The Diocese of Biella ( la, Dioecesis Bugellensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy, created in 1772. It is a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Vercelli The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vercelli (in Latin, ''Archidioecesis Vercellensis'') is a Latin rite Metropolitan see in northern Italy, one of the two archdioceses which, together with their suffragan dioceses, form the ecclesiastical region ...

Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin a ...

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History

Until 1772 Biella was under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Vercelli. In that year Pope Clement XI, at the request of

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, established the Diocese of Biella by the papal bull ''Praecipua''. The first bishop was Giulio Cesare Viancini, formerly

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in Sardinia. In 1803 Napoleon suppressed the diocese, which again fell under the jurisdiction of Vercelli, but was re-established in 1817 by Pope Pius VII who appointed as bishop the Observant Franciscan, Bernardino Bollati. In the shrine of Maria Santissima d'Oropa, situated on a mountain near Biella, the diocese preserves a memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, who was banished to the Orient by Emperor Constantius for his defence of Catholicism against Arianism. St. Eusebius, according to tradition, upon his return from the East, is said to have brought three pictures of the Madonna painted on cedar wood, one of which, the image of Oropa, he placed in a small oratory he had built. In the tenth century the chapel was placed in charge of the Benedictines. When they abandoned the place,

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, in 1459, made over the shrine to the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of San Stefano, now the Biella Cathedral, to which it has since belonged. In the sixteenth century, the inhabitants of Biella, in thanksgiving for their deliverance from the

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, built a church over the chapel. In the seventeenth century construction of the devotional complex known as the

Sacro Monte di Oropa The Sacro Monte di Oropa (literally ‘Sacred Mount of Oropa’) is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the province of Biella, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy and is on the UNESCO World He ...

began. Among the religious edifices of the city of Biella, the most notable is the Gothic cathedral, built in 1402. Its beautiful choir is by Galliari. The

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, in the form of a small temple, is said to be an ancient Roman edifice. It is in fact a work of the eleventh century, erected on the site of a Roman tomb. The Chapter of the Cathedral is far older than the Cathedral itself. The Canons of the Collegiate Church of San Stefano appear already in the twelfth century. The Chapter was composed of a Provost, a Treasurer and a Primicerius, among a total of twenty canons. There were also twelve chaplains.

Bishops of Biella

* Giulio Cesare Viancini (1 October 1772 – 22 October 1796 died) * Giovanni Battista Canaveri, Orat. (26 November 1797 – 1 February 1805) (promoted Bishop of Vercelli, 1 February 1805) * Bernardino Bollati, O.F.M.Observ. (21 December 1818 – 11 June 1828 died) * Placido Maria Tadini (13 August 1829 – 28 October 1833 appointed as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Genoa and later made cardinal. * Giovanni Pietro Losana (6 April 1834 – 14 February 1873 died) * Basilio Leto (10 August 1873 – 19 December 1885 resigned; became Bishop of Samaria) * Domenico Cumino (15 January 1886 – 29 June 1901 died) * Giuseppe Gamba (16 December 1901 – 13 August 1906 made

Bishop of Novara The Diocese of Novara ( la, Dioecesis Novariensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli.Bishop of Sabina A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

) * Natale Serafino (2 December 1912 – 22 March 1917 made Bishop of Chiavari) * Giovanni Garigliano (22 March 1917 – 10 October 1936 died) * Carlo Rossi (7 December 1936 – 15 February 1972 retired) * Vittorio Piola (15 February 1972 – 15 May 1986 resigned) * Massimo Giustetti (3 December 1986 – 13 July 2001 retired * Gabriele Mana (13 July 2001 – )

Parishes

The diocese, which covers an area of 900 km², is divided into 114 parishes. All but one are in the civil

Province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an area of , and a total population of 17 ...

, the other falls within

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. A list of parishes by province and

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follows; locations (villages or neighbourhoods) ''within'' a commune are shown in brackets.

