The Diocese of Novara ( la, Dioecesis Novariensis) is a

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diocese in the

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region of northwest Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli."Diocese of Novara"
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History

In 972, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I granted the ''dominium'' of the town of

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

and twenty-four miles surrounding the town to Bishop Aupaldo and his successors, the Bishops of Novara. The bishops therefore enjoyed the title of Count as well as the same rights as a Count of the Empire. Novara lost part of its territory to the newly created Diocese of Vigevano in 1530.

Bishops

Before the 11th century

Gaudentius of Novara Saint Gaudentius (fl. end of 4th century-early 5th century) was a bishop of Novara, considered the first of that city. Tradition states that he was born to a pagan family at Ivrea, and was then converted to Christianity by Eusebius of Vercelli ...

(398 – 417) *Agapitus (Agabio) (ca. 417–ca. 447) *Diogenes *Laurentius *Pascentius *Simplici(an)us (subscribed in 451) *Victor *Pagatianus *Honoratus *Opilius *Ambrosius *Filacrius (537–553) *Agnellus *Spectabilis *Marcellus *Severus *Lupicinus *Probinus *Vigilius *Flavinus (Flavianus) *Panfronio *Gratianus (subscribed in 680) *Probus *Aureolus *Leo *Ambrosius *Gratiosus (died 729) *Benedictus *Petrus *Sicardus *Tito Levita *Attone (attested in 829) *Adalgisius (attested in 835, 842 and 848) *Dodo (Dodone) (ca. 849-859) *Druttemiro (attested in 864 and 867)

11th-13th centuries

*Gualbertus (1032–1039) *Riprandus (1039–1053) *Oddone (1054–1079) *Alberto (1079–1083) *Anselmus (1083–after 1098) :''Sede Vacante'' (1100–1110) *Eppo (1110–1117) *Riccardo (1117–1122) *Litifredus (1123–1151) *Guilelmus Tornielli (1153–1162) *Guilelmus Faleto (1162–1170) *Bonifacius (1172–1191) *Ottone *Pietro (1197–1209) * Gerardo da Sesso,

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(1209 – 4 May 1211) (Appointed

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) *Odelbert Tornielli (1213–1235) *Odemar Busio (1235–1250) *Sigebaldo igebertoCaballazio (Cavallazzi) (1250-1278) :''Sede Vacante'' (1278–1287) *Englesius Caballazio (Cavallazzi) (1287–1291) *Papinianus della Rovere (1296–1300) (transferred to Parma)

14th-17th centuries

* Bartolomeo Querini (8 Jan 1303 – 10 Jan 1304) (Appointed Bishop of Trento by

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) * Uguccione Borromeo (19 Feb 1304 – 1329 Died) * Giovanni Visconti (1 Aug 1331 – 17 Jul 1342) (Appointed

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) *Guilelmo Amidano, O.E.S.A. (17 July 1342 – 29 January 1355) *Oldrado (12 October 1356–ca. 1388) *

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, O.F.M. (18 Sep 1389 – 17 May 1402) (Appointed

by Urban VI) * Bartolomeo Visconti (4 Nov 1429 – 1457 Died) * Giacomo Filippo Crivelli (30 May 1457 – 1466 Died) *Bernardus de Rubeis (1466–1468) * Giovanni Arcimboldo (20 Nov 1468 – 25 Oct 1484 Appointed,

) ** Ascanio Maria Sforza, ''in commendam'' (25 Oct 1484 – 18 Apr 1485 Resigned) * Gerolamo Pallavicini (18 Apr 1485 – 18 Aug 1503 Died) * Cardinal

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(1505-1511, Apostolic Administrator) * Cardinal

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(6 Feb 1512 – 1516 Resigned) * Cardinal Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (19 Apr 1516 – 20 Dec 1525 Resigned) * Ermete Stampa (20 Dec 1525 – 1526 Died) * Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi (2 Mar 1526 – 19 Mar 1550 Appointed,

) * Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (II), Administrator (19 Mar 1550 – 18 Nov 1551 Resigned) * Cardinal Giulio della Rovere, Administrator (18 Nov 1551 – 12 Sep 1552 Resigned) * Cardinal Giovanni Gerolamo Morone, Administrator (12 Sep 1552 – 13 Mar 1560 Resigned) * Cardinal

Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (also known as Gian Antonio, Gianantonio; 1519–1591) was an Italian Cardinal. Life Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni was born in Milan in 1519 to a prominent family. He was brother of Gabrio (condottiero and general) and ...

