscriptions found in the cathedral of alba towards the end of the fifteenth century by Dalmazzo Berendenco, an antiquarian. Giovanni Battista De Rossi, however, on examination proved it a forgery.[5]
The first bishop of Alba of whose existence we are certain is Lampradius who was present at the synod held in Rome in 499 under Pope Symmachus.[6] In the series of bishops, Benzo of Alba is notable as an adversary of Pope Gregory VII and a partisan of the Empire in the struggle of the Investitures.[7]
Chronology
- Dioniso (350 – 355)
- Adelgiso (355)
- Severo (391, 397)
- Bruningo (419)
- Alderico (443)
- Lampadio I (460)
- Manfredo (482, 483)
- Venanzio I (503)
- Oldarico (532)
- Pietro I (563)
- Venanzio II (593)
- Guglielmo (627)
- Vitelmo I (661)
- Benedetto (680)
- Lampadio II (801)
- Sigifredo (829)
- Pietro Penso II (850, 855)
- Olderado or Ildrado (876)
- Liutardo (901)
- Vitelmo II (901)
- Daiberto (938 – 983)
- Flocardo or Fulcardo (960 – 985)
- Costantino (997)
- Oberto (1027)
- Pietro Penso III or Benzone (1059)
- Alberto (1061, 1074)
- Pellegrino (1098)
- Pietro IV
- Robaldo (1125–1145)
- Pietro V (1150–1158)
- Rozone (1163)
- Otto (1169–1177)
- Federico (1180)
- Bonifacio I (1185, 1188)
- Gerardo (1191 or 1194 – 11xx, nominated bishop of Nola)
- Ogerio (1192–1204)
- Bonifacio II (1205, 1214)
- Reinerio (1216–1226)
- Sardo (1231)
- Guglielmo Braida (1237–1253)
- Monaco (1255–1260)
- Gandolfo (1259–1262)
- Simone (1261–1271)
- Martino, O.F.M. (1276)
- Bonifacio III (1283 − 1306)
- Raimondo (1311–1321)
- Guglielmo Isnardi (1321–1333, nominated archbishop of Brindisi)
- Pietro Avogadro, O.P. (1334–1349)
- Lazzarino Flisco or Fieschi (1350–1367)
- Ludovico del Carretto (1369–1388)
- Federico del Carretto (1389–1390)
- Pietro del Carretto (1392)
- Bonifacio IV (1398)
- Francesco I del Carretto (1401–1406)
- Aleramo del Carretto (1407–1409)
- Francesco II del Carretto (towards 1413)
- Giacomo del Carretto (1412–1418)
- Beato Alerino Rembaudi (1419–1456)
- Bernardo del Carretto (18 October 1456–1460)
- Pietro del Carretto (1460–1482)
- Andrea Novelli (1484)
- Ippolito Novelli (1517 − 11 November 1530)
- Antonio Mollo (1530–1532)
- Giuliano Visconti (16 August 1532 – 27 August 1532) (bishop elect)
- Marco Girolamo Vida, C.R.L. (6 February 1533 – 27 February 1566)
- Leonardo Marino, O.P. (1566 − 1572 dimesso)
- Vincenzo Marino (19 November 1572 – 25 February 1583)
- Lelio or Aurelio Zimbramonti (28 March 1583 – 14 November 1583 nominated bishop of Casale Monferrato)
- Ludovico Michelio (19 December 1583 – 27 April 1590)
- Alberto Capriano (30 July 1590 – 23 January 1595)
- Giovanni Anselmo Carminato (1 May 1597 – July 1604)
- Francesco Pendasio (18 July 1605–1616)
- Vincenzo Agnello Suardo (15 October 1616 – 13 September 1620 nominated bishop of Mantova)
- Ludovico Gonzaga (1626–1633)
- Francesco Gandolfo (10 January 1633 – 4 November 1638)
- Paolo Brizio, O.F.M.Oss. (1642 − 2 November 1665)
- Cesare Biandrà (29 December 1665 – 26 August 1666)
- Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa (1667 – 22 September 1691)
- Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R. (1692 – 28 July 1696)
- Giuseppe Roero (27 March 1697 – 4 November 1720)
- Francesco Vasco, O.C.D. (1727 – 31 December 1749)
- Enrichetto Virginio (Raffaele Francesco) Natta, O.P. (22 July 1750 – 29 June 1768)
- Giacinto Amedeo Vagnone (1770–1777 dimesso)
- Giovanni Battista Pio Vitale (1791 – 1 February 1803 nominated bishop of Mondovì)
- Giovanni Antonio Niccola (Nicola) (16 March 1818 – 12 January 1834)
- Costanzo Michele Fea (1 February 1836 – 3 November 1853)
- Eugenio Roberto Galletti (27 March 1867 – 5 October 1879)
- Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. (27 February 1880 – 24 May 1889 nominated archbishop of Vercelli)
- Giuseppe Francesco Re (30 December 1889 – 17 January 1933)
- Luigi Maria Grassi, B. (13 March 1933 – 5 April 1948)
- Carlo Stoppa (27 December 1948 – 13 February 1965)
- Luigi Bongianino (15 January 1970 – 6 June 1975 nominated bishop of Tortona)
- Angelo Fausto Vallainc (7 October 1975 – 8 December 1986)
- Giulio Nicolini (16 July 1987 – 16 February 1993 nominated bishop of Cremona)
- Sebastiano Dho (dal 3 July 1993 - 2016.01.21)
- Marco Brunetti (2016.01.21 - Present)
Parishes
The diocese has 126 parishes, all within the (civil) region of Piedmont. Three are in the Province of Asti and 123 in the Province of Cuneo.[8]
Piedmont
Province of Asti
- Castagnole delle Lanze
- S. Pietro in Vincoli e Madonna della Neve
- S. Bartolomeo (San Bartolomeo Lanze)
- Coazzolo
- S. Siro
Province of Cuneo
- Alba
- Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo
- Cristo Re
- Divin Maestro
- Immacolata Concezione
- Madonna della Moretta
- Natività di Maria SS.