Province of Biella

; Andorno Micca :S. Giuseppe (

San Giuseppe di Casto San Giuseppe di Casto is a ''frazione'' (and parish) of the municipality of Andorno Micca, in Piedmont, northern Italy. Overview It is a village located some km north-east from the centre of Andorno and takes its name from Saint Joseph and from t ...

) :S. Lorenzo ; Benna :S. Pietro ;

:S. Antonio :S. Bernardo :S. Biagio :S. Cassiano :S. Giacomo :S. Maria Assunta e S. Quirico :S. Paolo :S. Stefano :S. Giovanni Battista (

Cossila Cossila is a neighbourhood of Biella, in Piedmont, northern Italy. Overview It is a borough located some km north-west from the centre of Biella, along the road leading to the sanctuary of Oropa. From its elongated shape came the Piedmontese ...

) :S. Grato - (

) :S. Giuseppe - ( Favaro) :S. Carlo ( Pavignano) :Santi Giovanni e Defendente ( Vaglio e Colma) :Nostra Signora di Oropa ( Villaggio Lamarmora) ;

Bioglio Bioglio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,049 and an area of .All demographics ...

:S. Maria Assunta ; Borriana :S. Sulpizio ;

Callabiana Callabiana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 139 and an area of .All demographic ...

:S. Maria degli Angeli ; Camandona :Santi Grato e Policarpo ; Camburzano :S. Martino ; Campiglia Cervo :Santi Bernardo e Giuseppe ;

Candelo Candelo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Candelo borders the following municipalities: Benna, Biella, Cossato, Gaglianico, ...

:S. Lorenzo :S. Pietro ;

Casapinta Casapinta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 480 and an area of .All demographics ...

:S. Lorenzo ;

Cavaglià Cavaglià is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cavaglià borders the following municipalities: Alice Castello, Carisio, Dorzano, R ...

:S. Michele ;

Cerreto Castello Cerreto Castello was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about east of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 662 and an area of .All demograph ...

:S. Tommaso ; Cerrione :S. Giovanni Battista :SS. Annunziata :S. Giorgio ( Vergnasco) ;

Coggiola Coggiola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,285 and an area of .All demographic ...

:S. Giorgio :S. Grato ;

Cossato Cossato is a ''municipality'' in the province of Biella, Italy, in the northwest part of Piedmont, east of Biella. It has a population of about 14,804 and it spreads over an area of 27,74 km², which makes it the second largest town in the Pr ...

:Gesù Nostra Speranza :S. Defendente :S. Maria Assunta :S. Pietro ( Castellengo) ; Crosa :Santi Cosma e Damiano ; Donato :Santi Pietro Paolo e Giovanni Battista ; Dorzano :S. Lorenzo ;

Gaglianico Gaglianico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Gaglianico borders the following municipalities: Biella, Candelo, Ponderano, Sand ...

:S. Pietro ;

Gifflenga Gifflenga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Gifflenga borders the following municipalities: Buronzo, Castelletto Cervo, Motta ...

:S. Martino ; Graglia :S. Fede :Santi Grato e Defendente ; Lessona :S. Lorenzo ;

Magnano Magnano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Magnano borders the following municipalities: Bollengo, Cerrione, Palazzo Canavese, ...

:Santi Giovanni Battista e Secondo ;

Massazza Massazza is a small ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin, Italy and about southeast of Biella, Italy. Massazza borders the following municipalities: Benna, Cossato, ...

:S. Maria Assunta ;

Mezzana Mortigliengo Mezzana Mortigliengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the no ...

:S. Bartolomeo ; Miagliano :S. Antonio ;

Mongrando Mongrando is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Mongrando borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Camburzano, Donato, G ...

:S. Lorenzo :S. Maria Assunta :S. Rocco ; Mosso :S. Maria Assunta ;

Mottalciata Mottalciata is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,445 and an area of .All demograp ...

:Beata Maria Vergine del Carmine ; Muzzano :Santi Giuseppe e Bernardo :S. Eusebio ;

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:S. Maria Assunta :SS. Annunziata ;

Occhieppo Inferiore Occhieppo Inferiore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Occhieppo Inferiore borders the following municipalities: Biella, Camburzano, Mongrando, Occhieppo Sup ...

