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 2016) 41,730 38,900 (est.) (93.2%) |
| Parishes | 33 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 15 April 1592 |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria e S. Giovenale |
| Secular priests | 37 (diocesan) 17 (Religious Orders) 4 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Piero Delbosco |
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| Diocesi di Fossano (in Italian) | |
The Diocese of Fossano (Latin: Dioecesis Fossanensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church 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, through the reassignment of eleven localities from the diocese of Turin and four from the diocese of Asti.[3] The diocese was suppressed in 1802 during the control of the French Consulate and the First Empire, and reestablished in 1817.
- ^ "Diocese of Fossano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 9, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Fossano" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 9, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 190 note 1.