Diocese of Vigevano
Viglevanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vigevano, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Vigevano is a Latin diocese in Lombardy, Italy, erected in 1530 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. Its current ordinary is Bishop Maurizio Gervasoni.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 March 1530
- Latin
- Viglevanen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Ambrose
- Annuario code
- 001000102
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 178,650
- Population
- 187,330
- Catholic share
- 95.4%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 2,030
- Extent
- 1,509 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 118
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
- Maurizio Gervasoni
- Born
- 20 December 1953
- Birthplace
- Sarnico
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 Sant'Ambrogio stands in Vigevano, 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 Milan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BergamoBergamo
- Diocese of BresciaBrescia
- Diocese of ComoComo
- Diocese of CremaCrema
- Diocese of CremonaCremona
- Diocese of LodiLodi
- Diocese of MantovaMantova
- Archdiocese of MilanoMilano
- Diocese of PaviaPavia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Existing since 1530, the Diocese of Vigevano (Latin: Dioecesis Viglevanensis) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church lying almost entirely within the Province of Pavia in Lombardy. Until 9 April 1578 it was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli; it now answers to the Archdiocese of Milan.
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].