:S. Antonino ;

Occhieppo Superiore Occhieppo Superiore is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Occhieppo Superiore borders the following municipalities: Biella, ...

:S. Antonio :S. Stefano ;

Pettinengo Pettinengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,567 and an area of .All demograph ...

:S. Bernardo :Santi Stefano e Giacomo ;

Piatto Piatto is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. On 31 December 2004, it had a population of 527 and an area of .All demographics a ...

:S. Michele ;

Piedicavallo Piedicavallo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 189 and an area of .All demograp ...

:Santi Michele e Grato ; Pollone :S. Eusebio Prete ;

Ponderano Ponderano is a municipality in the province of Biella, Piedmont, northwestern Italy. Neighbouring comuni include Borriana, Gaglianico, Mongrando, Occhieppo Inferiore Occhieppo Inferiore is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biell ...

:S. Lorenzo ;

Portula Portula is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,505 and an area of .All demographics ...

:Immacolata Concezione di Maria :S. Maria della Neve ;

Pralungo Pralungo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and just north of Biella. The municipality of Pralungo contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and ...

:S. Eurosia :S. Maria della Pace ; Pray Biellese :S. Antonio ;

Quaregna Quaregna was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,325 and an area of .All demographi ...

:S. Martino ;

Ronco Biellese Ronco Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Milan. Ronco Biellese borders the following municipalities: Biella, Pettinengo, Ter ...

:S. Michele ;

Roppolo Roppolo is a municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Roppolo is located on the southern slopes of Ivrea glacial ridge, west to the Lake of Viverone. It ...

:S. Maria del Rosario e S. Michele ;

Rosazza Rosazza is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 89 and an area of .All demograp ...

:Santi Pietro e Giorgio ;

Sagliano Micca Sagliano Micca is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Biella. Sagliano Micca borders the following municipalities: Andorno Micca, Biella, Fon ...

:Santi Giacomo e Stefano ;

Sala Biellese Sala Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Sala Biellese borders the following municipalities: Chiaverano, Donato, Mongr ...

:S. Martino ;

Salussola Salussola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Dorz ...

:S. Maria Assunta :Natività di Maria :S. Bartolomeo ;

San Paolo Cervo San Paolo Cervo is a former ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. From 1 January 2016 San Paolo Cervo, along with Quittengo Quittengo ...

:S. Eusebio ;

Sandigliano Sandigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Sandigliano borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Cerrione, Gagliani ...

:S. Maria Assunta ; Selve Marcone :S. Grato ; Soprana :S. Giuseppe ;

Sordevolo Sordevolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Biella. Sordevolo borders the following municipalities: Biella, Graglia, Muzzano, Occhieppo S ...

:S. Ambrogio ;

Strona Strona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of .All demographic ...

:Natività di Maria ;

Tavigliano Tavigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 953 and an area of .All demographics an ...

:Santissima Trinità e San Carlo ;

Ternengo Ternengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 310 and an area of .All demographics ...

:S. Eusebio ;

Tollegno Tollegno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,678 and an area of .All demographic ...

:S. Germano ; Torrazzo :S. Maria Assunta ;

Trivero Trivero (Piedmontese: ''Tarvè'') was a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. Physical geography Trivero bordered the following m ...

:Santi Quirico e Giulitta :Visitazione di Maria :Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano ( Bulliana) :Sacro Cuore di Gesù (

Ponzone Ponzone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of .All de ...

) :Santissima Trinità (Ponzone) :S. Giuseppe - ( Pratrivero) ;

Valdengo Valdengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Valdengo borders the following municipalities: Candelo, Cerreto Castello, Piatto, ...

:S. Biagio ;

Vallanzengo Vallanzengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 236 and an area of .All demographi ...

:Santi Orso e Brigida ;

Valle Mosso Valle Mosso was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin, northwest of Milan and northeast of Biella. it had a population of 3,965 and an area of .All demographics an ...

