Torino {Turin} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Roberto Repole, Archbishop
Alessandro Giraudo, Auxiliary Bishop
Cesare Nosiglia, Archbishop Emeritus
Guido Fiandino, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 21 May 1515
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 3,540 (1,367 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Piemonte
Official Web Site: https://www.diocesi.torino.it
Mailing Address: Via Val della Torre 3, 10149 Torino, Italia
Telephone: 011.51.56.300
Fax: 011.51.56.319

Historical Details

Diocese of Torino
- Latin Name: Taurinensis
- Erected: 4th Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Meinard † ( 1099 Appointed - 12 Dec 1116 Died)
Milone da Cardano † ( 1170 Appointed - 5 Dec 1187 Appointed, Archbishop of Milano {Milan})
Giacomo di Carisio † ( 1206 Appointed - Nov 1226 Died)
Uguccione Caqualoro † (Jul 1231 Appointed - 1243 Resigned)
Giovanni Arborio † ( 1244 Appointed - 1257 Died)
Gandolfo † ( 1259 Appointed - 15 Dec 1262 Died)
Goffredo Montanari † (20 Feb 1264 Appointed - Aug 1300 Died)
Teodisio Revelli † (6 Nov 1301 Appointed - Oct 1318 Died)
Guido Canale † (16 May 1320 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Thomas de Savoie † (10 Nov 1348 Appointed - 1362 Died)
Bartolomeo de Roma † ( 1362 Appointed - 1364 Died)
Giovanni Orsini de Rivalta † (15 Jan 1365 Appointed - May 1411 Died)
Aimone da Romagnano † (15 Jul 1411 Appointed - Sep 1438 Died)
Ludovico da Romagnano † (10 Oct 1438 Appointed - 1468 Died)
Giovanni de Compesio (Compeys) † (21 Nov 1469 Appointed - 24 Jul 1482 Appointed, Bishop of Genève {Geneva})
Domenico della Rovere † (24 Jul 1482 Appointed - 22 Apr 1501 Died)
Giovanni Ludovico della Rovere † ( 1503 Appointed - Aug 1510 Died)
Giovanni Francesco della Rovere † (Aug 1510 Succeeded - 1517 Died)
Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) † (May 1516 Appointed - 11 May 1517 Resigned)
Claude de Seyssel † (11 May 1517 Appointed - 1 Jun 1520 Died)
Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) † (4 Jul 1520 Appointed - 22 Jun 1548 Resigned)
Cesare Cibo (Cybo) † (22 Jun 1548 Appointed - 26 Dec 1562 Died)
Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (3 Jan 1563 Appointed - May 1564 Ceased)
Girolamo della Rovere † (12 May 1564 Appointed - 7 Feb 1592 Died)
Carlo Broglia † (20 Nov 1592 Appointed - 8 Feb 1617 Died)
Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges † (17 Dec 1618 Appointed - 17 Nov 1624 Died)
Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. † (7 Sep 1626 Appointed - 10 Jul 1627 Died)
Antonio Provana † (19 Jan 1632 Appointed - 25 Jul 1640 Died)
Giulio Cesare Bergera † (23 Feb 1643 Appointed - 1660 Died)
Michele Beggiami (Beggiamo) † (21 Aug 1662 Appointed - Oct 1689 Died)
Michele Antonio Vibò † (27 Nov 1690 Appointed - 13 Feb 1713 Died)
Francesco Giuseppe Arborio di Gattinara, B. † (25 Jun 1727 Confirmed - 14 Oct 1743 Died)
Giovanni Battista Rovero (Rotario da Pralormo) † (3 Feb 1744 Appointed - 9 Oct 1766 Died)
Francesco Lucerna Rorengo di Rorà † (14 Mar 1768 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1778 Died)
Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d’Arignano † (28 Sep 1778 Confirmed - 16 May 1796 Died)
Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (24 Jul 1797 Confirmed - 24 Jun 1805 Resigned)
Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. † (26 Jun 1805 Appointed - 8 Apr 1814 Died)
Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. † (21 Dec 1818 Confirmed - 6 Aug 1831 Died)
Luigi Fransoni † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 26 Mar 1862 Died)
Alessandro Ottaviano Riccardi di Netro † (22 Feb 1867 Appointed - 16 Oct 1870 Died)
Lorenzo Gastaldi † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 25 Mar 1883 Died)
Gaetano Alimonda † (9 Aug 1883 Appointed - 30 May 1891 Died)
Giovanni Maria Davide Eugenio Felice Riccardi † (14 Dec 1891 Appointed - 20 May 1897 Died)
Agostino Richelmy † (18 Sep 1897 Appointed - 10 Aug 1923 Died)
Giuseppe Gamba † (20 Dec 1923 Appointed - 26 Dec 1929 Died)
Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † (11 Dec 1930 Appointed - 30 Mar 1965 Died)
Michele Pellegrino † (18 Sep 1965 Appointed - 27 Jul 1977 Retired)
Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † (1 Aug 1977 Appointed - 31 Jan 1989 Retired)
Giovanni Saldarini † (31 Jan 1989 Appointed - 19 Jun 1999 Resigned)
Severino Poletto † (19 Jun 1999 Appointed - 11 Oct 2010 Retired)
Cesare Nosiglia (11 Oct 2010 Appointed - 19 Feb 2022 Retired)
Roberto Repole (19 Feb 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Torino
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Torino (erected)
Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
21 May 1515	Elevated	Diocese of Torino	Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
15 April 1592	Territory Lost	Diocese of Asti Diocese of Mondovi Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}	Diocese of Fossano (erected)
23 December 1748	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}	Diocese of Pinerolo (erected)
3 August 1772	Territory Lost	Diocese of Oulx (suppressed) Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}	Diocese of Susa (erected)

