Diocese of Asti
Asten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Asti, Italy
The Diocese of Asti is a Latin Rite see in the Piedmont region of northern Italy with ancient origins, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Turin since 1515. Its cathedral is the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Asti.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Asten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Evasius
- Annuario code
- 001000743
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,000
- Population
- 162,257
- Catholic share
- 93.7%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 1,617
- Extent
- 1,451 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 105
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
- S.E. Mons. Marco Prastaro
- Born
- 8 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Pisa
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 stands in Asti, 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 Turin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Turin.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcquiAcqui
- Diocese of AlbaAlba
- Diocese of Cuneo–FossanoCuneo–Fossano
- Diocese of IvreaIvrea
- Diocese of PineroloPinerolo
- Diocese of SaluzzoSaluzzo
- Diocese of SusaSusa
- Archdiocese of TorinoTorino
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Asti in Piedmont, northern Italy, this Latin diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Astensis) has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin since 1515, having earlier answered to the Archdiocese of Milan. Its territory contracted twice in the medieval period: in 1175, when the diocese of Alessandria was created, and again considerably in 1388, when Urban VI established the diocese of Mondovì.
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].