Diocese of Saluzzo
Salutiarum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saluzzo, Italy
The Diocese of Saluzzo is a Latin Church diocese in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, erected on 29 October 1511. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin and has been led by Bishop Cristiano Bodo since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 October 1511
- Latin
- Salutiarum
- Patron
- Saint Chiaffredo
- Annuario code
- 001002857
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,400
- Population
- 96,800
- Catholic share
- 92.4%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 1,146
- Extent
- 1,815 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 49
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
- Cristiano Bodo
- Born
- 30 July 1968
- Birthplace
- Vercelli
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, Saluzzo stands in Saluzzo, 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 PineroloPinerolo
- Diocese of SusaSusa
- Archdiocese of TorinoTorino
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the comune of Saluzzo in Piedmont, northwestern Italy, the Diocese of Saluzzo (Latin: Dioecesis Salutiarum) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. Its founding on 29 October 1511 was political in motive, meant to transform the Marquisate of Saluzzo into an ecclesiastic territory, and the new see depended directly on the Holy See. Today it stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.
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].