Roman Catholic Diocese of Fossano

Diocese of Fossano Dioecesis Fossanensis
Fossano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Turin
Statistics
Area	275 km2 (106 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 40,100 39,400 (98.3%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 April 1592
Cathedral	Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria e S. Giovenale
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Piero Delbosco
Map
Website
www.diocesifossano.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Fossano (Latin: Dioecesis Fossanensis) is in Piedmont, in the Province of Cuneo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.^[1][2]

Fossano became an episcopal see in 1592.

Bishops

Diocese of Fossano

Erected: 15 April 1592
Latin Name: Fossanensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Torino

• Camillo Daddeo (Doddeo) (15 Apr 1592 - 24 Sep 1600 Died)
• Pedro de León (4 Mar 1602 - 1606 Died)
• Tommaso Piolatto (Biolato), C.R.L. (1606 - 15 Sep 1620 Died)
• Agostino Solaro di Moretta (29 Mar 1621 - 18 Jun 1625 Died)
• Federico Sandri-Trotti (20 Dec 1627 - 5 Nov 1646 Died)
• Nicola Dalmazzo (Dalmatico), O.S.A. (23 Nov 1648 - 20 Apr 1653 Died)^[3]
• Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti (8 Jul 1658 - 20 Apr 1675 Died)^[4]
• Ottaviano della Rovere, B. (17 Jun 1675 - Oct 1677 Died)
• Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. (28 Mar 1678 - 27 Nov 1701 Died)
• Cristoforo Lorenzo Baratta (26 Nov 1727 - 20 Jul 1740 Died)
• Giambattista Pensa (17 Apr 1741 - 1 Jun 1754 Died)
• Filippo Mazzetti (17 Feb 1755 - 1761 Died)
• Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo (19 Apr 1762 - 18 Nov 1800 Died)
• Luigi Fransoni (13 Aug 1821 - 24 Feb 1832 Confirmed, Archbishop of Turin})
• Ferdinando Matteo Maurizio Bruno di Tournafort (1 Feb 1836 - 27 Sep 1848 Died)
• Carlo Giacinto Luigi Maria Fantini (28 Sep 1849 - 28 Aug 1852 Died)
• Emiliano Manacorda (24 Nov 1871 - 29 Jul 1909 Died)
• Giosuè Signori (15 Apr 1910 - 23 Dec 1918 Appointed, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia)
• Quirico Travaini (16 Jan 1919 - 19 Mar 1934 Died)
• Angelo Soracco (12 Dec 1934 - 11 Mar 1943 Died)
• Dionisio Borra (30 Apr 1943 - 2 Sep 1963 Retired)
• Giovanni Francesco Dadone (17 Sep 1963 - 29 Oct 1980 Died)
• Severino Poletto (29 Oct 1980 - 16 Mar 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Asti)
• Natalino Pescarolo (4 May 1992 - 24 Aug 2005 Retired)
• Giuseppe Cavallotto (24 Aug 2005 - 9 Oct 2015 Retired)
• Piero Delbosco (9 Oct 2015 - )

Parishes

There are 33 parishes, all within the Piedmontese Province of Cuneo.^[5]

See also

• In persona episcopi

References

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy page
• (in Italian) Official page

Coordinates: 44°33′00″N 7°44′00″E / 44.5500°N 7.7333°E / 44.5500; 7.7333