Roman Catholic Diocese of Alessandria della Paglia

The diocese of Alessandria della Paglia is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, northern Italy

Italy

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. It is a suffragan of the diocese of Vercelli.

History

Alessandria della Paglia was made a see in 1175 by Pope Alexander III

Pope Alexander III

Pope Alexander III , born Rolando of Siena, was Pope from 1159 to 1181. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.-Church career:...

. In a Brief of 30 January, 1176, he declares that he selects a bishop without any detriment to the rights of the chapter for the future.

It was suppressed in 1213, and united to the diocese of Acqui, 1405; suppressed, 1803, and re-established as independent in 1817. It was vacant from 1854 to 1867.

List of Bishops

1175	Arduino
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
1417–1432	Michele Mantegazza
1443–1457	Marco Marinone
1458–1478	Marco de Capitaneis (also known as Marco Cattaneo)
1478–1509	Gian Carlo San Giorgio
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
1598–1610	Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi
1611–1640	Erasmo Paravicini
1641–1643	Francesco Visconti
1644–1659	Deodato Scaglia
1659–1680	Carlo Ciceri
1680–1694	Alberto Mugiasca
1695–1704	Carlo Ottaviano Guasco
1704–1706	Filippo Maria Resta
1706–1727	Francesco Arborio Gattinara
1727–1729	Carlo Vincenzo Ferreri
1730–1743	Gian Mercurino Antonio Gattinara
1744–1755	Giuseppe Alfonso Miroglio
1757–1786	Giuseppe Tomaso de Rossi
1788–1794	Carlo Giuseppe Pistone
1796–1803	Vincenzo Maria Mossi
1805–1816	Gian Crisostomo Villaret
1818–1832	Alessandro d'Angennes
1833–1854	Dionigi Andrea Pasio
1867–1872	Giacomo Antonio Colli
1874–1897	Pietro Giocondo Salvaj
1897–1918	Giuseppe Capecci
1918–1921	Giosuè Signori
1922–1945	Nicolao Milone
1945–1964	Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P.
1965–1980	Giuseppe Almici
1980–1989	Ferdinando Maggioni
1989–2007	Fernando Charrier Fernando Charrier Fernando Charrier was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alessandria della Paglia, Italy.Ordained to the priesthood in 1956, Charrier became a bishop in 1984 and retired in 2007....
2007–2011	Giuseppe Versaldi

Province of Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

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

Spinetta Marengo

Spinetta Marengo is a town in Piedmont, Italy located within the municipal boundaries of the comune of Alessandria. The population is 6,417....

)

Natività di Maria (Spinetta Marengo)

S. Bartolomeo (Valle San Bartolomeo)

Beata Vergine Assunta (Valmadonna)

S. Varena (Villa del Foro)

Alluvioni Cambiò

Alluvioni Cambiò is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km east of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Alessandria....

S. Carlo

S. Anna (Grava)

Bassignana

Bassignana is a municipality in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. The village is situated near the confluence of the Po River and the Tanaro river....

S. Stefano

S. Maria della Neve (Fiondi)

Beata Vergine Assunta (Mugarone)

Borgoratto Alessandrino

Borgoratto Alessandrino is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southwest of Alessandria, on the Bormida river....

Beata Vergine Assunta

Bosco Marengo

Bosco Marengo is a town and comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 12 km southeast of Alessandria....

Santi Pietro e Pantaleone

S. Maria Maddalena (Levata)

S. Michele Arcangelo (Quattro Cascine)

Capriata d’Orba

S. Pietro

Carentino

Carentino is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km southwest of Alessandria...

Beata Vergine Assunta

Casal Cermelli

Casal Cermelli is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 9 km south of Alessandria....

Beata Vergine Assunta

S. Antonio Da Padova

Castellazzo Bormida

Castellazzo Bormida is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 8 km southwest of Alessandria...

S. Carlo

S. Maria

S. Martino

Castelspina

Castelspina is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 14 km southwest of Alessandria....

Beata Vergine Assunta

Felizzano

Felizzano is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km west of Alessandria...

Santi Michele e Pietro

Frascaro

Frascaro is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southwest of Alessandria...

S. Nicolao

Frugarolo

Frugarolo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southeast of Alessandria....

S. Felice

Gamalero

Gamalero is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Alessandria....

S. Lorenzo

S. Rocco (San Rocco)

Isola Sant’Antonio

S. Antonio Da Padova

Montecastello

Montecastello is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km east of Turin and about 6 km northeast of Alessandria....

S. Maria di Ponzano

Oviglio

Oviglio is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 12 km southwest of Alessandria...

S. Felice

Pasturana

Pasturana is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km southeast of Alessandria...

S. Martino

Pecetto di Valenza

S. Maria

Pietra Marazzi

Pietra Marazzi is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km east of Turin and about 5 km northeast of Alessandria....

S. Martino

S. Germano (Pavone d’Alessandria)

Piovera

Piòvera is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km east of Turin and about 11 km northeast of Alessandria....

S. Michele Arcangelo

Predosa

Predosa is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km south of Alessandria....

Natività di Maria

Beata Vergine Assunta (Castelferro)

S. Lorenzo (Mantovana)

Quargnento

Quargnento is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km east of Turin and about 11 km northwest of Alessandria....

S. Dalmazio

Rivarone

Rivarone is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km east of Turin and about 11 km northeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 383 and an area of 6.1 km².Rivarone borders the following municipalities:...

Natività di Maria

Solero

S. Perpetuo

Tassarolo

Tassarolo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 25 km southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 598 and an area of 7.1 km².Tassarolo borders the following...

S. Nicolao

Valenza

Valenza is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km east of Turin and about 11 km north of Alessandria.-History:...

Nostra Signora della Pietà

S. Antonio

S. Eusebio

S. Maria Maggiore

Sacro Cuore di Gesù

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