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

Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}

1821 463,365 .0% OTC

1835 248 OTC

1886 674,565 .0% 1,522 0 268 OTC

1950 1,088,000 1,100,000 98.9% 1,085 800 1,885 577 2,000 8,000 332 ap1951

1969 1,809,000 1,852,475 97.7% 931 736 1,667 1,085 1,294 6,000 373 ap1971

1980 2,006,000 2,119,000 94.7% 912 996 1,908 1,051 24 1,729 5,800 397 ap1981

1990 2,019,000 2,080,000 97.1% 762 940 1,702 1,186 85 1,480 5,535 355 ap1991

1999 2,000,000 2,143,843 93.3% 679 840 1,519 1,316 116 1,368 4,207 357 ap2000

2000 2,065,443 2,143,843 96.3% 678 840 1,518 1,360 118 1,351 4,125 357 ap2001

2001 2,065,443 2,143,843 96.3% 673 810 1,483 1,392 119 1,289 4,023 357 ap2002

2002 2,065,443 2,143,843 96.3% 675 776 1,451 1,423 122 1,265 3,949 357 ap2003

2003 2,065,443 2,143,843 96.3% 656 724 1,380 1,496 125 1,206 3,927 357 ap2004

2004 2,065,443 2,143,843 96.3% 644 714 1,358 1,520 128 1,183 3,915 359 ap2005

2010 2,020,313 2,115,000 95.5% 561 576 1,137 1,776 131 913 3,603 359 ap2011

2014 2,057,000 2,153,000 95.5% 520 535 1,055 1,949 133 849 2,459 355 ap2015

2017 2,024,600 2,113,500 95.8% 473 507 980 2,065 137 793 2,130 354 ap2018

2020 1,982,236 2,070,000 95.8% 435 455 890 2,227 149 712 1,872 347 ap2021

2022 1,954,900 2,037,900 95.9% 413 429 842 2,321 142 641 1,656 346 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
1821		463,365	.0%									OTC
1835											248	OTC
1886		674,565	.0%			1,522	0				268	OTC
1950	1,088,000	1,100,000	98.9%	1,085	800	1,885	577		2,000	8,000	332	ap1951
1969	1,809,000	1,852,475	97.7%	931	736	1,667	1,085		1,294	6,000	373	ap1971
1980	2,006,000	2,119,000	94.7%	912	996	1,908	1,051	24	1,729	5,800	397	ap1981
1990	2,019,000	2,080,000	97.1%	762	940	1,702	1,186	85	1,480	5,535	355	ap1991
1999	2,000,000	2,143,843	93.3%	679	840	1,519	1,316	116	1,368	4,207	357	ap2000
2000	2,065,443	2,143,843	96.3%	678	840	1,518	1,360	118	1,351	4,125	357	ap2001
2001	2,065,443	2,143,843	96.3%	673	810	1,483	1,392	119	1,289	4,023	357	ap2002
2002	2,065,443	2,143,843	96.3%	675	776	1,451	1,423	122	1,265	3,949	357	ap2003
2003	2,065,443	2,143,843	96.3%	656	724	1,380	1,496	125	1,206	3,927	357	ap2004
2004	2,065,443	2,143,843	96.3%	644	714	1,358	1,520	128	1,183	3,915	359	ap2005
2010	2,020,313	2,115,000	95.5%	561	576	1,137	1,776	131	913	3,603	359	ap2011
2014	2,057,000	2,153,000	95.5%	520	535	1,055	1,949	133	849	2,459	355	ap2015
2017	2,024,600	2,113,500	95.8%	473	507	980	2,065	137	793	2,130	354	ap2018
2020	1,982,236	2,070,000	95.8%	435	455	890	2,227	149	712	1,872	347	ap2021
2022	1,954,900	2,037,900	95.9%	413	429	842	2,321	142	641	1,656	346	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Giuseppe Anfossi (Priest: 28 Jun 1959 to 30 Dec 1994)
Marco Arnolfo (Priest: 25 Jun 1978 to 27 Feb 2014)
Marco Brunetti (Priest: 7 Jun 1987 to 21 Jan 2016)
Piero Delbosco (Deacon: 11 Nov 1979; Priest: 15 Nov 1980 to 9 Oct 2015)
Carlo Ellena (Priest: 29 Jun 1962 to 18 Feb 2004)
Walter Erbì
Guido Fiandino (Priest: 28 Jun 1964; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 2002 to 10 Feb 2016)
Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.
Alessandro Giraudo (Priest: 12 Jun 1993; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Oct 2022)
Giacomo Lanzetti (Priest: 26 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 2002 to 29 Sep 2006)
