Archdiocese of Vercelli
Vercellen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Vercelli, Italy, Italy
The Archdiocese of Vercelli is a metropolitan Latin see in Piedmont, Italy, founded in the mid-4th century and elevated to an archdiocese in 1817. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Marco Arnolfo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1817
- Latin
- Vercellen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
- Annuario code
- 001000089
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,381
- Population
- 166,083
- Catholic share
- 91.7%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 2,498
- Extent
- 1,658 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
- Archbishop
- Marco Arnolfo
- Born
- 10 November 1952
- Birthplace
- Cavallermaggiore
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-Basilica di Sant'Eusebio stands in Vercelli, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlessandriaAlessandria
- Diocese of BiellaBiella
- Diocese of Casale MonferratoCasale Monferrato
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Together with one other archdiocese and their suffragan sees, the Archdiocese of Vercelli (Latin: Archidioecesis Vercellensis) forms the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont in northern Italy. This Latin Metropolitan archdiocese has its archbishop's seat in the Basilica Cattedrale di S. Eusebio in Vercelli, Piemonte (Piedmont), a minor basilica dedicated to the see's canonized first bishop. Two further minor basilicas stand in the city: the Basilica di S. Andrea and the Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore.
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].