Diocese of Pinerolo
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Diocese of Pinerolo Dioecesis Pineroliensis |
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Pinerolo Cathedral
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| 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 |
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| 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
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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