Roman Catholic Diocese of Alessandria
The Diocese of Alessandria (Latin: Dioecesis Alexandrina Statiellorum) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is a suffragan of the diocese of Vercelli.[2] [3]
Diocese of Alessandria Dioecesis Alexandrina Statiellorum | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Vercelli |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 740 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2015) 159,822 149,506 (approx.) (93.5%) |
| Parishes | 75 |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1175 |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo |
| Patron saint | Saint Baudolino [1] |
| Secular priests | 64 (diocesan) 18 (Religious Orders) 9 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Guido Gallese |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesialessandria.it | |
History
In 1168, in response to the aggression of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the leaders of Milan, Cremona and Piacenza, established a new town in order to discomfit Frederick's ally Pavia. Seeking support for their undertaking, they sent ambassadors to Pope Alexander III (1159–1181) in 1170, announcing that they had named the new city in his honor and begging for his support. They offered the city to the Papacy to be forever the vassal of the Holy Roman Church.[4] Alessandria was made a see in 1175 by Pope Alexander III, with territory removed from the diocese of Acqui. The clergy of Acqui objected, of course, and, at a vacancy in the bishopric of Alessandria, they sometimes attempted to elect a bishop of their own; the Papacy was therefore faced with the need to sort out conflicts between the Chapter of Alessandria and the Chapter of Acqui.[5]
In a Brief of 30 January 1176, he declared that he had selected Alessandria's first bishop, though he did so without any prejudice to the rights of the Chapter for the future to elect their bishop, just as the other suffragans of Milan did.[6]
The diocese was suppressed in 1213 by Pope Innocent III, due to their support of the Emperor Otto IV.[7] It was restored in 1240 by Pope Gregory IX as part of his strategy to defeat Frederick II.[8] The territory of the diocese of Acqui was united with that of Alessandria until 1405, when Acqui again received its own bishop.[9] The diocese was suppressed in 1803, as part of the effort on the part of the Papacy to regularize the situation after the liquidation of the "Cisalpine Republic", which had been created in northern Italy by General Napoleon Bonaparte. Alessandria was re-established as independent in 1817. It was vacant from 1854 to 1867.[10]
List of Bishops
| 1175 | Arduino[11] |
| 1176–1180 | Ottone |
| 1180–1187 | Uberto |
| 1187–1213 | Ugo Tornielli |
| 1213 | See vacant |
| 1235–1280 | Bonifacio |
| 1280–1300 | Ascherio |
| 1300–1321 | Bertolino or Bartolomeo dal Pozzo |
| 1321–1347 | Odone Guasco |
| 1347–1351 | Antonio Guasco |
| 1351–1375 | Francesco dal Pozzo |
| 1375–1400 | Franceschino dal Pozzo |
| 1400–1405 | Arpino Colli |
| 1405–1416 | Bertolino Beccari (appointed by Innocent VII of the Roman Obedience)[12] |
| 1417–1432 | Michele Mantegazza (appointed by Pope Martin V) |
| 1443–1457 | Marco Marinoni (Marco Marinone) |
| 1458–1478 | Marco de Capitaneis (also known as Marco Cattaneo) |
| 1478–1509 | Gian Carlo San Giorgio (also known as Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio) |
| 1509–1517 | Alessandro Guasco |
| 1518–1534 | Pallavicino Visconti |
| 1534–1565 | Ottaviano Guasco |
| 1565–1568 | Girolamo Gallarati |
| 1569–1571 | Agostino Baglione |
| 1571–1584 | Guarnero Trotti |
| 1584–1598 | Ottavio Pallavicini[13] |
| 1598–1610 | Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi |
| 1611–1640 | Erasmo Paravicini |
| 1641–1643 | Francesco Visconti |
| 1644–1659 | Deodato Scaglia |
| 1659–1680 | Carlo Ciceri[14] |
