Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondovì - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Italian Roman Catholic Diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

of Mondovì
Mondovì
Mondovì is a town and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, located c. 80 km from Turin....

is a Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Region of Piedmont. Its 192 parishes are divided between the Province of Savona

Province of Savona

The Province of Savona is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Savona.-Overview:...

in the (civil) region Liguria

Liguria

Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...

and the Province of Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....

in the (civil) region 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...

. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Turin is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. Founded in the 4th century and elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 21 May 1515, by Pope Leo X. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist...

History

The town, then called Monsvici or Monteregale, was under the bishop of Asti. until 1198, when it established itself as a commune. The first bishop of Mondovì was Damiano Zavaglia; among his successors were Percivallo di Palma (1429), Amadeo Romagnano (1497), who reconstructed the cathedral (1550); Michele Ghislieri, O.P. (1550), later Pope Pius V; Cardinal Vincenzo Lauro

Vincenzo Lauro

Vincenzo Lauro was an Italian papal diplomat, bishop of Mondovì, and Cardinal from 1583.He was born at Tropea. His career was forwarded by Cardinal Pier Paolo Parisio and Cardinal Nicola Gaddi. He became a diplomat while acting for Cardinal François de Tournon in 1552...

(1566), founder of the seminary, during whose incumbency the cathedral and other churches were torn down to make room for the citadel; Giovanni Battista Isnardi (1697), who restored the episcopal palace and the church of St. Dalmazaio; Carlo Felice Sanmartino (1741), founder of the new seminary, and Giovanni Tommaso Ghilardi, O.P. (1842).

The city, at first part of the Diocese of Asti, became the seat of a bishop, suffragan of the Archbishop of Milan, but, since 1515, the Archdiocese of Turin has been its metropolitan. In 1817, the territory of Cuneo

Cuneo

Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...

was detached from the See of Mondovì, making the diocese of Cuneo.

Its cathedral contains paintings by Giulio Romano

Giulio Romano

Giulio Romano was an Italian painter and architect. A pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism...

, Cambiaso

Cambiaso

Cambiaso is the name of following persons:* Adolfo Cambiaso, Argentine poloplayer* Luigi Cambiaso, Italian gymnast...

, and others. The residence of the bishop is one of the noblest episcopal palaces in Italy. In the church of la Missione there are frescoes by the Jesuit Pozzi. Outside the city is the sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilone, dating from the fourteenth century, but finished later (1730–49). The palace of the counts of San Quintino contained the first printing-office in Piedmont, and was the seat of a university (1560–1719) founded by Duke Emmanuel Philibert, the first institution of its kind in Piedmont.

Parishes

There follows a list of the 192 parishes, ordered by (civil) region

Regions of Italy

The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....

, province

Provinces of Italy

In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality and a region .-Overview:...

and commune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

Province of Savona

Bardineto

Bardineto is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 70 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km southwest of Savona...

S. Giovanni Battista

Bormida

Bormida , with a population 453 spread over an area of 22.4 km², is a rural commune of the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria...

S. Giorgio

Calizzano

Calizzano is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 70 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Savona...

S. Agostino

S. Maria e di S.Lorenzo

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Cengio

Cengio is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km west of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,744 and an area of 18.8 km²....

S. Giuseppe

S. Nicola

Santi Barbara e Giovanni Battista

Cosseria

Cosseria is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km west of Genoa and about 20 km northwest of Savona...

Maria Immacolata

Mallare

Mallare is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Savona...

S. Filippo Neri

S. Nicola

Massimino

Massimino is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 70 km west of Genoa and about 35 km west of Savona...

S. Donato

Millesimo

Millesimo is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km west of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Savona...

S. Michele

Santuario di Nostra Signora del Deserto

Visitazione di Maria e di S. Antonio

Murialdo

Murialdo is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km west of Genoa and about 25 km west of Savona...

Beata Vergine degli Angeli

S. Antonio

S. Lorenzo

Osiglia

Osiglia is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km west of Genoa and about 25 km west of Savona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 457 and an area of 29.2 km²....

SS. Annunziata

SS. Nome di Maria

Pallare

Pallare is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km west of Genoa and about 15 km west of Savona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 952 and an area of 21.3 km².Pallare borders the following municipalities: Bormida, Carcare,...

