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 2020) 137,070 (est.) 132,475 (guess) |
| Parishes | 126 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo |
| Secular priests | 79 (diocesan) 38 (Religious Orders) 11 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Marco Brunetti |
| Bishops emeritus | Giacomo Lanzetti |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesidialba.it | |
The Diocese of Alba Pompeia or Alba Pompea (Latin: Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Its territory comprises eighty towns in the civil Province of Cuneo and two in the Province of Asti.[1][2]
The Diocese of Alba Pompeia is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Turin.[3][4]
- ^ Diocese of Alba Pompeia - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Official web site (in Italian)
- ^ "Diocese of Alba (Pompea)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Alba" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016