Suffragan diocese Alba, Italy
Diocese of Alba
Albae Pompeien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Alba is a Latin rite diocese in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Turin. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and it has roughly 126 parishes.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 499
- Catholics
- 132,475
- Priests
- 79
- Territory
- 1,050 km²
Parishes and churches
123 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Seminario Vescovile di AlbaAlbaView parish
- Spirito SantoSommariva PernoView parish
- Trasfigurazione del SignoreAlbaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Marco Brunetti
- Born
- 9 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Torino
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo stands in Alba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Eighty towns in the civil Province of Cuneo and two in the Province of Asti make up the territory of this Italian Latin Church diocese, known as Alba Pompeia or Alba Pompea (Latin: Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis). It is a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Turin.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Diocese of Alba to hold prayer for migrants and refugees
- Franco Taverna becomes new president of Exodus Foundation
- Diocese of Alba hosts L’economia di Francesco
- Bishop inspects organ restoration
- Enzo Bianchi dies at 83
22 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.