Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuneo

Diocese of Cuneo

Dioecesis Cuneensis
Catholic
Cuneo Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceTurin
Coordinates44°23′00″N 7°33′00″E / 44.3833°N 7.5500°E / 44.3833; 7.5500
Statistics
Area1,566 km2 (605 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
117,000[a]
105,000[a] (89.7%)
Parishes82[a]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established17 July 1817
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria del Bosco
Secular priests
  • 97 (diocesan)[a]
  • 11 (religious)
  • 6 (deacons)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPiero Delbosco [it]
Vicar GeneralDon Sebastiano Carlo Vallati
Bishops emeritus
  • Giuseppe Cavallotto
  • Guiseppe Guerrini
Map
locator map of diocese of Cuneo
Website
diocesicuneofossano.it
Map

The Diocese of Cuneo (Latin: Dioecesis Cuneensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was created in 1817, from territory that previously had belonged to the Diocese of Mondovì. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.[2] The first bishop of Cuneo was Amedeo Bruno di Samone [it] from 1817 to 1838.

The city of Cuneo is a provincial capital, the metropolis of the civil Province of Cuneo, Piedmont and covered 1,566 square kilometers (604 Square Miles).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Diocese of Cuneo". Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1838). Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni [The churches of Italy from their origins up to the present day] (in Italian). Vol. decimoquarto (14). Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli. pp. 345–346.


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