Diocese of Casale Monferrato
Casalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Casale Monferrato, Italy, Italy
Latin Church diocese in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, established in 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli, it has been led by Bishop Gianni Sacchi since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 April 1474
- Latin
- Casalen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Evasius
- Annuario code
- 001001070
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,120
- Population
- 94,083
- Catholic share
- 94.7%
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 1,620
- Extent
- 970 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 92
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
- Gianni Sacchi
- Born
- 15 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Trivero
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 Sant'Evasio stands in Casale Monferrato, 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 AlessandriaAlessandria
- Diocese of BiellaBiella
- Archdiocese of VercelliVercelli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Political considerations lay behind the founding of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato (Latin: Dioecesis Casalensis) on 18 April 1474: the aim was to transform the Marquisate of Montferrat into an ecclesiastic territory. A Latin see in northwest Italy adhering to the Roman Rite, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli within the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont.
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].