Aosta (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

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

Valbert † ( 1186 Appointed - 26 Oct 1212 Died)
Giacomo da Porzia † ( 1213 Appointed - 1219 Appointed, Bishop of Asti)
Bl. Bonifacio di Valperga † (17 Jul 1219 Appointed - 25 Apr 1243 Died)
Rodolfo Grossi du Chastelar † (18 Dec 1243 Appointed - 2 Mar 1246 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise))
Pierre de Pra † ( 1246 Appointed - 1256 Died)
Pierre d’Etroubles † ( 1258 Appointed - 1 Sep 1259 Died)
Pietro du Palais † (Dec 1260 Appointed - 1263 Died)
Umberto di Villette † (25 Apr 1266 Appointed - 29 Mar 1272 Died)
Aime de Chantal † (30 Aug 1272 Appointed - 21 Dec 1273 Appointed, Bishop of Vercelli)
Simon de Duin † (1 Feb 1275 Appointed - 20 Jan 1283 Died)
Niccolò di Bersatoribus † ( 1283 Appointed - 7 Oct 1301 Died)
Aimeric de Quarto † ( 1301 Appointed - 1 Sep 1313 Died)
Arduce de Pont-Saint-Martin † ( 1318 Appointed - 1327 Died)
Niccolò de Bersatori † (22 Sep 1327 Appointed - 1361 Died)
Bl. Aymeric (Emerico) di Quart † (22 Oct 1361 Appointed - 10 Oct 1375 Died)
Bonifacio di Challant † (27 Oct 1375 Appointed - 27 Aug 1376 Died)
Jacques Ferrandin de Saint-Marcel † (14 Feb 1377 Appointed - 4 Jul 1399 Died)
Pierre de Sonnaz † (31 Oct 1399 Appointed - 1410 Died)
Ogerio Moriset † (12 Jan 1411 Appointed - 11 Feb 1433 Appointed, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne)
Giorgio di Saluzzo † (16 Feb 1433 Appointed - 1 Apr 1440 Appointed, Bishop of Lausanne)
Giovanni di Prangins † (1 Apr 1440 Appointed - 23 Oct 1444 Resigned)
Antoine de Prez † (23 Oct 1444 Appointed - 4 Apr 1464 Resigned)
François Desprez † (4 Apr 1464 Appointed - 22 May 1511 Died)
Ercole d’Azeglio † (22 Aug 1511 Appointed - 6 Jun 1515 Died)
Amedeo Berruti † (13 Jun 1515 Appointed - Feb 1525 Died)
Pietro Gazino, C.R.L. † (24 Jan 1528 Appointed - 20 May 1557 Died)
Alvaro Rodrigo † (24 Jan 1528 Appointed - Mar 1528 Resigned)
Pietro Gazino, C.R.L. † (2 Jul 1529 Ordained Bishop - 20 May 1557 Died)
Marcantonio Bobba † (14 Jun 1557 Appointed - 1568 Resigned)
Girolamo Ferragatta, O.S.A. † (30 Apr 1568 Appointed - 24 Jul 1572 Died)
Cesare Gromis † (19 Nov 1572 Appointed - 25 Jun 1585 Died)
Giovanni Goffredo Ginod † (16 Jul 1586 Appointed - 26 Feb 1592 Died)
Onorato Lascaris, C.R.S.A. † (23 Mar 1594 Appointed - 11 Jul 1594 Died)
Bartolomeo Ferrero † (5 May 1595 Appointed - 4 Aug 1607 Died)
Lodovico Martini † (31 Jan 1611 Appointed - 10 Dec 1621 Died)
Giovanni Battista Vercellino † (13 Feb 1623 Confirmed - 17 Mar 1651 Died)
Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. † (16 Oct 1656 Appointed - 29 Jul 1658 Appointed, Bishop of Ivrea)
Filiberto Alberto Bailly, B. † (13 Jan 1659 Appointed - 3 Apr 1691 Died)
Alessandro Lambert † (25 Jun 1692 Appointed - 24 Nov 1698 Appointed, Bishop of Ivrea)
François Amédée Milliet d’Arvillars † (5 Jan 1699 Appointed - 25 Jun 1727 Confirmed, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise))
Jacques Rambert † (26 Nov 1727 Confirmed - 16 Sep 1728 Died)
Jean Grillet, O.P. † (3 Oct 1729 Confirmed - 14 Sep 1730 Died)
Pierre François de Sales de Thorens † (17 Apr 1741 Confirmed - 5 Dec 1783 Died)
Paolo Giuseppe Solaro di Villanova † (20 Sep 1784 Appointed - 15 May 1803 Resigned)
Andreas Maria de Maistre † (16 Mar 1818 Confirmed - 18 Jul 1818 Died)
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Aubriot de la Palme † (29 Mar 1819 Confirmed - 30 Jul 1823 Resigned)
Evasio Secundo Agodino † (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed - 24 Apr 1831 Died)
Andrea Jourdain † (2 Jul 1832 Confirmed - 29 May 1859 Died)
Giacomo Giuseppe Jans † (22 Feb 1867 Appointed - 21 Mar 1872 Died)
Joseph-Auguste-Melchior Duc † (29 Jul 1872 Appointed - 16 Dec 1907 Resigned)
Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M. † (30 Mar 1908 Appointed - 24 Aug 1919 Died)
Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese † (7 May 1920 Appointed - 7 May 1932 Died)
Francesco Imberti † (23 Jul 1932 Appointed - 10 Oct 1945 Appointed, Archbishop of Vercelli)
Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. † (18 Feb 1946 Appointed - 15 Oct 1968 Retired)
Ovidio Lari † (15 Oct 1968 Appointed - 30 Dec 1994 Retired)
Giuseppe Anfossi (30 Dec 1994 Appointed - 9 Nov 2011 Retired)
Franco Lovignana (9 Nov 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Aosta (erected)
1 June 1803	Suppressed	Diocese of Aosta (suppressed)
17 July 1817	Restored		Diocese of Aosta
12 July 1982	Territory Added	Diocese of Ivrea (Parts of San Martino in Carema in Pont Saint Martin)	Diocese of Aosta

