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Abbot nullius of Pinerolo

Diocese of Pinerolo
Dioecesis Pineroliensis
110525 Pinerolo Duomo di Pinerolo CS (101).jpg
Pinerolo Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Turin
Statistics
Area 1,440 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
101,400 (est.)
81,200 (est.) (80.1%)
Parishes 62
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 23 December 1748
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Donato
Secular priests 67 (diocesan)
21 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Piergiorgio Debernardi
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinerolo in Italy.svg
Website
www.diocesipinerolo.it

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinerolo (Latin: Dioecesis Pineroliensis) is a Latin rite bishopric in the administrative province of Turin of Piedmont region, Northwestern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan archbishopric of Turin.

Its Cathedral episcopal see is Cattedrale di S. Donato (which dates from the ninth century, and has an architecturally significant campanile), in Pinerolo, which city also has the former Cathedral, now Chiesa San Verano ad Abbadia Alpina, and a Minor Basilica : Basilica di S. Maurizio, a Gothic church, from the belfry of which there is a superb view of the Alps and of the sub-Alpine plain.

(all Roman rite, mostly Italians)

As per 2014, it pastorally served 79,000 Catholics (82.3% of 96,000 total) on 1,440 km² in 62 parishes with 89 priests (64 diocesan, 25 religious), 16 deacons, 222 lay religious (30 brothers, 192 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

The 62 parishes (by municipality) are all within the Piedmontese province of Turin

Coordinates: 44°53′09″N 7°19′47″E / 44.8857°N 7.3298°E / 44.8857; 7.3298


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