Gabriele Mana (Priest: 25 Jun 1967 to 13 Jul 2001)
Mauro Mantovani, S.D.B.
Pier Giorgio Micchiardi (Priest: 26 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 1990 to 9 Dec 2000)
Cesare Nosiglia (Archbishop: 11 Oct 2010 to 19 Feb 2022)
Marco Prastaro (Priest: 22 May 1988 to 16 Aug 2018)
Roberto Repole (Priest: 13 Jun 1992; Archbishop: 19 Feb 2022 - )
Mauro Rivella (Priest: 22 May 1988)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Gaetano Alimonda † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1883 to 30 May 1891)
Giuseppe Angrisani † (Priest: 20 Dec 1919 to 1 Jul 1940)
Giovanni Arborio † (Bishop: 1244 to 1257)
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano †
Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (Administrator: 3 Jan 1563 to May 1564)
Giovanni Balbo, I.M.C. †
Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 1 Aug 1977 to 31 Jan 1989)
Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. †
Paolo Maria Barone †
Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † (Priest: 12 Jun 1892; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1910 to 15 Dec 1919)
Michele Beggiami (Beggiamo) † (Archbishop: 21 Aug 1662 to Oct 1689)
Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †
Giulio Cesare Bergera † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1643 to 1660)
Ferdinando Bernardi †
Giovanni Battista Bertagna † (Deacon: 21 Dec 1850; Priest: 14 Jun 1851; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1884 to 11 Feb 1905)
Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †
Antonio Bienvenu, O. Carm. †
Pietro Boetto, S.J. †
Ildefonso Giovanni Battista Borgna, O.C.D. †
Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx †
Francesco Bottino † (Priest: 29 Jun 1920; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Dec 1947 to 20 Mar 1973)
Carlo Broglia † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1592 to 8 Feb 1617)
Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (Apostolic Administrator: 10 Mar 1797; Archbishop: 24 Jul 1797 to 24 Jun 1805)
Giuseppe Burzio † (Priest: 29 Jun 1924 to 8 May 1946)
Francesco Alessandro Cagliero, I.M.C. † (Deacon: 4 Jun 1898; Priest: 27 Mar 1899 to Jul 1903)
Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †
Guido Canale † (Bishop: 16 May 1320 to 1348)
Uguccione Caqualoro † (Bishop: Jul 1231 to 1243)
Milone da Cardano † (Bishop: 1170 to 5 Dec 1187)
Giacomo di Carisio † (Bishop: 1206 to Nov 1226)
Costanzo Castrale † (Priest: 30 May 1874; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1905 to 26 Nov 1936)
Giovanni Cheli †
Marcantonio Chenevix †
Efisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. †
Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. †
Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1818 to 6 Aug 1831)
Cesare Cibo (Cybo) † (Archbishop: 22 Jun 1548 to 26 Dec 1562)
Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) † (Administrator: May 1516 to 11 May 1517)
Giovanni de Compesio (Compeys) † (Bishop: 21 Nov 1469 to 24 Jul 1482)
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †
Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d’Arignano † (Priest: 1 Mar 1760 to 11 Sep 1769; Archbishop: 28 Sep 1778 to 16 May 1796)
Santiago (Giacomo) Costamagna, S.D.B. †
Domenico Cumino †