(13 Mar 1560 – 1574 Resigned) * Romolo Archinto (26 Apr 1574 – 4 Sep 1576 Died) * Gerolamo Ragazzoni (19 Sep 1576 – 19 Jul 1577 Appointed,

Bishop of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Pomponio Cotta (19 Jul 1577 – 11 Sep 1579 Died) * Francesco Bossi (21 Oct 1579 – 18 Sep 1583 Died) *

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(5 Nov 1584 – 28 Nov 1584 Appointed,

) * Cesare Speciano (Speciani) (28 Nov 1584 – 30 Jan 1591 Appointed,

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) * Pietro Martire Ponzone (8 Feb 1591 – 19 Nov 1592 Died) * Carlo Bescapè, B. (8 Feb 1593 – 6 Oct 1615 Died)

17th-19th centuries

* Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna (16 Nov 1615 – 29 Aug 1619) * Ulpiano Volpi (13 Nov 1619 – 10 Mar 1629 Died) * Giovanni Pietro Volpi (10 Mar 1629 – 12 Sep 1636 Died) *

Antonio Tornielli Antonio Tornielli (27 January 1579 – 8 March 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1636–1650). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Antonio Tornielli was born in Novara, Italy. On 15 December 1636, he was appointed ...

(15 Dec 1636 – 8 Mar 1650 Died) * Benedetto Odescalchi (4 Apr 1650 – 6 Mar 1656 Resigned) * Giulio Maria Odescalchi, O.S.B. (6 Mar 1656 – 28 Aug 1666 Died) * Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia, C.R. (12 Dec 1667 – 19 Sep 1684 Died) ** Celestino Sfondrati * Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, B. (31 May 1688 – 10 Aug 1713 Died) *Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo (17 Jan 1714 – 22 Jan 1740 Died) *Pietro Alessandro Francesco Rovèro di Cortanze, O.F.M. Cap. (18 Sep 1741 – 26 Oct 1747 Died) *Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. (29 Jan 1748 – 11 Apr 1748 Died) *Ignazio Rovèro (15 Jul 1748 – 10 Sep 1756 Died) *Marco Aurelio Balbis Bertone (3 Jan 1757 – 17 May 1789 Died) * Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore (26 Sep 1791 – 24 Jul 1797 Confirmed, Archbishop of Turin) *Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. (24 Jul 1797 – 23 Dec 1813 Died)

19th century and later

*Cardinal Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca (1 Oct 1817 – 22 Mar 1842 Died), Archbishop (personal title) *Giacomo Filippo Gentile (27 Jan 1843 – 23 Oct 1875 Died) *Stanislao Eula (28 Jan 1876 – 10 Apr 1886 Died) *

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(7 Jun 1886 – 14 Dec 1891) (Appointed Archbishop of Turin, 1892–1897) * Edoardo Pulciano (11 Jul 1892 – 16 Dec 1901 Appointed,

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) *Mattia Vicario (16 Dec 1901 – 5 Mar 1906 Died) * Giuseppe Gamba (13 Aug 1906 – 20 Dec 1923 Appointed, Archbishop of Turin; Cardinal in 1926) *Giuseppe Castelli (21 Oct 1924 – 12 Sep 1943 Died) *Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap. (9 Sep 1945 – 11 Jun 1951 Resigned), appointed titular archbishop on retirement *Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. (29 Jun 1951 – 7 Jan 1963 Died), Archbishop (personal title) in 1958 *Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. (28 Feb 1963 – 30 Oct 1971 Resigned) *Aldo Del Monte (15 Jan 1972 – 19 Dec 1990 Retired) * Renato Corti (19 Dec 1990 – 24 Nov 2011 Retired) (elevated to Cardinal in 2016) * Franco Giulio Brambilla (24 Nov 2011 – )

Parishes

Of the 345 parishes, one is in the Lombard

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, while rest are divided between the

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provinces of

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and

Vercelli Vercelli (; pms, Vërsèj ), is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, ...

