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Diocese of Acqui

Dioecesis Aquensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Luigi Testore, Bishop
  • Pier Giorgio Micchiardi, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,751 (676 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Piemonte
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesiacqui-piemonte.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Piazza Duomo 9, 15011 Acqui Terme [Alessandria], Italia
  • Telephone: 0144.32.20.78

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Acqui (erected)
1175Territory LostDiocese of Acqui Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia) (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1821104,001.0%OTC
1835119OTC
1886152,207.0%2660115OTC
1950179,800180,00099.9%2855934452250230147ap1951
1959173,750174,00099.9%2592728660727218145ap1960
1970164,103164,53099.7%2154025564343641150ap1971
1980150,500151,10099.6%16628194775134435152ap1981
1990142,000143,00099.3%1492917879731390115ap1991
1999143,360145,28898.7%12721148968421313115ap2000
2000143,200145,12098.7%12427151948429315115ap2001
2001142,500144,95098.3%12027147969428313115ap2002
2002141,450145,83097.0%11727144982428308115ap2003
2003140,823146,42096.2%11825143984526296115ap2004
2004141,506175,48880.6%11629145975530344115ap2005
2006137,000145,00094.5%113221351,014822349115ap2007
2012144,600152,00095.1%9381011,431168351115ap2013
2015148,500156,10095.1%9581031,441168351115ap2015
2018139,000145,27095.7%83181011,3762118200115ap2019
2020128,550140,47591.5%83171001,2852319200115ap2021
2022128,000136,77793.6%7617931,3762018156115ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 97, and Page 98
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 91
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 113
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 89
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 93
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 93
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 83
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 114
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 62
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 808, to Page 809

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