Diocese of Ivrea
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Diocese of Ivrea Dioecesis Eporediensis |
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Ivrea Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Turin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,850 km2 (710 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 203,560 200,848 (98.7%) |
| Parishes | 141 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. |
| Emeritus Bishops | Luigi Bettazzi |
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| Website | |
| www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Ivrea (Latin: Dioecesis Eporediensis) is in Piedmont. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.
Ivrea is on the Via Francigena, a pilgrim route that started as far away as Canterbury in England, and brought pilgrims through the St. Bernard passes in the Alps to Rome. During the Middle Ages, pilgrims could travel on to Bari and take ship for Jerusalem. The episcopal see of Ivrea is said to have been established by Eusebius of Vercelli about the middle of the fourth century. The first historically certain bishop is Eulogius (c. 451).
According to tradition, Ivrea is where Saint Patrick was consecrated bishop before evangelizing Ireland. Saint Malachy of Armagh passed through Ivrea in 1139 on his way to Rome. In 1847 the Bishop Ivrea sent the Archbishop of Dublin forty pounds for the famine-stricken people of Ireland in memory of an Irish pilgrim who had died in Ivrea in 1492.
On October 7, 2012, Msgr. Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O., former Procurator General of the Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri, was installed as Bishop of the Diocese of Ivrea.
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is located on the Via San Savino in Ivrea.
The cathedral is built on the site of a first century Roman temple. Between the fourth and fifth century, a Christian church was constructed to the design of a Roman basilica. In the eleventh century, Bishop Warmondo, who was named bishop by Emperor Otto III, enlarged the structure in the Romanesque style. Warmondo also established a scriptorium. As the apse and other portions of Warmondo's work remains, the cathedral constitutes an important example of Romanesque architecture in the Canavese.
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