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Piedmont

Province of Novara

; Agrate Conturbia :S. Vittore ( Agrate) :S. Giorgio ( Conturbia) ;

Ameno Ameno may refer to: * Ameno, Italy, a comune in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy * Lacco Ameno, a town and comune situated in the northwest of the island of Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples, Italy * "Ameno" (song), a song by musical project Era ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Antonio Abate ( Vacciago) ; Armeno :Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Cecilia e S. Giovanni Battista ( Sovazza) ; Arona :Natività di Maria Vergine :S. Giovanni Battista ( Dagnente) :S. Giorgio ( Mercurago) :S. Giusto ( Montrigiasco) ;

Barengo Barengo (Piedmontese and Lombard: ''Barengh'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Barengo borders the following municipalities ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta ; Bellinzago Novarese :S. Clemente ; Boca :S. Gaudenzio ; Bogogno :S. Agnese ; Bolzano Novarese :S. Giovanni Battista ; Borgo Ticino :Maria Vergine Assunta ; Borgolavezzaro :Santi Bartolomeo e Gaudenzio ;

Borgomanero Borgomanero ( pms, Borbané; lmo, Borbanee) is a (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin, about northwest of Novara and about 60 km northwest of Milan. Borgomanero b ...

:S. Bartolomeo :S. Cristina :S. Marco ( San Marco di Borgomanero) :S. Croce ( Santa Croce) :S. Stefano (

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) :S. Francesco d’Assisi ( Vergano di Borgomanero) ; Briga Novarese :S. Giovanni Battista ;

Briona Briona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics ...

:S. Alessandro ; Caltignaga :Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Margherita e S. Martino ( Sologno) ;

Cameri Cameri is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Novara. Cameri borders the following municipalities: Bellinzago Novarese, Caltignaga, Cas ...

:S. Michele Arcangelo ; Carpignano Sesia :Maria SS. Assunta ; Casalino :Santi Pietro e Paolo :S. Stefano ( Cameriano) ; Casalvolone :S. Pietro ; Castellazzo Novarese :Natività di Maria SS. ;

Castelletto Sopra Ticino Castelletto sopra Ticino, also referred to by locals as Castelletto Ticino or just Castelletto, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara ...

:Cuore Immacolato di Maria :S. Antonio Abate :Santi Ippolito ed Alessandro ( Glisente) ; Cavaglietto :S. Vittore ; Cavaglio d’Agogna :S. Mamante ; Cavallirio :S. Gaudenzio ; Cerano :Natività di Maria Vergine ; Colazza :Immacolata Concezione di Maria Vergine ;

Comignago Comignago is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. Comignago borders the following municipalities: Arona, Borgo Ticino, Castel ...

:S. Giovanni Battista ; Cressa :Santi Giulio e Amatore ;

Cureggio Cureggio is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Cureggio borders the following municipalities: Boca, Borgomanero, Cavall ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta ; Divignano :Santi Stefano e Rocco ; Dormelletto :Maria Vergine Assunta ;

Fara Novarese Fara Novarese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Fara Novarese borders the following municipalities: Barengo, Briona, ...

:S. Pietro ; Fontaneto d’Agogna :Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Maria Maddalena ( Baraggia) :Cuore Immacolato di Maria ( Baraggia-Suno) ; Galliate :Santi Pietro e Paolo ; Garbagna Novarese :S. Michele ; Gargallo :S. Pietro ; Gattico-Veruno :Santi Cosma e Damiano :S. Giacomo ( Maggiate Superiore) :Santi Nazzaro e Celso (Maggiate Superiore) :S. Ilario :S. Stefano ( Revislate) ;

Ghemme Ghemme is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located on the river Sesia about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. It is the birthplace of architect Alessandro Antonelli ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta ; Gozzano :S. Giuliano :S. Biagio ( Auzate) :Purificazione di Maria Vergine ( Bugnate) ; Granozzo con Monticello :Maria Vergine Assunta ( Granozzo) :Santi Gervaso e Protaso (

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) ; Grignasco :Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Agata ( Ara) ; Invorio :Santi Pietro e Paolo :S. Giacomo Maggiore ( Invorio Superiore) :S. Germano Vescovo ( Talonno) ; Lesa :S. Martino :S. Bartolomeo e S. Giulio ( Calogna) :S. Rocco ( Solcio) :S. Giorgio e S. Giovanni Battista ( Villa Lesa) ;

Maggiora Maggiora is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Maggiora borders the following municipalities: Boca, Borgomanero, Cureggi ...