:Cuore Immacolata di Maria ( Campore) :S. Eusebio :Santi Antonio e Bernardo ( Croce Mosso) ;

Valle San Nicolao Valle San Nicolao is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,136 and an area of .All de ...

:S. Nicolao ;

Veglio Veglio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 643 and an area of .All demographics an ...

:S. Giovanni Battista ;

Verrone Verrone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Verrone borders the following municipalities: Benna, Candelo, Cerrione, Gaglia ...

:S. Lorenzo ;

Vigliano Biellese Vigliano Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Vigliano Biellese borders the following municipalities: Biella, Candelo, C ...

:S. Maria Assunta :S. Giuseppe Operaio ( Villaggi) ;

Villanova Biellese Villanova Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Villanova Biellese borders the following municipalities: Buronzo, Carisio ...

:S. Barnaba ;

Viverone Viverone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. It is on the shore of Lago di Viverone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of ...

:S. Maria Assunta ;

Zimone Zimone (Zimün or Zimon in Piedmontese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Zimone borders the following municipalities: Cerrione ...

:S. Giorgio ;

Zubiena Zubiena is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Zubiena borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Cerrione, Magnano Magna ...

:S. Nicolao :Santi Cassiano e Carlo ; Zumaglia :Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano

Province of Vercelli

;

Carisio Carisio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Carisio borders the following municipalities: Balocco, Buronzo, Cavaglià, ...

:S. Lorenzo

Statistics

At the end of 2004 the diocese had a population of 175,000 of whom 171,000 (97.7%) had been baptised into the Catholic Church.Figures from the

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2005 and earlier, as reported by David M. Cheney
Catholic Hierarchy
on the pag

retrieved: 2016-10-10. , - , 1950 , , 148,327 , , 149,361 , , 99.3 , , 272 , , 224 , , 48 , , 545 , , , , 118 , , 686 , , 123 , - , 1959 , , 197,703 , , 198,649 , , 99.5 , , 227 , , 199 , , 28 , , 870 , , , , 96 , , 490 , , 124 , - , 1970 , , 201,850 , , 202,115 , , 99.9 , , 217 , , 198 , , 19 , , 930 , , , , 24 , , 452 , , 126 , - , 1978 , , 200,250 , , 200,700 , , 99.8 , , 203 , , 180 , , 23 , , 986 , , , , 46 , , 384 , , 126 , - , 1990 , , 202,000 , , 203,000 , , 99.5 , , 180 , , 150 , , 30 , , 1,122 , , 11 , , 48 , , 400 , , 114 , - , 1999 , , 180,000 , , 180,356 , , 99.8 , , 171 , , 140 , , 31 , , 1,052 , , 25 , , 52 , , 352 , , 114 , - , 2000 , , 180,000 , , 180,356 , , 99.8 , , 172 , , 141 , , 31 , , 1,046 , , 28 , , 54 , , 352 , , 114 , - , 2001 , , 180,000 , , 180,356 , , 99.8 , , 166 , , 135 , , 31 , , 1,084 , , 27 , , 54 , , 352 , , 114 , - , 2002 , , 175,000 , , 180,000 , , 97.2 , , 165 , , 134 , , 31 , , 1,060 , , 27 , , 54 , , 352 , , 114 , - , 2003 , , 171,000 , , 175,000 , , 97.7 , , 166 , , 135 , , 31 , , 1,030 , , 26 , , 52 , , 293 , , 114 , - , 2004 , , 171,000 , , 175,000 , , 97.7 , , 161 , , 130 , , 31 , , 1,062 , , 26 , , 52 , , 286 , , 114

References

Sources, and further reading

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External links

Diocesi di Biella
Official site. *. Retrieved: 2016-10-07. * . {{DEFAULTSORT:Biella, Diocese of Roman Catholic dioceses in Piedmont Religious organizations established in 1772 Dioceses established in the 18th century Biella Province of Biella Province of Vercelli