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Diocese of Novara

Dioecesis Novariensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Vercelli
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 4,283 (1,654 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Piemonte
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesinovara.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via Puccini 11, 28100 Novara, Italia
  • Telephone: 0321.66.16.34
  • Fax: 0321.66.16.64

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Novara (erected)
14 March 1530Territory LostDiocese of Novara Diocese of Vigevano (erected)
17 July 1817Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Novara (from Milano)
26 June 2016Territory AddedDiocese of Vigevano (S. Silvano Martire (Sozzago in Novara)) Diocese of Novara
26 June 2016Territory LostDiocese of Novara (Blessed Vergine Assunta (Gravellona Lomellina in Pavia)) Diocese of Vigevano

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1821238,904.0%OTC
1835355OTC
1886362,045.0%8200379OTC
1950419,500420,00099.9%6102308404991902,294381ap1951
1970538,000540,00099.6%5385381,000408ap1971
1980540,000566,68995.3%47520868379042811,932419ap1981
1990567,000589,00096.3%45418063489492121,430346ap1991
1999512,000530,00096.6%413136549932131931,180346ap2000
2000510,000529,00096.4%406132538947121871,170346ap2001
2001528,000533,65098.9%402135537983131911,210346ap2002
2002518,300530,30097.7%399137536966131981,185346ap2003
2003517,600529,90097.7%396132528980151771,160346ap2004
2004525,265545,06596.4%3881335211,008151761,125346ap2005
2013534,900569,80093.9%3321765081,05221206782346ap2014
2016531,000567,68493.5%3061724781,11021205750346ap2017
2019528,000564,90093.5%2771784551,16020209698346ap2020
2021521,730562,75092.7%258713291,58519102632343ap2022

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 371, and Page 372
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 205
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 260, and Page 261
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 262
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 293
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 314, and Page 315
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 819, to Page 821
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 108, Page 807, and Page 808

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