| 1680–1694 | Alberto Mugiasca |
| 1695–1704 | Carlo Ottaviano Guasco |
| 1704–1706 | Filippo Maria Resta |
| 1706–1727 | Francesco Arborio di Gattinara |
| 1727–1729 | Carlo Vincenzo Ferreri (resigned on becoming a Cardinal)[15] |
| 1730–1743 | Gian Mercurino Antonio Gattinara (also known as Giovanni Mercurino Arborio di Gattinara) |
| 1744–1755 | Giuseppe Alfonso Miroglio[16] |
| 1757–1786 | Giuseppe Tomaso de Rossi[17] |
| 1788–1794 | Carlo Giuseppe Pistone[18] |
| 1796–1803 | Vincenzo Maria Mossi de Morano[19] |
| 1805–1816 | Gian Crisostomo Villaret (also known as Jean-Chrysostome de Villaret)[20] |
| 1818–1832 | Alessandro d'Angennes[21] (promoted Archbishop of Vercelli) |
| 1833–1854 | Dionigi Andrea Pasio (also known as Dionisio-Andrea Pasio) |
| 1867–1872 | Giacomo Antonio Colli[22] |
| 1874–1897 | Pietro Giocondo Salvaj (Salvai) di Govone |
| 1897–1918 | Giuseppe Capecci[23] |
| 1918–1921 | Giosuè Signori[24] (promoted Archbishop of Genoa) |
| 1922–1945 | Nicolao (Nicola) Milone |
| 1945–1964 | Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P. |
| 1965–1980 | Giuseppe Almici |
| 1980–1989 | Ferdinando Maggioni |
| 1989–2007 | Fernando Charrier |
| 2007–2011 | Giuseppe Versaldi |
| since 2012 | Guido Gallese |
Parishes
The diocese has 75 parishes, all within the Piedmontese province of Alessandria.[25] In 2012, there was one priest for every 1,641 Catholics.
- Alessandria
- Cuore Immacolato di Maria
- Madonna del Buon Consiglio
- Madonna del Suffragio
- Nostra Signora del Carmine
- S. Alessandro
- S. Baudolino
- S. Giovanni Evangelista
- S. Giuseppe Artigiano
- S. Lorenzo
- S. Maria della Sanità
- S. Maria di Castello
- S. Paolo
- S. Pietro
- S. Pio V
- S. Rocco
- S. Stefano
- Santi Apostoli
- SS. Annunziata
- Natività di Maria (Cantalupo)
- Beata Vergine Assunta (Casalbagliano)
- S. Rocco (Cascinagrossa)
- S. Giorgio (Castelceriolo)
- Nostra Signora di Fatima (Litta Parodi)
- S. Bartolomeo (Lobbi)
- SS. Nome di Maria (Mandrogne)
- Beata Vergine del Rosario (San Giuliano Nuovo)
- Beata Vergine Assunta (San Giuliano Vecchio)
- S. Michele (San Michele)
- Beata Vergine Immacolata (Spinetta Marengo)
- Natività di Maria (Spinetta Marengo)
- S. Bartolomeo (Valle San Bartolomeo)
- Beata Vergine Assunta (Valmadonna)
- S. Varena (Villa del Foro)
- Alluvioni Cambiò
- S. Carlo
- S. Anna (Grava)
- Bassignana
- S. Stefano
- S. Maria della Neve (Fiondi)
- Beata Vergine Assunta (Mugarone)
- Borgoratto Alessandrino
- Beata Vergine Assunta
- Bosco Marengo
- Santi Pietro e Pantaleone
- S. Maria Maddalena (Levata)
- S. Michele Arcangelo (Quattro Cascine)
- Capriata d’Orba
- S. Pietro
- Carentino
- Beata Vergine Assunta
- Casal Cermelli
- Beata Vergine Assunta
- S. Antonio Da Padova
- Castellazzo Bormida
- S. Carlo
- S. Maria
- S. Martino
- Castelspina
- Beata Vergine Assunta
- Felizzano
- Santi Michele e Pietro
- Frascaro
- S. Nicolao
- Frugarolo
- S. Felice
- Gamalero
- S. Lorenzo
- S. Rocco (San Rocco)
- Isola Sant’Antonio
- S. Antonio Da Padova
- Montecastello
- S. Maria di Ponzano
- Oviglio
- S. Felice
- Pasturana
- S. Martino
- Pecetto di Valenza
- S. Maria
- Pietra Marazzi
- S. Martino
- S. Germano (Pavone d’Alessandria)
- Piovera
- S. Michele Arcangelo
- Predosa
- Natività di Maria
- Beata Vergine Assunta (Castelferro)
- S. Lorenzo (Mantovana)
- Quargnento
- S. Dalmazio
- Rivarone
- Natività di Maria
- Solero
- S. Perpetuo
- Tassarolo
- S. Nicolao
- Valenza
- Nostra Signora della Pietà
- S. Antonio
- S. Eusebio
- S. Maria Maggiore
- Sacro Cuore di Gesù
References
- Saints.SQPN.com
- "Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
- "Diocese of Alessandria " GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 25, 2016
- Cappelletti, pp. 531-534. Ughelli, IV, pp. 312-313. Moriondo, Giovanni Battista (1790). Monumenta Aquensia (in Latin). Pars II. Torino: Typographia regia. p. 11.