:Spirito Santo ; Mandello Vitta :S. Lorenzo ; Marano Ticino :S. Giovanni Battista ; Massino Visconti :Purificazione di Maria Vergine ; Meina :S. Margherita :Maria Vergine Assunta ( Ghevio) ; Mezzomerico :Santi Giacomo e Filippo ; Miasino :S. Rocco :S. Pietro ( Carcegna) :S. Gottardo ( Pisogno) ; Momo :Natività di Maria Vergine :Santi Nazzaro e Celso ( Agnellengo) :S. Lorenzo ( Alzate) ; Nebbiuno :S. Giorgio :S. Leonardo e S.Agata ( Tapigliano) ; Nibbiola :Maria Vergine Assunta ;

:Madonna Pellegrina :Regina della Pace in Vignale :S. Agabio :S. Andrea :S. Andrea Apostolo :S. Antonio Da Padova :S. Eufemia :S. Eustachio Al Torrion Quartara :S. Francesco :S. Gaudenzio :S. Giuseppe :S. Maiolo A Veveri :S. Maria Alla Bicocca :S. Maria Assunta :S. Pietro Al Rosario :S. Rita :S. Rocco :Sacra Famiglia :Sacro Cuore di Gesù :Santi Ippolito e Cassiano :Santi Martino e Gaudenzio :Santi Matteo e Marco :Santi Pietro e Paolo :SS. Trinità e S.Maria Al Monserrato :Maria Santissima della Neve ( Olengo) ;

Oleggio Oleggio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 12,490 and an area of .All demographics ...

:Beata Vergine Assunta :S. Giovanni :Santi Pietro e Paolo :S. Anna e S.Lorenzo ( Bedisco) ; Oleggio Castello :S. Martino ;

Orta San Giulio Orta San Giulio is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. The town itself is built on a promontory which juts out from ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Giacomo ( Isola San Giulio) ; Paruzzaro :Santi Marcello e Siro ;

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:S. Albino :S. Giovanni Battista ( Alzo) ; Pettenasco :S. Caterina ; Pisano :S. Eusebio ; Pogno :S. Pietro ;

Pombia Pombia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. The commune is known for its Safari Park, established in 1976. History It has Roman or ...

:S. Vincenzo e S. Maria ; Prato Sesia :S. Bernardo ;

Romagnano Sesia Romagnano Sesia is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of about 4,000 inhabitants in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Romagnano Sesia borders the following ...

:SS. Annunziata e S. Silvano ; Romentino :S. Gaudenzio ;

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:S. Gaudenzio ( Rovegro) :S. Antonio Abate ( Santino) ; San Maurizio d’Opaglio :S. Maurizio ; San Pietro Mosezzo :S. Pietro :Santi Quirico e Giulitta e S.Bernardino ( Cesto) :Santi Vito e Modesto (

Mosezzo San Pietro Mosezzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Novara. San Pietro Mosezzo is divided into four frazioni (wards)—San Pietro (chef-li ...

) :S. Lorenzo ( Nibbia) ; Sillavengo :S. Maria delle Grazie ; Sizzano :S. Vittore ; Soriso :S. Giacomo ; Suno :SS. Trinità ; Terdobbiate :Santi Giorgio e Maurizio ; Tornaco :S. Maria Maddalena ; Trecate :Maria Vergine Assunta ; Vaprio d’Agogna :SS. Annunziata e Lorenzo ; Varallo Pombia :Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio ; Vespolate :Santi Giovanni Battista e Antonio Abate

Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

;

Antrona Schieranco Antrona Schieranco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania, in a branch of the Val d'Ossola, on the border with Swit ...

:S. Lorenzo ; Anzola d’Ossola :S. Tommaso ; Arizzano :S. Bernardo di Aosta ;

Arola Arola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 284 and an area of . ...

:S. Bartolomeo ; Aurano :S. Matteo e S. Michele ( Scareno) ; Baceno :S. Gaudenzio :Natività di Maria Vergine ( Croveo) ; Bannio Anzino :S. Bernardino ( Anzino) :S. Bartolomeo ( Bannio) :Santi Pietro e Paolo ( Pontegrande) ;

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:Santi Gervaso e Protaso :S. Carlo ( Feriolo) :S. Pietro Martire ( Oltrefiume) ; Bee :S. Croce ;

Belgirate Belgirate is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Verbania. Belgirate borders the following municipalities: Besozzo, Br ...

