Diocese of Pinerolo
Pinerolien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pinerolo, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Piedmont, Italy, erected in 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin and has been led by Bishop Derio Olivero since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 December 1748
- Latin
- Pinerolien(sis)
- Patron
- S. Donato Vescovo
- Annuario code
- 001002603
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 77,950
- Population
- 95,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.5%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 1,392
- Extent
- 1,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Derio Olivero
- Born
- 17 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Cuneo
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 San Donato stands in Pinerolo, 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 SaluzzoSaluzzo
- Diocese of SusaSusa
- Archdiocese of TorinoTorino
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the administrative province of Turin, in Piedmont, Northwestern Italy, the Diocese of Pinerolo (Latin: Dioecesis Pineroliensis) serves as a Latin Catholic see suffragan to the Metropolitan archbishopric of Turin. The bishop is seated in the Cattedrale di S. Donato in Pinerolo, a church dating from the 9th century with an architecturally significant campanile. Pinerolo also holds a former cathedral, now called the Chiesa San Verano ad Abbadia Alpina, and a minor basilica, the Gothic Basilica of San Maurizio.
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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.