Diocese of Pinerolo
Pinerolien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pinerolo, Italy, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Piedmont, Italy, erected in 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin and has been led by Bishop Derio Olivero since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 December 1748
- Latin
- Pinerolien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002603
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 77,950
- Population
- 95,700
- Catholic share
- 81.5%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 1,392
- Extent
- 1,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Derio Olivero
- Born
- 17 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Cuneo
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 San Donato stands in Pinerolo, 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 AstiAsti
- Diocese of Cuneo–FossanoCuneo–Fossano
- Diocese of IvreaIvrea
- Diocese of SaluzzoSaluzzo
- Diocese of SusaSusa
- Archdiocese of TorinoTorino
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the administrative province of Turin, in Piedmont, Northwestern Italy, the Diocese of Pinerolo (Latin: Dioecesis Pineroliensis) serves as a Latin Catholic see suffragan to the Metropolitan archbishopric of Turin. The bishop is seated in the Cattedrale di S. Donato in Pinerolo, a church dating from the 9th century with an architecturally significant campanile. Pinerolo also holds a former cathedral, now called the Chiesa San Verano ad Abbadia Alpina, and a minor basilica, the Gothic Basilica of San Maurizio.
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].