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Diocese of Vigevano

Dioecesis Viglevanensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Maurizio Gervasoni, Bishop
  • Vincenzo Di Mauro, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 March 1530
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,509 (582 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Lombardia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesivigevano.it/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Vescovile, Piazza S. Ambrogio 14, 27029 Vigevano [Pavia], Italia
  • Telephone: 0381.69.13.89
  • Fax: 0381.69.67.67

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 March 1530ErectedDiocese of Novara Diocese of Vigevano (erected)
17 July 1974Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Vigevano (from Vercelli)
26 June 2016Territory LostDiocese of Vigevano (S. Silvano Martire (Sozzago in Novara)) Diocese of Novara
26 June 2016Territory AddedDiocese of Novara (Blessed Vergine Assunta (Gravellona Lomellina in Pavia)) Diocese of Vigevano

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1821100,305.0%OTC
183570OTC
1886157,091.0%251071OTC
1950182,000183,00099.5%1515306,06620200200ap1951
1969186,220186,38999.9%162231851,0063148681ap1971
1980183,678183,87199.9%142211631,1262438494ap1981
1990176,402176,80699.8%126201461,2082231987ap1991
1999174,000176,00098.9%117101271,37031125387ap2000
2000174,000176,00098.9%120111311,32881224887ap2001
2001174,000175,90098.9%119111301,33881222587ap2002
2002174,200177,47798.2%11681241,4048922187ap2003
2003173,600176,85598.2%113101231,41181121687ap2004
2004173,055175,95098.4%111111221,41881221387ap2005
2010179,179188,90094.9%103111141,571101215787ap2011
2014183,400193,00095.0%98111091,682131215587ap2015
2017182,200191,80095.0%9791061,71814913587ap2018
2020181,000189,80095.4%92111031,757131211987ap2021
2022178,650187,33095.4%888961,860131011287ap2023

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 4, Page 369
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 415
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 442
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 396
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 827
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 499, and Page 500
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 108, Page 807, and Page 808

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