Diocese of Alessandria
Alexandrin(us) Statiellorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alessandria, Italy
The Diocese of Alessandria is a Latin diocese in Piedmont, northern Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Vercelli since 1817. Its patron is Saint Baudolino and its bishop is Guido Gallese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1175
- Latin
- Alexandrin(us) Statiellorum
- Patron
- Saint Baudolino
- Annuario code
- 001000640
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 140,000
- Population
- 152,900
- Catholic share
- 91.6%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 2,917
- Extent
- 740 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 189
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Guido Gallese
- Born
- 18 March 1962
- Birthplace
- Genova
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo, Alessandria stands in Alessandria, 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.
The province of Vercelli
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vercelli.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BiellaBiella
- Diocese of Casale MonferratoCasale Monferrato
- Archdiocese of VercelliVercelli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known also as Alessandria della Paglia, this Latin diocese in Piedmont, northern Italy (Latin: Dioecesis Alexandrina Statiellorum) began as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan; since 1817 it has answered instead to the Archdiocese of Vercelli.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].