Diocese of

Pinerolo 𝐖

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pinerolo / Pinerolien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Torino

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Donato Vescovo

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Via Vescovado 1, 10064 Pinerolo, Italy

Phone: 0121 373311

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.07.07 – ...):Bishop Derio Olivero (63)Bishop Derio Olivero (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pinerolo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Derio Olivero (63)Bishop Derio Olivero (63)
(2017.07.07 – ...)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

Quid quæritis

Born:1961.03.17 (Cuneo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1987.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:2017.10.08

Priest of Fossano (Italy) (1987.09.12 – 2017.07.07)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (2017.07.07 – ...)

Bishop Piergiorgio Debernardi (84)Bishop Piergiorgio Debernardi (84)
(1998.07.07 – 2017.07.07)

Bishop emeritus of Pinerolo (Italy)

Deus caritas est

Born:1940.03.31 (Feletto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1998.09.20

Priest of Ivrea (Italy) (1965.06.27 – 1998.07.07)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1998.07.07 – 2017.07.07)

Bishop Pietro Giachetti
(1976.05.01 – 1998.07.07)

Born:1922.09.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1946.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1976.06.29
Died:2006.08.06 († 83)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1976.05.01 – 1998.07.07)

Bishop Massimo Giustetti
(1974.03.21 – 1975.12.17)

Born:1926.02.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1950.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1972.08.27
Died:2012.12.04 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Celene (1972.07.01 – 1974.03.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy) (1972.07.01 – 1974.03.21)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1974.03.21 – 1975.12.17)

Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1975.12.17 – 1986.12.03)

Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1986.12.03 – 2001.07.13)

Bishop Massimo Giustetti
(Apostolic Administrator 1972.07.01 – 1974.03.21)

Bishop Bartolomeo Santo Quadri (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.05.23 – 1972.03.18)

Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi
(1930.01.20 – 1966.09.29)

Born:1883.01.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1906.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:1930.03.30
Died:1968.05.23 († 85)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1930.01.20 – 1966.09.29)

Bishop Angelo Bartolomasi (later Archbishop)
(1922.12.11 – 1929.04.23)

Born:1869.05.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1892.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1911.01.15
Died:1959.02.28 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Derbe (1910.11.24 – 1919.12.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy) (1910.11.24 – 1919.12.15)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1919.12.15 – 1922.12.11)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1919.12.15 – 1922.12.11)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1922.12.11 – 1929.04.23)

Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy) (1929.04.23 – 1944.10.28)

Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palæstina (1929.04.23 – 1959.02.28)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Rossi
(1894.05.18 – 1922.08.19)

Born:1838.01.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1863.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1894.05.27
Died:1922.08.19 († 84)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1894.05.18 – 1922.08.19)

Bishop Giovanni Maria Sardi
(1886.06.13 – 1894.01.22)

Born:1825.12.04
Ordained Priest:1848.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:1886.06.13
Died:1894.01.22 († 68)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1886.06.13 – 1894.01.22)

Bishop Filippo Chiesa
(1881.11.20 – 1886.05.26)

Born:1839.11.24
Ordained Priest:1862.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1881.11.20
Died:1886.11.03 († 46)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1881.11.20 – 1886.05.26)

Bishop Giovanni Domenico Vassarotti
(1874.02.24 – 1881.08.25)

Born:1815.04.30
Ordained Priest:1837.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1874.02.24
Died:1881.08.25 († 66)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1874.02.24 – 1881.08.25)

Bishop Lorenzo Guglielmo Maria Renaldi
(1849.05.20 – 1873.07.23)

Born:1808.12.19
Ordained Priest:1832.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:1849.05.20
Died:1873.07.23 († 64)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1849.05.20 – 1873.07.23)

Bishop Andreas Charvaz (later Archbishop)
(1834.01.20 – 1848.05.09)

Born:1793.12.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1818.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1834.03.09
Died:1870.10.18 († 76)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1834.01.20 – 1848.05.09)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastia (1848.07.03 – 1852.09.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1852.09.27 – 1870.10.18)

Bishop Pierre-Joseph Rey
(1824.05.24 – 1832.07.02)

Born:1770.04.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:1793.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:1824.08.01
Died:1842.01.31 († 71)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) ([1824.03.20] 1824.05.24 – 1832.07.02)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1832.06.13] 1832.07.02 – 1842.01.31)

Archbishop François-Marie Bigex
(1817.10.01 – 1824.05.24)

Born:1751.09.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:1776.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1817.11.23
Died:1827.02.19 († 75)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) ([1817.08.08] 1817.10.01 – 1824.05.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) ([1824.03.20] 1824.05.24 – 1827.02.19)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Grimaldi (later Archbishop)
(1797.08.06 – 1805.02.01)

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 Giovanni Battista D’Orliè De Saint Innocent, C.R.S.A.
(1749.05.05 – 1794.10.11)

Born:1705.06.21
Ordained Priest:1732.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1749.05.11
Died:1794.10.11 († 89)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1749.05.05 – 1794.10.11)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (63)

Gap–Embrun (←), Susa (↑), Torino (↗), Saluzzo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,444 km²

Population: 76,900 Catholics (81.5% of 94,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 62 parishes

Personnel: 70 priests (56 diocesan, 14 religious), 17 deacons, 138 religious (18 brothers, 120 sisters), 6 seminarians

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