Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}

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Bishop(s) Severino Poletto, Cardinal, Archbishop Guido Fiandino, Auxiliary Bishop Giovanni Saldarini, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Acqui Alba (Pompea) Aosta Asti Cuneo Fossano Ivrea Mondovi Pinerolo Saluzzo Susa

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 21 May 1515 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 3,350 (1,293 Square Miles) Conference Region: Piemonte Official Web Site: http://www.diocesi.torino.it/ Mailing Address: Via Arcivescovado 12, 10121 Torino, Italia Telephone: 011.515.62.11 Fax: 011.515.62.09

Historical Details

• Diocese of Torino
  • Latin Name: Taurinensis
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Country: Italy

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (3 Jan 1563 Appointed - May 1564 Resigned)
• Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d'Arignano † (28 Sep 1778 Appointed - 16 May 1796 Died)
• Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (10 Mar 1797 Appointed - 23 Oct 1806 Died)
• Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. † (21 Dec 1818 Appointed - 6 Aug 1831 Died)
• Lorenzo Gastaldi † ( 1871 Appointed - 1883 Died)
• Gaetano Alimonda † (9 Aug 1883 Appointed - 30 May 1891 Died)
• Davide 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 † (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 Retired)
• Severino Poletto (19 Jun 1999 Appointed - )

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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}

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Statistics

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}
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

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

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Affiliated Bishops

• Gaetano Alimonda † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1883 to 30 May 1891)
• Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (Apostolic Administrator: 3 Jan 1563 to May 1564)
• Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 1 Aug 1977 to 31 Jan 1989)
• Angelo Bartolomasi † (Priest: 12 Jun 1892; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1910 to 15 Dec 1919)
• Giovanni Battista Bertagna † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1884 to 1901)
• Angelo Bortolomasi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1910 to 1916)
• Francesco Bottino † (Priest: 29 Jun 1920; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Dec 1947 to 20 Mar 1973)
• Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (Apostolic Administrator: 10 Mar 1797; Archbishop: 24 Jul 1797 to 23 Oct 1806)
• Giuseppe Burzio † (Priest: 29 Jun 1924 to 8 May 1946)
• Giovanni Cheli (Priest: 21 Jun 1942 to 8 Sep 1978)
• Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1818 to 6 Aug 1831)
• Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d'Arignano † (Priest: 1 Mar 1760 to 11 Sep 1769; Archbishop: 28 Sep 1778 to 16 May 1796)
• Giuseppe Debernardi † (Priest: 27 Jun 1907 to 13 Mar 1933)
• Carlo Ellena (Priest: 29 Jun 1962 to 18 Feb 2004)
• Guido Fiandino (Priest: 28 Jun 1964; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 2002)
• Maurilio Fossati † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1930 to 30 Mar 1965)
• Giuseppe Gamba † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1923 to 26 Dec 1929)
• Giuseppe Garneri † (Priest: 29 Jun 1923 to 25 Mar 1954)
• Lorenzo Gastaldi † (Archbishop: 1871 to 1883)
• 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)
• Francesco Marchisano (Priest: 29 Jun 1952 to 6 Oct 1988)
• Livio Maritano (Priest: 27 Jun 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Oct 1968 to 30 Jun 1979)
• Pier Giorgio Micchiardi (Priest: 26 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 1990 to 9 Dec 2000)
• Michele Pellegrino † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1965 to 27 Jul 1977)
• Giovanni Battista Pinardi † (Priest: 29 Jun 1903; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1916 to 2 Aug 1962)
• Severino Poletto (Archbishop: 19 Jun 1999 - )
• Davide Riccardi † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1891 to 20 May 1897)
• Agostino Richelmy † (Priest: 25 Apr 1873 to 7 Jun 1886; Archbishop: 18 Sep 1897 to 10 Aug 1923)
• Giovanni Saldarini (Archbishop: 31 Jan 1989 to 19 Jun 1999)
• Francesco Sanmartino † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 1966 to Jul 1977)
• Mario Schierano † (Priest: 29 Jun 1938 to 28 Aug 1971)
• Luigi Spandre † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Sep 1899 to 12 Jun 1909)
• Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Sep 1961 to 18 Sep 1965)
• Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo † (Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 27 Mar 1885)