Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuneo

Latin Catholic diocese in Italy

Diocese of Cuneo

Dioecesis Cuneensis

Catholic

Cuneo Cathedral

Location
Country| Italy
Ecclesiastical province| Turin
Coordinates| 44°23′00″N 7°33′00″E﻿ / ﻿44.3833°N 7.5500°E﻿ / 44.3833; 7.5500
Statistics
Area| 1,566 km2 (605 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2021)
117,000[a]
105,000[a] (89.7%)
Parishes| 82[a]
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 17 July 1817
Cathedral| Cattedrale di S. Maria del Bosco
Secular priests|

* 97 (diocesan)[a]
* 11 (religious)
* 6 (deacons)

Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Piero Delbosco [it]
Vicar General| Don Sebastiano Carlo Vallati
Bishops emeritus|

* Giuseppe Cavallotto
* Guiseppe Guerrini

Map
Website
diocesicuneofossano.it

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]

## History[edit]

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During the French occupation,[3] religious orders were dissolved or expelled, and convents and monasteries closed and confiscated by the government. In Cuneo this included two monasteries and the convent of the Capuchins. The monastery of S. Annunziata became a hospice for the poor and an orphanage, and the monastery of the Terziarie became first a prison and then a warehouse for salt and a military barracks.[4]

Following the Concordat of 1801 between Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII, the French demanded a reduction in the number of dioceses in Piedmont and their conformity to rules established by the French government. The Pope was compelled to issue a bull, Gravissimis causis (1 June 1803),[5] in which the number of dioceses in Piedmont was reduced to eight: Turin, Vercelli, Ivrea, Acqui, Asti, Mondovi, Alessandria and Saluzzo. This, and the appointment of bishops by Napoleon, caused great confusion, and once Bonaparte had been compelled to abdicate, and the Kingdom of Sardina was returned to the House of Savoy, a revision of the ecclesiastical situation was essential. The revision was carried out in 1817 by Pope Pius VII in his bull, Beati Petri (17 July 1817). The new diocese of Cuneo was created as diocesan borders were redrawn.[6]

### Cathedral[edit]

Before the creation of the diocese, the largest church in the city was the Collegiate Church of S. Maria del Bosco,[7] presided over by a Chapter, consisting of three dignities and fifteen Canons. The church, whose existence is attested as far back as 1446, was severely damaged in the siege of 1744, and was rebuilt through the generosity of King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.[8] The Chapter was suppressed by the papal bull of 1817.[9]

The Chapter of the Cathedral of S. Maria del Bosco consisted of three dignities (Prior, Archpriest, and Provost) and fifteen Canons, one of whom was the Canon Theologus and another the Penitentiary. By 1844 there was a sixteenth Canon.[10]

In 1835 a major outbreak of "asiatic cholera" struck the Ligurian coast, and reached Cuneo in July of that year. Bishop Bruno engaged in heroic relief works.[11]

Restored or newly imported religious communities included: Suore del Cottolengo (1836), Suore della Carità (1843), Compagnia di S. Orsola (1866), Figlie di S. Chiara (1870), Petites Soeurs des Pauvres (1883-1983), PR Gesuiti (1888), Suore di S. Vincenzo (1899), Figli della Divina Provvidenza di Don Orione (1907-1997), Figlie di S. Giuseppe - Suore Ostiarie (1900), PE Salesiani (1928), Suore della Misericordia di Savona (1937), Figlie di M. Ausiliatrice (1937), Figlie del Cuore di Maria (1945), Suore di S. Marta (1948), Suore della S. Famiglia di Savigliano (1952), Suore Francescane (1954-1975).[12] Currently at work in the diocese are a large number of institutes of religion.[13]

Seminarians of the diocese of Cuneo are sent to the Seminario Interdiocesano in Fossano.[14]

## Bishops of Cuneo[edit]

[A list of bishops of Cuneo is provided by the Diocese of Cuneo[15]]

1. Amedeo Bruno di Samone (1817-1838)[16]
2. Giuseppe Agostino Salomoni, C.M. (1840-1843)[17]
3. Clemente (da Santa Teresa) Manzini, O. Carm. (1844-1865)[18]
4. Andrea Formica (1844-1865)[19]
5. Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo (1885-1895)[20]
6. Andrea Fiore (1895-1914)[21]
7. Gabriele Natale Moriondo, O.P. (1914-1920)[22]
8. Giuseppe Castelli (1920-1924)[23]
9. Quirico Travaini (1926-1934)[24]
10. Giacomo Rosso (1934-1957)[25]
11. Guido Tonetti (1957-1971)
12. Carlo Aliprandi (1971-1999)
13. Natalino Pescarolo (1999-2005)
14. Giuseppe Cavallotto (2005-2015)[26]
15. Piero Delbosco (2005-present)[27]