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1821 73,642 .0% OTC

1835 85 OTC

1886 82,188 .0% 221 0 87 OTC

1950 89,700 90,000 99.7% 148 18 166 540 20 252 89 ap1951

1959 100,000 100,276 99.7% 146 25 171 584 36 263 90 ap1960

1970 108,550 108,851 99.7% 144 32 176 616 47 233 94 ap1971

1980 112,754 114,176 98.8% 132 38 170 663 1 50 215 94 ap1981

1990 113,350 115,216 98.4% 125 35 160 708 9 47 147 93 ap1991

1999 118,408 120,700 98.1% 107 37 144 822 10 40 142 93 ap2000

2000 118,400 120,700 98.1% 104 39 143 827 11 43 138 93 ap2001

2001 118,385 120,952 97.9% 101 36 137 864 1 39 131 93 ap2002

2002 118,000 120,870 97.6% 100 36 136 867 12 40 128 93 ap2003

2003 118,000 120,800 97.7% 101 33 134 880 12 37 126 93 ap2004

2004 117,700 121,000 97.3% 101 33 134 878 13 36 268 93 ap2005

2006 119,546 122,589 97.5% 96 28 124 964 13 38 135 93 ap2007

2012 128,943 133,218 96.8% 80 24 104 1,239 15 36 123 93 ap2013

2015 125,336 128,612 97.5% 79 29 108 1,160 16 38 111 93 ap2016

2018 124,043 127,797 97.1% 80 27 107 1,159 15 35 101 93 ap2019

2020 122,963 127,271 96.6% 74 20 94 1,308 15 25 82 93 ap2021

2022 121,817 125,497 97.1% 68 19 87 1,400 14 25 103 93 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1821		73,642	.0%									OTC
1835											85	OTC
1886		82,188	.0%			221	0				87	OTC
1950	89,700	90,000	99.7%	148	18	166	540		20	252	89	ap1951
1959	100,000	100,276	99.7%	146	25	171	584		36	263	90	ap1960
1970	108,550	108,851	99.7%	144	32	176	616		47	233	94	ap1971
1980	112,754	114,176	98.8%	132	38	170	663	1	50	215	94	ap1981
1990	113,350	115,216	98.4%	125	35	160	708	9	47	147	93	ap1991
1999	118,408	120,700	98.1%	107	37	144	822	10	40	142	93	ap2000
2000	118,400	120,700	98.1%	104	39	143	827	11	43	138	93	ap2001
2001	118,385	120,952	97.9%	101	36	137	864	1	39	131	93	ap2002
2002	118,000	120,870	97.6%	100	36	136	867	12	40	128	93	ap2003
2003	118,000	120,800	97.7%	101	33	134	880	12	37	126	93	ap2004
2004	117,700	121,000	97.3%	101	33	134	878	13	36	268	93	ap2005
2006	119,546	122,589	97.5%	96	28	124	964	13	38	135	93	ap2007
2012	128,943	133,218	96.8%	80	24	104	1,239	15	36	123	93	ap2013
2015	125,336	128,612	97.5%	79	29	108	1,160	16	38	111	93	ap2016
2018	124,043	127,797	97.1%	80	27	107	1,159	15	35	101	93	ap2019
2020	122,963	127,271	96.6%	74	20	94	1,308	15	25	82	93	ap2021
2022	121,817	125,497	97.1%	68	19	87	1,400	14	25	103	93	ap2023