- Fedele, p. 68.
- Ughelli, IV, pp. 314-315. Moriondo, II, pp. 12, 26.
- Cappelletti, pp. 544-546.
- Cappelletti, pp. 546-548.
- Cappelletti, pp. 547-550.
- John Joseph à Becket. "Alessandria della Paglia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. Retrieved: 2016-10-4. (confused and confusing)
- Arduin was a Roman and an Apostolic Subdeacon. Ughelli, IV, p. 321. Fedele, pp. 66-67.
- Eubel, I, p. 83.
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of March 6, 1591
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 2, 1686
- Ferreri was appointed by Pope Benedict XIII in consistory on 6 July 1729; his red biretta was sent to him on 16 July; he received the red hat on 22 December. Ritzler, V, p. 39, with note 3. He died on 9 December 1742. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of July 6, 1729
- Ritzler, VI, p. 75. Miroglio was Doctor in utroque iure ('Doctor of Canon and Civil Law') (Sapienza, 1744). He was appointed by Pope Benedict XIV on 16 March 1744, and consecrated by him on 22 March.
- Ritzler, VI, p. 75. De Rossi was Doctor in utroque iure ('Doctor of Canon and Civil Law') (Turin, 1737). He was appointed by Pope Benedict XIV on 18 July 1757, and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Guidoboni Cavalchini on 25 July.
- Ritzler, VI, p. 75. Pistone was Doctor in utroque iure ('Doctor of Canon and Civil Law') (Turin, 1764). He was appointed by Pope Pius VI on 15 September 1788, and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Hyacinthe Gerdil on 21 September.
- Ritzler, VI, p. 75. Mossi was Doctor in utroque iure ('Doctor of Canon and Civil Law') (Turin, 1773). He was Eleemosynary to the King of Sardinia, and was nominated by him to the bishopric. He was appointed by Pope Pius VI on 27 June 1796 at the age of 44, and consecrated in Rome on 10 July by Cardinal Giulio Maria della Somaglia. He resigned the See of Alessandria on 29 May 1803, and was appointed titular Bishop of Side (Turkey) on 26 June 1805.
- He had been nominated by the Emperor Napoleon I to be Commissary for Ecclesiastical Affairs in Piedmont.
- Luigi Bignelli (1869). Biografia di Monsignor Alessandro Reminiac de'Marchesi d'Angennes, arcivescovo di Vercelli. Con notizie storiche di sua famiglia, etc (in Italian). Torino.
- Colli had been Canon of the Cathedral of Novara.
- Renato Lanzavecchia (1999). Storia della Diocesi di Alessandria (in Italian). Alessandria editrice. pp. 338–351.
- Renato Lanzavecchia (1999). Storia della Diocesi di Alessandria (in Italian). Alessandria editrice. pp. 351 ff.
- chiesacattolica.it (retrieved:2008-03-11 12:43:17 +0000)
Books
Reference works
- Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 811. (Use with caution; obsolete)
- Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) p. 83. (in Latin)
- Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) p. 85.
- Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) pp. 102–103.
- Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 77.
- Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 77.
- Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 75.
Studies
- Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1858). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Volume decimoquarto (XIV). Venice: G. Antonelli. pp. 531–562.
- Chenna, Giuseppe Antonio (1785). Del vescovato, de'vescovi e delle chiese della città e diocesi d'Alessandria (in Italian). Alessandria: Ignazio Vimercati.
- Fedele, Savio (1898). Gli antichi Vescovi d'Italia: il Piemonte (in Italian). Torino: Bocca. pp. 66–68.
- Lanzavecchia, Renato (1999). Storia della Diocesi di Alessandria (in Italian). Alessandria editrice. pp. 351 ff.
- Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolò (1719). Italia sacra sive De episcopis Italiæ (in Latin). Tomus quartus (IV). Venice: apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 312–331.
Acknowledgment
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Alessandria della Paglia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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