Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondovì

Diocese of Mondovì Dioecesis Montis Regalis in Pedemonte o Montis Vici
Ceiling in Mondovì Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Turin
Statistics
Area	2,189 km2 (845 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 119,000 116,000 (97.5%)
Parishes	192
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5 June 1388
Cathedral	Mondovì Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Donato)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Luciano Pacomio
Map
Website
www.diocesimondovi.it

The Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondovì (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Regalis in Pedemonte o Montis Vici) is a Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Region of Piedmont. Its 192 parishes are divided between the Province of Savona in the (civil) region Liguria and the Province of Cuneo in the (civil) region Piedmont.^[1] The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.^[2][3]

History

The town, then called Monsvici or Monteregale, was under the bishop of Asti. until 1198, when it established itself as a commune. The first bishop of Mondovì was Damiano Zavaglia; among his successors were Percivallo di Palma (1429), Amadeo Romagnano (1497), who reconstructed the cathedral (1550); Michele Ghislieri, O.P. (1550), later Pope Pius V; Cardinal Vincenzo Lauro (1566), founder of the seminary, during whose incumbency the cathedral and other churches were torn down to make room for the citadel; Giovanni Battista Isnardi (1697), who restored the episcopal palace and the church of St. Dalmazaio; Carlo Felice Sanmartino (1741), founder of the new seminary, and Giovanni Tommaso Ghilardi, O.P. (1842).

The city, at first part of the Diocese of Asti, became the seat of a bishop, suffragan of the Archbishop of Milan, but, since 1515, the Archdiocese of Turin has been its metropolitan. In 1817, the territory of Cuneo was detached from the See of Mondovì, making the diocese of Cuneo.

Mondovì Cathedral contains paintings by Giulio Romano, Cambiaso, and others. The residence of the bishop is one of the noblest episcopal palaces in Italy. In the church of la Missione there are frescoes by the Jesuit Pozzi. Outside the city is the sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilone, dating from the fourteenth century, but finished later (1730–49). The palace of the counts of San Quintino contained the first printing-office in Piedmont, and was the seat of a university (1560–1719) founded by Duke Emmanuel Philibert, the first institution of its kind in Piedmont.

Bishops

Diocese of Mondovi

5 June 1388 Erected from the Diocese of Asti
Latin Name: Montis Regalis in Pedemonte o Montis Vici

• Damiano Zavaglia, O.P. (1388–1403 Died)
• Giovanni de Soglio, O.M. (1403–1413 Died)
• Franceschino Fauzone (1413–1424 Died)
• Jacobus de Ayresta (1425–1429 Died)
• Guido Ripa, C.R.S.A. (1429–1429 Died)
• Percivallo de Balma (1429–1438 Appointed, Bishop of Belley)
• Aimerico Segaudi, C.R.S.A. (1438–1470 Died)
• Antonio Fieschi (1470–1484 Died)
• Antoine Champion (1484–1490 Appointed, Bishop of Geneva)
• Gerolamo Calagrano (1490–1497 Died)
• Amedeo di Romagnano (1497–1509 Died)
• Carlo Roero (1509–1512 Died)

29 October 1511: Territory Lost to form the Diocese of Saluzzo

• Lorenzo Fieschi (1512–1519 Died)
• Ottobono Fieschi (1519–1522 Died)
• Urbano de Miolans (1523–1523 Died)
• Carlo de Camera (1523–1551 Died)
• Bartolomeo Pipero(1551–1559 Died)
• St. Antonio Ghislieri, O.P. (1560–1566 Elected, Pope)
• Vincenzo Lauro (1566–1587 Resigned)
• Felice Bertodano (1587–1589 Died)
• Giannantonio Castruccio (1590–1602 Died)
• Carlo Argentero (1603–1630 Died)
• Carlo Antonio Ripa (1632–1641 Died)
• Maurizio Solaro di Moretta (1642–1655 Died)
• Michele Beggiami (Beggiamo) (1656–1662 Appointed, Archbishop of Turin)
• Giacinto Solaro di Moretta (1663–1667 Resigned)
• Domenico Trucchi (1667–1697 Resigned)
• Giambattista Isnardi de Castello (1697–1732 Died)
• Carlo Felice Sanmartino (1741–1753 Died)
• Michele Casati, C.R. (1754–1782 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Corte (1783–1800 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Pio Vitale (1805–1821 Died)

17 July 1817: Territory Lost to form the Diocese of Cuneo

• Francesco Gaetano Buglioni (Bullione di Monale) (1824–1842 Died)
• Giovanni Tommaso Ghilardi, O.P. (1842–1873 Died)
• Placido Pozzi (1873–1897 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Ressia (1897–1932 Retired)
• Sebastiano Briacca (1932–1963 Died)
• Carlo Maccari (1963–1968 Appointed, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana)
• Francesco Brustia (1970–1975 Died)
• Massimo Giustetti (1975–1986 Appointed, Bishop of Biella)
• Enrico Masseroni (1987–1996 Appointed, Archbishop of Vercelli)
• Luciano Pacomio (3 Dec 1996–)

Parishes

There follows a list of the 192 parishes, ordered by (civil) region, province and commune.^[1]

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

Notes

External links

•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Mondovi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Mondovi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 44°23′00″N 7°49′00″E / 44.3833°N 7.8167°E / 44.3833; 7.8167