Diocese of

Aosta

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Aosta (Italiano) / Aoste (français) / Augustan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Torino

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Grato (September 7)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 25

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Via Mons. De Sales 3/a, 11100 Aosta, Italy

Phone: 0165 238515

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.11.09 – ...):Bishop Franco Lovignana (67)Bishop Franco Lovignana (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Aosta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franco Lovignana (67)Bishop Franco Lovignana (67)
(2011.11.09 – ...)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy)

Non turbetur cor vestrum

Born:1957.11.22 (Aosta, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1981.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:2011.12.18

Priest of Aosta (Italy) (1981.06.21 – 2011.11.09)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (2011.11.09 – ...)

Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi (89)Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi (89)
(1994.12.30 – 2011.11.09)

Bishop emeritus of Aosta (Italy)

In manus tuas Domine

Born:1935.03.07 (Marebbe-Enneberg, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1959.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1995.01.22

Priest of Torino (Italy) (1959.06.28 – 1994.12.30)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1994.12.30 – 2011.11.09)

Bishop Ovidio Lari
(1968.10.15 – 1994.12.30)

Born:1919.01.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1941.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1968.11.30
Died:2007.02.02 († 88)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1968.10.15 – 1994.12.30)

Bishop Maturino Blanchet, O.M.I.
(1946.02.18 – 1968.10.15)

Born:1892.03.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1921.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1946.03.03
Died:1974.11.09 († 82)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1946.02.18 – 1968.10.15)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1968.10.15 – 1974.11.09)

Bishop Francesco Imberti (later Archbishop)
(1932.07.23 – 1945.10.16)

Born:1882.12.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1906.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1932.09.11
Died:1967.01.27 († 84)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1932.07.23 – 1945.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1945.10.16 – 1966.09.05)

Titular Archbishop of Vulturia (1966.09.05 – 1967.01.27)

Bishop Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese
(1920.05.07 – 1932.05.07)

Born:1867.02.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1889.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1920.07.11
Died:1932.05.07 († 65)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1920.05.07 – 1932.05.07)

Bishop Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M.
(1908.02.17 – 1919.08.24)

Born:1850.08.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1873.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1908.05.28
Died:1919.08.24 († 69)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1908.02.17 – 1919.08.24)

Bishop Augusto Giuseppe Duc (later Archbishop)
(1872.07.29 – 1907.12.19)

Born:1835.02.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1857.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1872.09.01
Died:1922.12.14 († 87)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1872.07.29 – 1907.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis (1907.12.19 – 1922.12.14)

Bishop Giacomo Giuseppe Jans
(1867.02.22 – 1872.03.21)

Born:1810.03.10
Ordained Priest:1835.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1867.05.01
Died:1872.03.21 († 62)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1867.02.22 – 1872.03.21)

Bishop André Jourdain
(1832.07.02 – 1859.05.29)

Born:1780.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1832.09.23
Died:1859.05.29 († 79)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1832.07.02 – 1859.05.29)

Bishop Evase Second Agodino
(1824 – 1831.04.24)

Ordained Priest:1790.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1824.07.18
Died:1831.04.24

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1824 – 1831.04.24)

Bishop Jean Baptiste Marie Aubriot de la Palme
(1819 – 1823)

Ordained Priest:1776.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1819.07.11
Died:1826.02.08

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1819 – 1823)

Bishop André Marie de Maistre
(1818.03 – 1818.07.18)

Born:1757.06.14
Died:1818.07.18 († 61)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1818.03 – 1818.07.18)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Grimaldi (later Archbishop)
(1805.02.01 – 1817.10.01)

Born:1754.01.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1779.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:1797.08.06
Died:1830.01.01 († 75)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1797.08.06 – 1805.02.01)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1805.02.01 – 1817.10.01)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1805.02.01 – 1817.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1817.10.01 – 1830.01.01)

Bishop Paolo Giuseppe Solaro (later Cardinal)
(1784.09.20 – 1804.06.21)

Born:1743.01.24 (Szeben, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1766.02.22
Consecrated Bishop:1784.09.26
Created Cardinal:1816.09.23
Died:1824.09.09 (Torino, Italy † 81)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1784.09.20 – 1804.06.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1823.11.24 – 1824.09.09)

