Former Diocese of

Fossano

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Fossano (Italiano) / Fossanen(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Giovenale (May 3)

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Fossano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Piero Delbosco (69)Bishop Piero Delbosco (69)
(2015.10.09 – 2023.06.01)

Bishop of Cuneo–Fossano (Italy)

Laudate et benedicite Dominum

Born:1955.08.15 (Poirino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1980.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:2015.11.29

Priest of Torino (Italy) (1980.11.15 – 2015.10.09)

Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (2015.10.09 – 2023.06.01)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (2015.10.09 – 2023.06.01)

Bishop of Cuneo–Fossano (Italy) (2023.06.01 – ...)

Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto (84)Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto (84)
(2005.08.24 – 2015.10.09)

Bishop emeritus of Fossano (Italy)
Bishop emeritus of Cuneo (Italy)

Vitam impendere vero

Born:1940.02.13 (Noche dì Vinchio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2005.10.15

Priest of Asti (Italy) (1964.06.29 – 2005.08.24)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.03.09 – 2005.08.24)

Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University (2003 – 2005.08.24)

Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (2005.08.24 – 2015.10.09)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (2005.08.24 – 2015.10.09)

Bishop Natalino Pescarolo
(1992.05.04 – 2005.08.24)

Born:1929.03.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1952.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1990.05.05
Died:2015.01.04 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Alessano (1990.04.07 – 1992.05.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (1990.04.07 – 1992.05.04)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1992.05.04 – 2005.08.24)

Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (1999.02.01 – 2005.08.24)

Bishop Severino Poletto (later Cardinal)
(1980.10.29 – 1989.03.16)

In sequela Christi

Born:1933.03.18 (Salgareda, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1957.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1980.05.17
Created Cardinal:2001.02.21
Died:2022.12.17 (Moncalieri, Italy † 89)

Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy) (1957.06.29 – 1980.04.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1980.04.03 – 1980.10.29)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1980.10.29 – 1989.03.16)

Bishop of Asti (Italy) (1989.03.16 – 1999.06.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1999.06.19 – 2010.10.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title (2001.02.21 [2001.03.19] – 2022.12.17)

Archbishop Giovanni Francesco Dadone
(1963.09.17 – 1980.10.29)

Born:1908.11.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1931.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1952.06.01
Died:1980.10.29 († 71)

Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) (1952.03.28 – 1963.09.17)

Archbishop-Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1963.09.17 – 1980.10.29)

Bishop Dionisio Borra
(1943.04.30 – 1963.09.02)

Born:1886.10.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1910.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1943.06.29
Died:1972.01.07 († 85)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1943.04.30 – 1963.09.02)

Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (1963.09.02 – 1972.01.07)

Bishop Angelo Soracco
(1934.12.12 – 1943.03.11)

Born:1890.04.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1914
Consecrated Bishop:1935.03.19
Died:1943.03.11 († 52)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1934.12.12 – 1943.03.11)

Bishop Quirico Travaini
(1919.01.16 – 1934.03.19)

Born:1866.06.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1893.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:1919.06.01
Died:1934.03.19 († 67)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1919.01.16 – 1934.03.19)

Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (1926.06.21 – 1934.03.19)

Bishop Giosuè Signori (later Archbishop)
(1910.04.26 – 1918.12.23)

Born:1859.12.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1883.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1910.05.16
Died:1923.11.25 († 63)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1910.04.26 – 1918.12.23)

Bishop of Alessandria (Italy) (1918.12.23 – 1921.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1921.11.21 – 1923.11.25)

Bishop Emiliano Manacorda
(1871.11.24 – 1909.07.29)

Born:1833.08.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1859.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:1871.12.31
Died:1909.07.29 († 75)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1871.11.24 – 1909.07.29)

Bishop Carlo Giacinto Luigi Maria Fantini
(1849.09.28 – 1852)

Born:1803.11.04
Ordained Priest:1826.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1849.10.21
Died:1852.08.28 († 48)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1849.09.28 – 1852)

Bishop Ferdinando Bruno di Tornaforte
(1836.02.01 – 1848.09.27)

Born:1799.09.21
Ordained Priest:1822.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:1836.02.14
Died:1848.09.27 († 49)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1836.02.01 – 1848.09.27)

Bishop Luigi Fransoni (later Archbishop)
(1821.08.13 – 1832.02.24)

Born:1789.03.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1814.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:1821.08.19
Died:1862.03.26 († 72)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1821.08.13 – 1832.02.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Torino (Italy) (1831.08 – 1832.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1832.02.24 – 1862.03.26)

Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo
(1762.05.02 – 1799.11.18)

Born:1722.11.06
Ordained Priest:1747.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:1762.05.02
Died:1799.11.18 († 77)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1762.05.02 – 1799.11.18)

Bishop-elect Filippo Mazzetti
(1755.02.17 – ?)

Born:1709.06.15
Ordained Priest:1734.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:1755.02.23

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1755.02.17 – ?)

Bishop Giambattista Pensa
(1741.04.17 – 1754.06.01)

Born:1704.07.10
Ordained Priest:1728.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1741.04.23
Died:1754.06.01 († 49)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1741.04.17 – 1754.06.01)

Bishop Cristoforo Lorenzo Baratta
(1727.08 – 1740.07.20)

Born:1679.02.06
Ordained Priest:1702.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:1727.11.30
Died:1740.07.20 († 61)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1727.08 – 1740.07.20)

Bishop Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S.
(1678.03.28 – 1701.11.27)

Born:1639.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:1678.04.12
Died:1701.11.27 († 62)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1678.03.28 – 1701.11.27)

Bishop Ottaviano della Rovere, B.
(1675.06.17 – 1677.10)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1675.06.23
Died:1677.10

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1675.06.17 – 1677.10)

Bishop Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti
(1658.07.08 – 1675.04.20)

Consecrated Bishop:1658.07.28
Died:1675.04.20

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1658.07.08 – 1675.04.20)

Bishop Nicola Dalmatico, O.E.S.A.
(1648.11.25 – 1653.04.20)

Consecrated Bishop:1648.11.29
Died:1653.04.20

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1648.11.25 – 1653.04.20)

Bishop Federico Sandri-Trotti
(1627.12.20 – 1646.11.05)

Consecrated Bishop:1628.02.06
Died:1646.11.05

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1627.12.20 – 1646.11.05)

Bishop Agostino Solaro di Moretta
(1621.03.29 – 1625)

Consecrated Bishop:1621.04.13
Died:1625.06.18

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1621.03.29 – 1625)

Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1625 – 1625.06.18)

Bishop Tommaso Piolatto, C.R.L.
(1606 – 1620.09.15)

Died:1620.09.15

Titular Bishop of Paphos (1605.07.18 – 1606)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1605.07.18 – 1606)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1606 – 1620.09.15)

Bishop Pedro de LeΓ³n
(1602.05.04 – 1606)

Died:1606

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1602.05.04 – 1606)

Bishop Camillo Daddeo
(1592.04.15 – 1600.09.24)

Died:1600.09.24

Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) (1584.08.13 – 1592.04.15)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1592.04.15 – 1600.09.24)

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