Bishops of Mondovì
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Diocese of Mondovì Dioecesis Montis Regalis in Pedemonte o Montis Vici |
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Ceiling in Mondovì Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Turin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,189 km2 (845 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 127,800 (est.) 115,000 (est.) (90.0%) |
| Parishes | 192 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 June 1388 |
| Cathedral | Mondovì Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Donato) |
| Secular priests | 117 (diocesan) 7 (Religious Orders) 17 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Egidio Miragoli |
| Emeritus Bishops | Luciano Pacomio |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesimondovi.it | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondovì (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Regalis in Pedemonte o Montis Vici) is a Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Region of Piedmont in Italy. Its 192 parishes are divided between the Province of Savona in the (civil) region Liguria and the Province of Cuneo in the (civil) region Piedmont. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.
The town, then called Monsvici or Monteregale, was a part of the diocese of Asti until 1198, when it established itself as a commune. The commune had a podestà.
The diocese of Mondovi was established during the Great Schism by Pope Urban VI of the Roman Obedience, in the papal Bull, Salvator Noster of 8 June 1388. On 26 June 1388, he established Mondovi as a civitas. The city of Mondovì provided the bishop with an episcopal palace, next to the church of S. Antonio.
The first bishop of Mondovì was the Dominican Damiano Zavaglia; among his successors were Percivallo di Palma (1429), Amadeo Romagnano (1497), who reconstructed the cathedral (1550); Michele Ghislieri, O.P. (1550), Grand Inquisitor and later Pope Pius V; Cardinal Vincenzo Lauro (1566), founder of the seminary, during whose incumbency the cathedral and other churches were torn down to make room for the citadel; Giovanni Battista Isnardi (1697), who restored the episcopal palace and the church of St. Dalmazaio; Carlo Felice Sanmartino (1741), founder of the new seminary, and Giovanni Tommaso Ghilardi, O.P. (1842).
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