Diocese of Cuneo–Fossano
Cuneen(sis)-Fossanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cuneo–Fossano, Italy, Italy
Latin Church diocese in Piedmont, Italy, formed by the full union of the dioceses of Cuneo (erected 1817) and Fossano (1592), with the unified see of Cuneo-Fossano established on 1 June 2023. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Turin and led by Bishop Piero Delbosco.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 June 2023
- Latin
- Cuneen(sis)-Fossanen(sis)
- Patron
- L'archange Michel
- Annuario code
- 001001252
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 105,000
- Population
- 117,000
- Catholic share
- 89.7%
- Priests
- 97
- Catholics per priest
- 1,082
- Extent
- 1,566 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 67
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
- Piero Delbosco
- Born
- 15 August 1955
- Birthplace
- Poirino
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
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Bosco stands in Cuneo–Fossano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Santa Maria e San Giovenale.
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 AstiAsti
- 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
Created in 1817 from territory formerly belonging to the Diocese of Mondovì, the Diocese of Cuneo (Latin: Dioecesis Cuneensis) is a Latin diocese in Italy and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin. Amedeo Bruno di Samone served as its first bishop, from 1817 to 1838. Cuneo itself is a provincial capital, the metropolis of the civil Province of Cuneo in Piedmont, which covered 1,566 square kilometers (604 Square Miles).
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 · GCatholic
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].