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Diocese of Aosta

Dioecesis Augustana



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Bishop(s)

  • Franco Lovignana, Bishop
  • Giuseppe Anfossi, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 3,262 (1,259 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Piemonte
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesiaosta.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via Mgr. de Sales 3/A, 11100 Aosta, Italia
  • Telephone: 0165.23.85.15/6
  • Fax: 0165.23.85.17

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Aosta (erected)
1 June 1803SuppressedDiocese of Aosta (suppressed)
17 July 1817RestoredDiocese of Aosta
12 July 1982Territory AddedDiocese of Ivrea (Parts of San Martino in Carema in Pont Saint Martin) Diocese of Aosta

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
182173,642.0%OTC
183585OTC
188682,188.0%221087OTC
195089,70090,00099.7%148181665402025289ap1951
1959100,000100,27699.7%146251715843626390ap1960
1970108,550108,85199.7%144321766164723394ap1971
1980112,754114,17698.8%1323817066315021594ap1981
1990113,350115,21698.4%1253516070894714793ap1991
1999118,408120,70098.1%10737144822104014293ap2000
2000118,400120,70098.1%10439143827114313893ap2001
2001118,385120,95297.9%1013613786413913193ap2002
2002118,000120,87097.6%10036136867124012893ap2003
2003118,000120,80097.7%10133134880123712693ap2004
2004117,700121,00097.3%10133134878133626893ap2005
2006119,546122,58997.5%9628124964133813593ap2007
2012128,943133,21896.8%80241041,239153612393ap2013
2015125,336128,61297.5%79291081,160163811193ap2016
2018124,043127,79797.1%80271071,159153510193ap2019
2020122,963127,27196.6%7420941,30815258293ap2021
2022121,817125,49797.1%6819871,400142510393ap2023

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 117
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 98
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 122, and Page 123
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 100
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 104, and Page 105
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 106
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 94
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 131
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 73
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 828, to Page 829
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 74, Page 1,075

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