## Parishes[edit]

The diocese has 82 parishes, all within the Province of Cuneo in the (civil) region of Piedmont.[28]

## See also[edit]

* In persona episcopi
* Catholic Church in Italy

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Annuario Pontificio (2022) via Catholic-Hierarchy.org[1]

## References[edit]

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.
3. ^ Casalis, pp. 780-782.
4. ^ Casalis, p. 743.
5. ^ Bullarii Romani continuatio, Summorum Pontificum Benedicti XIV, Clementis XIII, Clementis XIV, Pii VI, Pii VII, Leonis XII, Pii VIII constitutiones (in Latin). Vol. Tomus septimus. Prati: Typographia Aldina. 1850. pp. 443–447, no. CCVIII.
6. ^ Bullarii Romani continuatio, VII, pp. 1490-1503, § 28. Cappelletti, p. 345.
7. ^ M. Ristorto, S. Maria del Bosco - Cattedrale di Cuneo «Cenni storici», Cuneo 1976.
8. ^ Casalis, p. 740.
9. ^ Cappelletti, p. 346.
10. ^ Annuario d'Italia amministrativo-commerciale (in Italian). Vol. IV, parte prima. Genova: Annuario d'Italia. 1889. p. 383.
11. ^ Casalis, p. 782.
12. ^ Diocesi di Cuneo, Cenni storici, Dalla fondazione alla seconda guerra mondiale; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
13. ^ Diocesi di Cuneo, Istituti religiosi; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
14. ^ Seminario Interdiocesano di Fossano, Seminaristi;
15. ^ Diocesi di Cuneo, Cenni storici, I vescovi; retrieved: 2018-03-34 (in Italian)
16. ^ Bruno was born in Cuneo in 1754. He was Count of Samone. He was nominated bishop of Cuneo by King Vittore Emanuele I and preconised (approved) by Pope Pius VII on 1 October 1817. He was consecrated in Rome on 5 October. His work in the cholera epidemic of 1835 brought him the honor of the Grand Cross of the Grand Cordon of S. Maurizio. He died on 21 December 1838. A. Rosso; M. Rosso; G. Vizio Pinach (2007). Amedeo Bruno conte di Samone (in Italian). Cuneo: Ass. Primalpe Costanzo Martini. ISBN 978-88-88681-70-2.
17. ^ Salomoni was born in Pecetto in the diocese of Alessandria in 1800. He held a doctorate in theology, and was a priest of the diocese of Casale, and was named a Canon of the Cathedral of Casale. He was named Bishop of Cuneo on 27 April 1840, and consecrated in Rome on 3 May by Cardinal Giacomo Fransoni. He resigned the diocese on 3 August 1843. He died in 1874. Cappelletti, p. 346. Gazzetta privilegiata di Bologna (in Italian). Vol. Year 1849 no. 53. 2 May 1840. p. 105 column 1.
18. ^ Manzini was born in Sassello in the diocese of Acqui in 1803. He had been curator of the Convent of S. Teresa in Torino, and had been General of the Carmelite Order. He was named Bishop of Cuneo on 22 January 1844, and was consecrated in Rome on 25 February 1844 by Cardinal Giacomo Fransoni. Manzini made his solemn entry into his diocese on 2 June 1844. He died in Genoa in 1865. Diario di Roma (in Italian). Vol. 1844 num. 9. Roma: Cracas. 1844. p. 115. Dizionario corografico-universale dell'Italia sistematicamente suddiviso secondo l'attuale partizione politica d'ogni singolo Stato italiano (in Italian). stabilimento di Civelli Giuseppe e C. 1854. p. 283. Annuario pontificio (Roma: Tipografia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica 1860), p. 123. Maccario, pp. 147, 164.
19. ^ Formica was born in Castagnola Langhe (prov. de Cuneo) in 1812. He studied philosophy in the seminary of Asti and theology at Alba Pompeia; he took a doctorate in theology in Turin in 1838. He became a vicar (assistant parish priest) in Castagnola. He served as Rector of the diocesan seminary of Alba, and Canon Archpriest of the Cathedral. He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 27 March 1867 and consecrated on 26 May by Giovanni Ghilardi, Bishop of Mondovì. He made his solemn entry into his diocese on 9 June 1867. He died on 5 January 1885. Maccario, pp. 164, 174. Alfred Baudrillart; Albert Vogt; Urbain Rouziès (1967). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 17\. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 1081. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 234.
20. ^ Born in Cavour in 1853, Valfrè di Bonzo studied at the seminary in Turin and in the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome. While there he obtained a church doctorate in Canon Law. In 1884–1885 he was Apostolic Delegate in Costa Rica. He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 27 March 1885, and was consecrated in Turin by Cardinal Gaetano Alimonda. He was transferred to the diocese of Como on 18 March 1895, and then to Vercelli on 27 March 1905. He was named Papal Nuncio in Austria-Hungary in September 1916, with the titular bishopric of Trebizond (Turkey). Pope Benedict XV named him a cardinal on 15 December 1919. He died in Rome on 25 June 1922. Harris M. Lentz III (2001). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson NC USA: McFarland. p. 195\. ISBN 978-0-7864-4101-3. Ritzler-Sefrin, VIII, pp. 219, 234.
