Diocese of Asti
Asten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Asti, Italy
The Diocese of Asti is a Latin Rite see in the Piedmont region of northern Italy with ancient origins, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Turin since 1515. Its cathedral is the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Asti.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3rd century
- Latin
- Asten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Evasius
- Annuario code
- 001000743
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,000
- Population
- 162,257
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 93.7%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 1,617
- Extent
- 1,451 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 105
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
- S.E. Mons. Marco Prastaro
- Born
- 8 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Pisa
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 stands in Asti, 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 Cuneo–FossanoCuneo–Fossano
- Diocese of IvreaIvrea
- Diocese of PineroloPinerolo
- Diocese of SaluzzoSaluzzo
- Diocese of SusaSusa
- Archdiocese of TorinoTorino
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Asti in Piedmont, northern Italy, this Latin diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Astensis) has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin since 1515, having earlier answered to the Archdiocese of Milan. Its territory contracted twice in the medieval period: in 1175, when the diocese of Alessandria was created, and again considerably in 1388, when Urban VI established the diocese of Mondovì.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.