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Archdiocese of Torino

Taurinen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Turin is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in Piedmont, Italy, dating to the 4th century and raised to an archdiocese in 1515. It is led by Cardinal Roberto Repole and oversees eleven suffragan dioceses.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
398
Latin
Taurinen(sis)
Patron
Saint John the Baptist
Annuario code
001003252

The see in figures

Catholics
2,057,000
Population
2,153,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
95.5%
Priests
520
Catholics per priest
3,956
Extent
3,350 km²
Catholics per km²
614

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
Roberto Repole
Born
29 January 1967
Birthplace
Torino

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

Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist stands in Torino, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The diocese of Turin was founded in the 4th century, and on 21 May 1515 Pope Leo X raised it to the dignity of an archdiocese; today the Archdiocese of Turin (Latin: Archidioecesis Taurinensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Italy. As a metropolitan see it counts eleven suffragan dioceses: Acqui, Alba, Aosta, Asti, Cuneo, Fossano, Ivrea, Mondovì, Pinerolo, Saluzzo and Susa. The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is its mother church.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.