Bishop Pierre François de Sales de Thorens
(1741.04.16 – 1783.12.05)

Born:1704.04.09
Ordained Priest:1727.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1741.04.23
Died:1783.12.05 († 79)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1741.04.16 – 1783.12.05)

Bishop Jean Grillet
(1729 – 1730.09.14)

Ordained Priest:1690.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1729.10.09
Died:1730.09.14

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1729 – 1730.09.14)

Bishop Jacques Rambert
(1728.02.08 – 1728.09.16)

Ordained Priest:1698.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1727.11.30
Died:1728.09.16

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1728.02.08 – 1728.09.16)

Bishop François-Amédée Milliet d’Arvillars (later Archbishop)
(1699 – 1727)

Born:1664.03.06
Ordained Priest:1687.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:1699.02.01
Died:1744.08.28 († 80)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1699 – 1727)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarentaise (France) (1727 – 1744)

Bishop Alexandre Lambert de Soyrier
(1693 – 1698.08.25)

Born:1632.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1692.06.30
Died:1706.09.28 († 74)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1693 – 1698.08.25)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1698.08.25 – 1706.09.28)

Bishop Philibert Albert Bailly
(1659 – 1691.04.03)

Born:1605.03.01
Ordained Priest:1635
Consecrated Bishop:1659.03.09
Died:1691.04.03 († 86)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1659 – 1691.04.03)

Bishop Philibert Milliet de Faverges
(1656.10.15 – 1658.07.29)

Died:1663.12.15

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1656.10.15 – 1658.07.29)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1658.07.29 – 1663.12.15)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Vercellino
(1623 – 1651.03.17)

Consecrated Bishop:1623.05.14
Died:1651.03.17

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1623 – 1651.03.17)

Bishop Luigi Martini
(1611 – 1621.12.10)

Consecrated Bishop:1611.02.24
Died:1621.12.10

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1611 – 1621.12.10)

Bishop Bartolomeo Ferrero
(1595 – 1607.08.04)

Ordained Priest:1574.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:1595.05.16
Died:1607.08.04

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1595 – 1607.08.04)

Bishop Honoré Lascaris de Vintimille
(1594 – 1594.07.11)

Consecrated Bishop:1594.04.02
Died:1594.07.11

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1594 – 1594.07.11)

Bishop Giovanni Goffredo Ginod
(1586 – 1592.02.26)

Consecrated Bishop:1586.12.14
Died:1592.02.26

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1586 – 1592.02.26)

Bishop Cesare Gromis
(1572 – 1585.06.25)

Consecrated Bishop:1573.07.01
Died:1585.06.25

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1572 – 1585.06.25)

Bishop Gerolamo Ferragatta, O.E.S.A.
(1568.04.30 – 1572.07.24)

Died:1572.07.24

Titular Bishop of Verissa (1560.09.13 – 1568.04.30)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1568.04.30 – 1572.07.24)

Cardinal Marcantonio Bobba
(1557.06.14 – 1568)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1556
Consecrated Bishop:1557.08.15
Created Cardinal:1565.03.12
Died:1575.03.18

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1557.06.14 – 1568)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1566.02.08 – 1572.06.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1572.06.02 – 1575.03.18)

Bishop Pietro Gazino
(1528 – 1557.05)

Consecrated Bishop:1529.07.02

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1528 – 1557.05)

Bishop Amedeo Berruti
(1515 – 1525.02)

Born:1470
Died:1525.02 († 54)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1515 – 1525.02)

Bishop Ercole d’Azeglio
(1511 – 1515.06.06)

Died:1515.06.06

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1511 – 1515.06.06)

Bishop François de Prez
(1464.08.04 – 1511.05.22)

Consecrated Bishop:1464.07.22
Died:1511.05.22

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1464.08.04 – 1511.05.22)

Bishop Antoine de Prez
(1444 – 1464.05.16)

Died:1464.05.16

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1444 – 1464.05.16)

Bishop Jean di Pranga (later Archbishop)
(1440.04.01 – 1444.10.23)

Died:1446.05.07

Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland) (1433.11.04 – 1440.04.01)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1440.04.01 – 1444.10.23)

Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1444.10.23 – 1446.05.07)