Giuseppe Debernardi † (Priest: 27 Jun 1907 to 13 Mar 1933)
Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa †
Cristoforo della Rovere †
Domenico della Rovere † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 24 Jul 1482 to 22 Apr 1501)
Giovanni Francesco della Rovere † (Coadjutor Bishop: 10 May 1504; Bishop: Aug 1510; Archbishop: 21 May 1515 to 1517)
Giovanni Ludovico della Rovere † (Coadjutor Bishop: 8 Nov 1497; Bishop: 1503 to Aug 1510)
Girolamo della Rovere † (Archbishop: 12 May 1564 to 7 Feb 1592)
Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1805 to 8 Apr 1814)
Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze †
Giuseppe Dell’Omo † (Priest: 1 Nov 1924 to 12 May 1943)
Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †
Giovanni Giuseppe Falletti †
Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. † (Archbishop: 7 Sep 1626 to 10 Jul 1627)
Guido Luca Ferrero †
Teresio Maria Carlo Vittorio Ferrero della Marmora † (Priest: 9 Jun 1781 to 27 Jun 1796)
Matteo Angelo Filipello †
Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana † (Priest: 1 Mar 1749 to 25 May 1757)
Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †
Celestino Matteo Fissore †
Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1930 to 30 Mar 1965)
Luigi Fransoni † (Archbishop: 24 Feb 1832 to 26 Mar 1862)
Enrico Gajo, O.F.M. Cap. †
Jean-Pierre-Ignace Galfione, O.F.M. Cap. †
Eugenio Roberto Galletti †
Giuseppe Gamba † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1923 to 26 Dec 1929)
Giovanni Garigliano † (Priest: 1895 to 1908)
Giuseppe Garneri † (Priest: 29 Jun 1923 to 25 Mar 1954)
Lorenzo Gastaldi † (Priest: 23 Sep 1837 to 27 Mar 1867; Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 25 Mar 1883)
Francesco Giuseppe Arborio di Gattinara, B. † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1727 to 14 Oct 1743)
Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) † (Priest: 20 Dec 1806 to 15 Apr 1833)
Vincenzo Gili †
Costanzo Giordano, O.C.D. †
Matteo Eustachio Gonella †
Vespasien Gribaldi †
Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi † (Priest: 24 Jan 1779 to 24 Jul 1797)
Francesco Lardone † (Priest: 29 Jun 1910 to 21 May 1949)
Francesco Lucerna Rorengo di Rorà † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1768 to 14 Mar 1778)
Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon †
Antonio Romano Malingri †
Francesco Marchisano † (Priest: 29 Jun 1952 to 6 Oct 1988)
St. Giuseppe Marello, O.S.I. †
Livio Maritano † (Priest: 27 Jun 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Oct 1968 to 30 Jun 1979)
Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †
Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. †
Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1618 to 17 Nov 1624)
Nicola Milone † (Priest: 13 Apr 1895 to 21 Nov 1921)
Goffredo Montanari † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1264 to Aug 1300)
Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo †
Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca †
Luigi Giuseppe Nazari di Calabiana †
José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †
Angelo Filippo Giacinto Olivieri di Vernier †
Giovanni Orsini de Rivalta † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1365 to May 1411)
Joseph Parpaglia †
