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 | (as of 2020) 156,978 142,035 (90.5%) |
Parishes | 74 |
Information | |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1175 |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo |
Patron saint | Saint Baudolino[1] |
Secular priests | 46 (diocesan) 11 (Religious Orders) 7 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Guido Gallese |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.diocesialessandria.it (in Italian) |
The Diocese of Alessandria (Latin: Dioecesis Alexandrina Statiellorum) (Alessandria della Paglia) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Piedmont, northern Italy. Originally a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan, since 1817 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli.[2] [3]
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