Diocese of Novara
Novarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Novara, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Novara is a Latin Church diocese in Piedmont, northwest Italy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli. Dating to the 4th century, it has been led by Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Novarien(sis)
- Patron
- san Gaudencio
- Annuario code
- 001002419
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 518,600
- Population
- 559,400
- Catholic share
- 92.7%
- Priests
- 256
- Catholics per priest
- 2,026
- Extent
- 4,283 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 121
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 Giulio Brambilla
- Born
- 30 June 1949
- Birthplace
- Missaglia
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, Novara stands in Novara, 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vercelli.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Piedmont region of northwest Italy, the Diocese of Novara (Latin: Dioecesis Novariensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, suffragan 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].