- Natività di Maria Vergine
- S. Giovanni Battista
- S. Margherita
- S. Rocco
- S. Rocco
- S. Rocco
- Santi Cassiano e Prontiniano e S. Giuseppe Operaio
- Santi Cosma e Damiano
- Albaretto della Torre
- S. Sebastiano
- Baldissero d’Alba
- S. Caterina
- Barbaresco
- S. Giovanni Battista
- Barolo
- S. Donato
- S. Ponzio
- Benevello
- S. Pietro in Vincoli
- Borgomale
- S. Eusebio
- Bosia
- S. Nazario
- Bossolasco
- S. Giovanni Battista
- Bra
- S. Vittore
- Camo
- S. Pietro in Vincoli
- Canale
- S. Defendente e Madonna del Carmine
- S. Vittore
- Castagnito
- S. Giovanni Battista
- S. Giuseppe
- Castelletto Uzzone
- Natività di Maria Vergine e S. Antonio Abate
- Castellinaldo
- S. Dalmazzo
- Castiglione Falletto
- S. Lorenzo
- Castiglione Tinella
- Beata Vergine del Buon Consiglio
- S. Andrea
- Castino
- S. Margherita e S. Bovo
- Ceresole Alba
- Beata Vergine Assunta
- S. Giovanni Battista
- Cerreto Langhe
- Santissima Annunziata e Madonna di Loreto
- Cherasco
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- Natività di Maria Vergine
- S. Bartolomeo
- S. Giovanni Battista e S. Gregorio
- S. Grato
- S. Martino
- S. Pietro
- S. Rocco
- Cissone
- S. Lucia
- Corneliano d’Alba
- Santi Gallo e Nicolò
- Cortemilia
- S. Michele
- S. Pantaleo
- Cossano Belbo
- S. Giovanni Battista e S. Nicolao
- Cravanzana
- Santi Pietro e Vitale
- Diano d’Alba
- S. Giovanni Battista
- S. Croce (Valle Talloria)
- Feisoglio
- S. Lorenzo
- Gorzegno
- S. Siro
- Gottasecca
- S. Pietro in Vincoli
- Govone
- S. Pietro
- S. Secondo
- SS. Annunziata
- Grinzane Cavour
- Maria Vergine del Carmine
- Maria Vergine Immacolata
- Guarene
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- Nostra Signora della Salute
- Santi Pietro e Bartolomeo
- La Morra
- S. Giacomo
- S. Maria
- S. Martino
- SS. Annunziata
- Lequio Berria
- S. Lorenzo e Angeli Custodi
- Levice
- S. Antonio Abate e Natività di Maria Vergine
- Magliano Alfieri
- S. Andrea
- Santi Antonio e Maurizio
- Mango
- S. Donato
- Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo
- Monchiero
- Beata Vergine del Rosario
- Monforte d’Alba
- Madonna della Neve
- Santi Pietro e Paolo
- Montaldo Roero
- Madonna del Rosario
- SS. Annunziata
- Montà
- S. Antonio Abate
- S. Rocco
- S. Vito e SS. Trinità
- Montelupo Albese
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- Monteu Roero
- S. Anna
- S. Bernardo
- S. Grato
- S. Nicolao
- Monticello d’Alba
- Natività di Maria Vergine
- S. Grato
- S. Ponzio
- Narzole
- Santi Bernardo Nazario e Celso
- Neive
- Patrocinio di S. Giuseppe e Nostra Signora delle Grazie
- Santi Pietro e Paolo
- Neviglie
- S. Giorgio
- Niella Belbo
- S. Giorgio e Madonna della Neve
- Novello
- S. Michele
- Pezzolo Valle Uzzone
- S. Colombano
- Santi Pietro e Bartolomeo
- Piobesi d’Alba
- S. Pietro in Vincoli
- Pocapaglia
- Beata Vergine del Buon Consiglio
- Santi Giorgio e Donato
- Priocca
- S. Stefano
- Roddi
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- Roddino
- S. Margherita
- Rodello
- S. Lorenzo
- Santa Vittoria d’Alba
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- S. Paola
- Santo Stefano Belbo
- S. Margherita
- Sacro Cuore di Gesù
- Santo Stefano Roero
- S. Lorenzo e Nostra Signora delle Grazie
- S. Maria del Podio
- Serralunga d’Alba
- S. Sebastiano
- Serravalle Langhe
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- Sinio
- S. Frontiano
- Somano
- S. Donato
- Sommariva Perno
- S. Giuseppe
- Spirito Santo
- Torre Bormida
- Maria Santissima Assunta
- Treiso
- Maria Vergine Assunta
- Trezzo Tinella
- S. Antonio Abate
- Verduno
- S. Michele
- Vezza d’Alba
- S. Martino
References
- ↑ Diocese of Alba Pompeia - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ↑ Official web site (in Italian)
- ↑ Alba (Pompea) - From catholic-hierarchy.org
- ↑ Acta Sanctorum, VI, 40.
- ↑ Boll. di Arch. Crist., 1868, 45-47.
- ↑ Mansi, VIII, 235, Mon. Germ. Hist., Auct. Antiq. XII, 400.
- ↑ Orsi, "Un libellista del sec. XI", in "Rivista storica Italiana", 1884, p. 427.
- ↑ chiesacattolica.it (Retrieved:2008-03-11 09:57:58 +0000)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Alba Pompeia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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