Michele Pellegrino † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1965 to 27 Jul 1977)
Melchiorre Pelletta † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Mar 1588 to 1591)
Giovanni Battista Pinardi † (Priest: 29 Jun 1903; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1916 to 2 Aug 1962)
Carlo Piscina †
Giuseppe Ottavio Hercule Pochettini di Serravalle †
Severino Poletto † (Archbishop: 19 Jun 1999 to 11 Oct 2010)
Antonio Provana † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1632 to 25 Jul 1640)
Luigi (Josef) Puecher Passavalli, O.F.M. Cap. †
Edoardo Pulciano †
Giuseppe Francesco Re †
Georges de Regibus, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jun 1450 to 1472)
Lorenzo Guglielmo Maria Renaldi †
Giovanni Battista Ressia †
Teodisio Revelli † (Bishop: 6 Nov 1301 to Oct 1318)
Francesco Domenico Reynaudi (Raynaud), O.F.M. Cap. †
Giovanni Maria Davide Eugenio Felice Riccardi † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1891 to 20 May 1897)
Alessandro Ottaviano Riccardi di Netro † (Archbishop: 22 Feb 1867 to 16 Oct 1870)
Agostino Richelmy † (Priest: 25 Apr 1873 to 7 Jun 1886; Archbishop: 18 Sep 1897 to 10 Aug 1923)
Bartolomeo de Roma † (Bishop: 1362 to 1364)
Aimone da Romagnano † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1411 to Sep 1438)
Ludovico da Romagnano † (Bishop: 10 Oct 1438 to 1468)
Carlo Rossi † (Priest: 21 Sep 1912 to 7 Dec 1936)
Giovanni Battista Rossi †
Paolo Rostagno † (Priest: 28 Jun 1908 to 5 May 1935)
Giovanni Battista Rovero (Rotario da Pralormo) † (Archbishop: 3 Feb 1744 to 9 Oct 1766)
Giovanni Saldarini † (Archbishop: 31 Jan 1989 to 19 Jun 1999)
Francesco Sanmartino † (Priest: 29 Jun 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 1966 to Jul 1977)
Thomas de Savoie † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1348 to 1362)
Mario Schierano † (Priest: 29 Jun 1938 to 28 Aug 1971)
Claude de Seyssel † (Archbishop: 11 May 1517 to 1 Jun 1520)
Franco Sibilla †
Luigi Spandre † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Sep 1899 to 12 Jun 1909)
Alexandeer Maria Teppa, B. †
Ludovico Terin Bonesio, O.F.M. Cap. †
Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore, O.F.M. †
Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Sep 1961 to 18 Sep 1965)
Domenico Trucchi †
Giacinto Amedeo Vagnone †
Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo † (Deacon: 1 Apr 1876; Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 27 Mar 1885)
Bl. Bonifacio di Valperga †
Giovanni Domenico Vassarotti †
Ottavio Viale †
Michele Antonio Vibò † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1654; Priest: 21 Dec 1654; Archbishop: 27 Nov 1690 to 13 Feb 1713)
Gandolfo † (Bishop: 1259 to 15 Dec 1262)
Meinard † (Bishop: 1099 to 12 Dec 1116)

Source(s)

Diocese of Torino
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 475
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 247
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 309
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 824, to Page 825
Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 329
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 370
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 395
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 360

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