Diocese of Aosta
Augustan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aosta, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Aosta in the Aosta Valley of northwestern Italy dates to the mid-fifth century, with its first documented bishop, Eustasius, recorded in 451. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin, and its current bishop, Franco Lovignana, was appointed in 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 451
- Latin
- Augustan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Grato (San Grato)
- Annuario code
- 001000709
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 122,963
- Population
- 127,271
- Catholic share
- 96.6%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 1,662
- Extent
- 3,262 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Franco Lovignana
- Born
- 22 November 1957
- Birthplace
- Aosta
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 Santa Maria Assunta e San Giovanni Battista, Aosta stands in Aosta, 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 Piedmont (Turin)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Turin.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known in Latin as Dioecesis Augustana, in French as Diocèse d'Aoste, and in Italian as Diocesi di Aosta, this Latin Church diocese has held its modern form since 1817. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin in Italy.
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].