Archdiocese of Torino
Taurinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Torino, Italy
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:
- Diocese of AcquiAcqui
- Diocese of AlbaAlba
- Diocese of AstiAsti
- Diocese of Cuneo–FossanoCuneo–Fossano
- Diocese of IvreaIvrea
- Diocese of PineroloPinerolo
- Diocese of SaluzzoSaluzzo
- Diocese of SusaSusa
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.