S. Marco

S. Margherita

Plodio

Plodio is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km west of Genoa and about 20 km northwest of Savona. It is in the Val Bormida near the Col di Cadibona....

S. Andrea

Roccavignale

Roccavignale is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km west of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Savona...

S. Eugenio

Province of Cuneo

Alto

S. Michele

Bagnasco

Bagnasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo...

S. Antonio

S. Margherita

Bastia Mondovì

Bastia Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo....

S. Martino

Battifollo

Battifollo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 252 and an area of 11.1 km²....

S. Giorgio

Beinette

Beinette is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 8 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,898 and an area of 17.4 km²....

Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo

Belvedere Langhe

Belvedere Langhe is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...

S. Nicola

Bene Vagienna

Bene Vagienna is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo....

Maria V. Assunta

S. Antonio

S. Nome di Maria

Bonvicino

Bonvicino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 122 and an area of 7.2 km².Bonvicino borders the following municipalities:...

S. Martino

Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo

Briaglia

Briaglia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 25 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 314 and an area of 6.2 km²....

S. Croce

Camerana

Camerana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo....

S. Antonio

SS. Annunziata

Caprauna

Caprauna is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km south of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Cuneo...

S. Antonino

Carrù

Carrù is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo....

Maria V. Assunta

Castellino Tanaro

Castellino Tanaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

Castelnuovo di Ceva

Castelnuovo di Ceva is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo...

S. Maurizio

Ceva

Ceva, the ancient Ceba, is a small Italian town in the province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, 49 km east of Cuneo. It lies on the right bank of the Tanaro on a wedge of land between that river and the Cevetta stream.-History:...

Maria V. Assunta

S. Bartolomeo

S. Marco

S. Siro

Santi Spirito e Antonio

Chiusa di Pesio

Chiusa di Pesio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 13 km southeast of Cuneo, on the border with France....

S. Antonino

S. Bartolomeo

S. Pietro

Cigliè

Cigliè is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 185 and an area of 6.0 km²....

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Clavesana

Clavesana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo...

S. Anna

S. Michele e Madonna della Neve

Visitazione di Maria

Dogliani

Dogliani is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo....

S. Lorenzo

Santi Quirico e Paolo

Farigliano

Farigliano is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...

S. Giovanni Battista

Santi Pastore e Anna

Frabosa Soprana

Frabosa Soprana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 25 km southeast of Cuneo...

Madonna della Neve

S. Bartolomeo

S. Giovanni Battista

Santi Giacomo e Filippo

SS. Annunziata

Frabosa Sottana

Frabosa Sottana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Cuneo...

Madonna della Neve

Maria V. Assunta

S. Biagio

S. Giorgio

S. Giuseppe

Garessio

Garessio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Cuneo.The Reggia di Valcasotto is located in the communal territory.- Notable people:...

Madonna del Buon Consiglio

Maria V. Assunta

S. Antonio Da Padova

S. Bartolomeo

S. Caterina

S. Lodovico

S. Nicola

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie

SS. Nome di Maria

Visitazione di Maria

Igliano

Igliano is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo, with an area of 3.4 km². it had a population of 80....

S. Andrea

Lequio Tanaro

Lequio Tanaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...

S. Michele

S. Onorato

Lesegno

Lesegno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 868 and an area of 14.4 km²....

S. Antonio

S. Sebastiano

Lisio

Lisio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 237 and an area of 8.6 km²....

Maria V. Assunta

Magliano Alpi

Magliano Alpi is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 20 km northeast of Cuneo...

Madonna del Carmine

Natività di Maria

S. Giuseppe

Margarita

S. Margherita

Marsaglia

Marsaglia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo.-External links:*...

S. Eusebio

Mombarcaro

Mombarcaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo...

S. Grato

S. Michele

Mombasiglio

Mombasiglio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo....

S. Nicola

Monastero di Vasco

Monastero di Vasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 20 km east of Cuneo...

Maria Immacolata e S. Giovanni Battista

S. Maria Maddalena

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Monasterolo Casotto

Monasterolo Casotto is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo...

Santi Giacomo e Giovanni

Mondovì

Mondovì is a town and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, located c. 80 km from Turin....