Bishop Giorgio di Saluzzo
(1433.02.16 – 1440.04.01)

Died:1461.11.05

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1433.02.16 – 1440.04.01)

Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland) (1440.04.01 – 1461.11.05)

Bishop Oggero Morisetti
(1411.01.12 – 1433.02.11)

Died:1441.01.11

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1411.01.12 – 1433.02.11)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1433.02.11 – 1441.01.11)

Bishop Pietro de Sonnaz
(1399 – 1410.01.18)

Consecrated Bishop:1400.01.25
Died:1410.01.18

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1399 – 1410.01.18)

Bishop Giacomo Ferrandini
(1376 – 1399.07.07)

Died:1399.07.07

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1376 – 1399.07.07)

Bishop Bonifacio di Challant
(1375 – 1376)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1375 – 1376)

Bishop Emerico di Quart
(1361 – 1375.10.10)

Died:1375.10.10

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1361 – 1375.10.10)

Bishop Niccolò di Bersatoribus
(1327 – 1361)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1327 – 1361)

Bishop Ardizzone di Pont-Saint-Martin
(1314 – 1327.03)

Died:1327.03

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1314 – 1327.03)

Blessed Bishop Emerico di Quart
(1302 – 1313.08.01)

Born:1250 (Quart, Italy)
Died:1313.08.01 (Aosta, Italy † 62)
Beatified:1881.07.14 (equipollently)
Feast:08.01

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1302 – 1313.08.01)

Bishop.

Bishop Niccolò di Bersatoribus
(1283 – 1301.10.07)

Died:1301.10.07

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1283 – 1301.10.07)

Bishop Simone di Duin
(1275 – 1283.01.20)

Died:1283.01.20

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1275 – 1283.01.20)

Bishop Aimone di Challant
(1272 – 1273)

Died:1305.06.19

Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1268 – 1305.06.19)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1272 – 1273)

Bishop Pierre du Palais
(1260 – 1263)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1260 – 1263)

Bishop Pierre d’Etroubles
(1258 – 1259.09.01)

Died:1259.09.01

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1258 – 1259.09.01)

Bishop Pierre de Pra
(1246 – 1256)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1246 – 1256)

Fr. Rodolphe Grossi du Chastelar (later Archbishop)
(1243 – 1246 not possessed)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1243 – 1246 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarentaise (France) (1249 – 1271)

Blessed Bishop Bonifacio di Valperga
(1220 – 1243.04.25)

Died:1243.04.25 (Aosta, Italy)
Beatified:1890.04.28 (equipollently)
Feast:04.25

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1220 – 1243.04.25)

Bishop.

Bishop Giacomo da Porzia
(1216 – 1219)

Died:1236

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1216 – 1219)

Bishop of Asti (Italy) (1219 – 1236)

Bishop Walberto
(1186 – 1212)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1186 – 1212)

Bishop Guy
(1180 – 1185)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1180 – 1185)

Bishop Aimone de la Porte Saint-Ours
(1170 – 1176)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1170 – 1176)

Bishop Guillaume de la Palud
(1161 – 1170)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1161 – 1170)

Bishop Arnolfo d’Avise
(1152 – 1158)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1152 – 1158)

Bishop Hugues d’Avise
(1147 – 1148?)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1147 – 1148?)

Bishop Bosone de la Porte Saint-Ours
(1147? – ?)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1147? – ?)

Bishop Armanno
(1141? – ?)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1141? – ?)

Bishop Eriberto
(1114? – 1138)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1114? – 1138)

Bishop Boso
(1113? – ?)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1113? – ?)

Bishop Anselmo
(1075? – 1090?)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1075? – 1090?)

Bishop Burcardo
(1026 – 1031)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1026 – 1031)

Bishop Anselmo
(994? – 1026.01.14)

Died:1026.01.14

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (994? – 1026.01.14)

Saint Bishop Giocondo di Aosta
(502? – ?)

Feast:12.30

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (502? – ?)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Grato
(470 – ?)

Feast:09.07

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (470 – ?)

Bishop.

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Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,262 km²

Population: 122,116 Catholics (97.1% of 125,769 total)

Pastoral Centres: 93 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 86 priests (68 diocesan, 18 religious), 13 deacons, 132 religious (24 brothers, 108 sisters)

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