21. ^ Fiore was born at Carmagnola in 1850. He studied at the Minor Seminary of Giaveno and at the metropolitan Seminary in Turin; he was ordained in 1873. He served as Rector of the seminary of Brà. He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 29 November 1895. He died on 19 January 1914. Storia. Storia, Università di Torino. Facoltà di lettere e filosofia (in Italian). Vol. 5\. Torino: G. Giappichelli. 1975. p. 395.
22. ^ Moriondo was born in Turin in 1870. He joined the Dominican Order in 1888, and in 1900 he was appointed superior of the Dominican mission in Constantinople (Istanbul). He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 25 May 1914, and was consecrated a bishop on 29 June 1814. He resigned the diocese on 28 June 1920, and was named titular Bishop of Cidyessus. In 1922 he became Bishop of Caserta, which he resigned in 1943; he was then named titular bishop of Sergiopolis. He died in 1946. Annuario pontificio (Città del Vaticano 1943), p. 457. Pięta, Hierarchia catholica IX, p. 127.
23. ^ Born in 1871, Castelli was a native of San Gillio (Torino). He served as parish priest of Lanzo Torinese. He had previously been Bishop of Susa (1911–1920). On 22 December 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Cuneo. He was transferred to the diocese of Novara on 21 October 1924. He died in Novara in 1943. The Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement. I. New York: Encyclopedia Press. 1922. p. 709. Annuario pontificio (Città del Vaticano 1921), p. 121. Annuario pontificio (Città del Vaticano 1936), p. 213. P. G. Longo, "Giuseppe Castelli e la Chiesa novarese," Chiese locali e guerra di Spagna (ed. E.W. Crivellin) Quaderni del Centro Studi Carlo Trabucco (Torino 1988), pp. 127-140.
24. ^ Travaini had previously been Archpriest of Trecana (diocese of Novara), and Bishop of Fossano (1919–1926). By decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites of 30 October 1925, he was named Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Cuneo. He combined in his person the bishoprics of Fossano and Cuneo. He died at Fossano on 19 March 1934. Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement. I (1922), p. 318. Rivista di diritto ecclesiastico (in Italian). Unione Tipografico-Editrice. 1905. pp. 276–279. Bollettino ufficiale del Ministero della giustizia e degli affari di culto (in Italian). Rome: Tipografia della Camera dei deputati. 1925. p. 198. Alfred Baudrillart; Albert Vogt; Urbain Rouziès (1967). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 17\. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 1205.
25. ^ Rosso was born in Valmala in the diocese of Saluzzo in 1885. He was appointed bishop of Cuneo on 14 November 1934. Bishop Rosso was instrumental in helping Jews escape persecution under the Fascists and Nazis. Susan Zuccotti (2007). Holocaust Odysseys: The Jews of Saint-Martin-Vésubie and Their Flight Through France and Italy. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 144, 147. ISBN 978-0-300-13455-1. Annuario pontificio (Città del Vaticano 1942), p. 140.
26. ^ Cavallotto was born in Noche di Vinchio (Asti) in 1940. He studied at the seminary in Asti, and on ordination to the priesthood was appointed director of the Minor Seminary in Asti (1964–1967). In 1984 Cavallotto earned a doctoral degree in the Science of Education from the Ateneo Pedagogico Salesiano. In 1995, Cavallotto was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Missiology at the Pontifical Urban University, a school in Rome for the training of Roman Catholic missionaries. In 2004 he was promoted Rector Magnificus of the Urbaniana. He was named Bishop of Cuneo and of Fossano on 24 August 2005. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal Severino Poletto, his metropolitan, on 15 October 2005. His duties at the university in Rome therefore coincided with his duties as Bishop of Cuneo and Bishop of Fossano. Diocesi di Cuneo, Biography of Bishop Emeritus Cavallotto; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
27. ^ Delbosco was born in 1955. He was named Bishop of Cuneo and Bishop of Fossano on 9 October 2015, and was consecrated by the Archbishop of Turin, Cesare Nosiglia, his metropolitan, on 29 November 2015. He took possession of the Diocese of Fossano on the same day, and took possession of the Diocese of Cuneo on 6 December 2015. Diocesi di Cuneo, CV of Bishop Delbosco; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
28. ^ chiesacattolica.it (Retrieved:2008-03-11) Archived 2008-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

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## External links[edit]

* Benigni, Umberto. "Diocese of Cuneo." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 26 Mar. 2018.

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