Bishop of Vigevano
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Diocese of Vigevano Dioecesis Viglevanensis |
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Vigevano Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,509 km2 (583 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 193,000 (est.) 183,400 (est.) (95.0%) |
| Parishes | 87 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 March 1530 (487 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Ambrogio |
| Secular priests | 98 (diocesan) 11 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Maurizio Gervasoni |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Claudio Baggini Vincenzo Di Mauro |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesivigevano.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Vigevano (Latin: Dioecesis Viglevanensis) lies almost entirely in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy. It has existed since 1530. The diocese is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan, having in the past been suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli.
The earliest notices of Vigevano date from the tenth century, when it was favoured as a residence by King Arduin for hunting. In the next period it was a Ghibelline commune, and was accordingly besieged and taken by the Milanese in 1201 and again in 1275. In 1328 it surrendered to Azzone Visconti, and thereafter shared the political fortunes of Milan. In the last years of the Visconti domination it sustained a siege by Francesco Sforza.
Until 1530 the town belonged to the Diocese of Novara and had a collegiate chapter. Francesco Sforza procured the erection of the see and provided its revenues. The Duke of Milan's interest in Novara was not purely philanthropic.
With the Treaty of Worms (1743) the diocese became part of the King of Sardinia.
The first bishop was Galeazzo Pietra, succeeded by his nephew Maurizio Pietra (1552); both of these promoted the Tridentine reforms, and the work was continued by their successors. Marsilio Landriani (1594) distinguished himself in various nunciatures and founded a Barnabite college for the education of young men. Giorgio Odescalchi (1610) was a very zealous pastor; the process of his beatification has been commenced. Giovanni Caramuel Lobkowitz (1675) was an example of pastoral activity and the author of many works, philosophical, theological, ascetical etc., though his Theologia fundamentalis was censured.Pier Marino Sonnani (1688), a Minorite, who enlarged the seminary, maintained a struggle against the spread of the doctrines of Miguel Molinos. Nicola Saverio Gamboni was appointed to the see by Napoleon in 1801.
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