Diocese of Casale Monferrato
Casalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Casale Monferrato, Italy
Latin Church diocese in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, established in 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli, it has been led by Bishop Gianni Sacchi since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 April 1474
- Latin
- Casalen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Evasius
- Annuario code
- 001001070
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,120
- Population
- 94,083
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.7%
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 1,620
- Extent
- 970 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 92
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
- Gianni Sacchi
- Born
- 15 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Trivero
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'Evasio stands in Casale Monferrato, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vercelli.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlessandriaAlessandria
- Diocese of BiellaBiella
- Archdiocese of VercelliVercelli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Political considerations lay behind the founding of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato (Latin: Dioecesis Casalensis) on 18 April 1474: the aim was to transform the Marquisate of Montferrat into an ecclesiastic territory. A Latin see in northwest Italy adhering to the Roman Rite, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli within the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont.
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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.