Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia

Diocese of Alba Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis
Alba Cathedral
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 or Alba Pompea (Latin: Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis) comprises eighty towns in the civil Province of Cuneo and two in the Province of Asti.^[1][2]

It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.^[3][4]

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^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8]

History

• 400: Established as the Diocese of Alba^[4]
• 1511 Oct 29: Lost territory to establish the Diocese of Saluzzo^[4]
• 1768: Lost territory to the Diocese of Mondovi^[4]
• 1803 Jun 01: Suppressed to the Diocese of Asti^[4]
• 1817 Jul 17: Restored as the Diocese of Alba from the Diocese of Asti and the Diocese of Mondovì^[4]
• 1817 Oct 29: Lost territory to Diocese of Mondovi^[4]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Alba Pompeia

Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Albae Pompeiensis

• 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 (27 Apr 1369 - 1388 Died)
• Federico del Carretto (1389–1390)
• Pietro del Carretto (1392)
• Bonifacio IV (1398)
• Francesco I del Carretto (1401–1406)
• Alerinus de Rambaldis (Aleramo del Carretto) (10 Sep 1419 - 20 Jul 1456 Died)
• 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 (6 Feb 1483 - 13 May 1521 Died)
• Ippolito Novelli (13 May 1521 Succeeded - 11 Nov 1530 Died)
• Antonio Mollo (de Nerlis) (28 Nov 1530 - 1531 Died)
• Giuliano Visconti (16 August 1532 – 27 August 1532) (bishop elect)
• Marco Girolamo Vida, C.R.L. (6 February 1533 – 27 February 1566 Died)
• Leonardo Marino, O.P. (1566 − 1572 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Marino (19 November 1572 – 25 February 1583 Died)
• Lelio Zimbramonti (Aurelio Gibramontis) (28 March 1583 – 14 November 1583, Appointed Bishop of Casale Monferrato)
• Lodovico Michelio (19 Dec 1583 - 27 Apr 1590 Died)
• Alberto Capriano (30 Jul 1590 - 23 Jan 1595 Died)
• Giovanni Anselmo Carminato (26 Aug 1596 - 1605 Died)^[9]
• Francesco Pendasio (18 Jul 1605 - Sep 1616 Died)^[9][10]
• Vincenzo Agnello Suardi (5 Dec 1616 - 13 May 1619 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Mantova)^[9][11]
• Ludovico Gonzaga (bishop) (12 Aug 1619 - 1632 Died)^[9]
• Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo (10 Jan 1633 - 4 Nov 1638 Died)^[9]
• Paolo Brizio, O.F.M. Obs. (15 Dec 1642 - 2 Nov 1665 Died)^[9]
• Cesare Biandrà (Biandrati) (5 May 1666 - 26 Aug 1666 Died)^[9]
• Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa (16 Mar 1667 - 22 Sep 1691 Died)^[9]
• Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R. (25 Jun 1692 - 16 Aug 1696 Died)^[12][13]
• Giuseppe Rottario (Rovero) (27 Mar 1697 - 4 Nov 1720 Died)^[12]
• Francesco Vasco (Dalmazio Octavio Vasco)(Carolus Fransiscus), O.C.D. (30 Jul 1727 - 31 Dec 1749 Died)^[12]
• Enrichetto Virginio (Raffale Francesco) Natta, O.P. (22 Jul 1750 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1768 Died)
• Giacinto Amedeo Vagnone (11 Sep 1769 Confirmed - 30 Jan 1777 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana (20 Jul 1778 Confirmed - 13 Dec 1788 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Pio Vitale (11 Apr 1791 Confirmed - 29 May 1803 Resigned)

1803 Jun 01: Suppressed to the Diocese of Asti
1817 July 17: Restored as Diocese of Alba
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Turin

• Giovanni-Antonio Niccola (Nicola) (16 Mar 1818 Confirmed - 12 Jan 1834 Died)
• Costanzo-Michele Fea (1 Feb 1836 Confirmed - 2 Nov 1853 Died)
• Eugenio Roberto Galletti (27 Mar 1867 - 5 Oct 1879 Died)
• Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. (27 Feb 1880 - 24 May 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of Vercelli)
• Giuseppe Francesco Re (30 Dec 1889 - 17 Jan 1933 Died)
• Luigi Maria Grassi, B. (13 Mar 1933 - 5 Apr 1948 Died)
• Carlo Stoppa (27 Dec 1948 - 13 Feb 1965 Died)
• Luigi Bongianino (15 Jan 1970 - 6 Jun 1975 Appointed, Bishop of Tortona)
• Angelo Fausto Vallainc (7 Oct 1975 - 8 Dec 1986 Died)
• Giulio Nicolini (16 Jul 1987 - 16 Feb 1993 Appointed, Bishop of Cremona)
• Sebastiano Dho (3 Jul 1993 - 28 Jun 2010 Retired)
• Giacomo Lanzetti (28 Jun 2010 - 24 Sep 2015 Resigned)
• Marco Brunetti (21 Jan 2016 - )

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.^[14]

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

1. ↑ Diocese of Alba Pompeia - Catholic Encyclopedia article
2. ↑ Official web site (in Italian)
3. ↑ "Diocese of Alba (Pompea)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Diocese of Alba" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. ↑ Acta Sanctorum, VI, 40.
6. ↑ Boll. di Arch. Crist., 1868, 45-47.
7. ↑ Mansi, VIII, 235, Mon. Germ. Hist., Auct. Antiq. XII, 400.
8. ↑ Orsi, "Un libellista del sec. XI", in "Rivista storica Italiana", 1884, p. 427.
9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. p. 75. 
10. ↑ "Bishop Francesco Pendasio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
11. ↑ "Bishop Vincenzo Agnello Suardi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
12. 1 2 3 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. pp. 74–75. 
13. ↑ "Bishop Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved December 18, 2016
14. ↑ 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. 

Coordinates: 44°41′00″N 8°01′00″E / 44.6833°N 8.0167°E / 44.6833; 8.0167