Maria V. Assunta

S. Agostino

S. Anna

S. Biagio

S. Croce

S. Donato

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Maria Maggiore

S. Nome di Maria

S. Quintino

Sacro Cuore di Gesù

Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria

Santi Giovanni ed Evasio

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Visitazione di Maria

Monesiglio

Monesiglio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo....

S. Andrea

Montaldo di Mondovì

Montaldo di Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 25 km southeast of Cuneo....

Maria V. Assunta

S. Anna

S. Giovanni Battista

Montezemolo

Montezemolo is a village and comune of c. 250 inhabitants in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo....

S. Benedetto

Morozzo

Morozzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 14 km northeast of Cuneo...

Madonna della Neve

Natività di Maria

S. Rocco

Murazzano

Murazzano is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo....

S. Lorenzo

SS. Trinità

Niella Tanaro

Niella Tanaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

S. Teobaldo

Nucetto

Nucetto is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo...

S. Maria Maddalena

Santi Cosma e Damiano

Ormea

Ormea is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

S. Bartolomeo

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Martino

SS. Trinità

Pamparato

Pamparato is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 30 km southeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 398 and an area of 35.0 km²....

S. Biagio

S. Lodovico

S. Maria

Paroldo

Paroldo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 239 and an area of 12.6 km²....

S. Martino

Perlo

-Places:*Perlo, Piedmont, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Italy* Perlő, the Hungarian name for Brebu Commune, Caraş-Severin County, Romania...

S. Michele

Peveragno

Peveragno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 8 km southeast of Cuneo....

Madonna delle Grazie

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Giovenale

S. Lorenzo

S. Maria

S. Maurizio

Pianfei

Pianfei is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 13 km east of Cuneo....

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Giuseppe

Piozzo

Piozzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 984 and an area of 14.2 km²....

S. Stefano

Priero

Priero is a small town and comune of the Langhe, located six kilometres east of Ceva in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Presently it has a population of 441.-History:...

S. Antonio

Priola

Priola is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

S. Desiderio

S. Giusto

Prunetto

Prunetto is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 492 and an area of 14.5 km²....

S. Lorenzo

Santi Giovanni e Bernardo

Roascio

Roascio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 80 and an area of 6.5 km²....

Maria Immacolata

Roburent

Roburent is a comune of the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. its population was 552. The comune extends over a largely wooded area of ranging in altitude fromm 580 to 1819 metres above sea-level and straddling...

S. Giacomo

S. Siro

SS. Trinità

Rocca Cigliè

Rocca Cigliè is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 149 and an area of 7.3 km²....

S. Brigida

Rocca de’ Baldi

Rocca de' Baldi

Rocca de' Baldi is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,656 and an area of 26.3 km²....

Maria V. Assunta

S. Marco

Santi Giorgio e Bartolomeo

Roccaforte Mondovì

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

S. Maurizio

S. Nome di Maria e S. Luca

SS. Trinità

Sale San Giovanni

Sale San Giovanni is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 181 and an area of 8.1 km².Sale San Giovanni borders the following...

S. Giovanni Battista

Sale delle Langhe

Sale delle Langhe is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

S. Giacomo

Saliceto

S. Lorenzo

San Michele Mondovì

San Michele Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo...

S. Michele

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Sant’Albano Stura

Maria V. Assunta

S. Dalmazzo

Scagnello

Scagnello is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 209 and an area of 9.0 km²....

S. Giovanni Battista

Torre Mondovì

Torre Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

Santi Bartolomeo e Placido

Santi Luigi e Carlo

Torresina

Torresina is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 64 and an area of 3.8 km²....

S. Giorgio

Trinità

Trinità is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 20 km northeast of Cuneo....

S. Giovanni Battista

SS. Trinità

Vicoforte

Vicoforte is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in Italy. It is located in Val Corsaglia above sea level, 32 km east of Cuneo and 6 km from Mondovì....

S. Grato

Santi Donato e Giovanni

Santi Pietro e Paolo

SS. Annunziata

Villanova Mondovì

Villanova Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 96 km south of Turin and about 20 km east of Cuneo...

Maria V. Assunta

S. Anna

S. Caterina

S. Grato

S. Lorenzo

Viola

S. Giorgio

S. Lorenzo

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