:Purificazione di Maria Vergine ; Beura-Cardezza :S. Antonio Abate :S. Giorgio ( Beura) :S. Giovanni Battista ( Cuzzego) ;

Bognanco Bognanco (Western Lombard: ''Bügnanch''), population about 250, is a commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley about northeast of Turin immediately to the west of Domodossola ...

:S. Lorenzo (

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) ; Borgomezzavalle :Natività di Maria Vergine (

Viganella Viganella in 2005. Viganella is a ''frazione'' of Borgomezzavalle, a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. It was ...

) :S. Ambrogio ( Seppiana) ; Brovello-Carpugnino :S. Rocco ( Brovello) :S. Donato e S. Grato ( Carpugnino) ; Calasca-Castiglione :S. Antonio Abate ( Calasca) :S. Gottardo ( Castiglione d’Ossola) ; Cambiasca :S. Gregorio Magno ; Cannero Riviera :S. Giorgio ;

Cannobio Cannobio is a town and ''comune'' on the river Cannobino and the shore of Lago Maggiore in Piedmont, Italy. History The local inhabitants probably became subject to Roman rule by the time of the emperor Augustus. Sarcophagi from the 2nd–3rd ...

:S. Vittore :SS. Annunciazione e S. Bartolomeo ( San Bartolomeo) :S. Agata ( Sant’Agata) :Purificazione di Maria Vergine ( Traffiume) ; Caprezzo :S. Bartolomeo ; Casale Corte Cerro :S. Giorgio :S. Tommaso Apostolo ( Montebuglio) :Santi Lorenzo e Anna ( Ramate) ; Ceppo Morelli :S. Giovanni Battista ;

Cesara Cesara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 617 and an area of . ...

:S. Clemente Papa :S. Pietro e Paolo ( Grassona) ;

Cossogno Cossogno ( Lombard: Cussögn) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania. Cossogno borders the following municipalities: ...

:S. Brizio ; Craveggia :Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo :S. Caterina ( Vocogno) ; Crevoladossola :Santi Pietro e Paolo :S. Mattia ( Oira) :Santi Stefano e Antonio Abate ( Preglia) ; Crodo :S. Stefano :S. Giulio ( Cravegna) :S. Giacomo e S. Rocco ( Mozzio) ;

Domodossola Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossol ...

:S. Antonio Da Padova :S. Maria Assunta e S. Agostino :Santi Gervaso e Protaso :S. Cuore di Gesù e S. Quirico ( Calice) :S. Andrea ( Cisore) :S. Gottardo ( Monteossolano) :Maria SS. Ausiliatrice ( Vagna) :S. Brizio (Vagna) ; Druogno :S. Silvestro Papa :S. Ambrogio ( Coimo) ; Formazza :Santi Bernardo e Carlo ; Germagno :S. Bartolomeo ( Germagno-Omegna) ; Ghiffa :S. Croce :S. Maurizio della Costa :S. Lorenzo ( Carciago) ; Gignese :S. Maurizio :S. Stefano ( Nocco) :Santi Giovanni e Paolo ( Vezzo) ;

Gravellona Toce Gravellona Toce () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipal ...

:S. Pietro Apostolo :S. Giulio ( Granerolo) ;

Gurro Gurro is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 288 and an area o ...

:Natività di Maria Vergine ; Intragna :S. Giacomo ; Loreglia :S. Gottardo :S. Rocco ( Chesio) ;

Macugnaga Macugnaga (Walser German: ''Z'Makana'') is a mountain village and a comune at elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of the Piedmont region of Italy. It is located at the base of Monte Rosa (), the second-tallest mounta ...

:Beata Vergine Assunta e S. Giuseppe ; Madonna del Sasso :S. Bernardino ( Artò ( Madonna del Sasso) :S. Giacomo (

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) ;

Malesco Malesco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania, the provincial capital. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of ...

:Santi Pietro e Paolo :S. Gottardo ( Finero) :S. Bernardo (

Zornasco Malesco is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania, the provincial capital. As of 31 December 2004, it had a populatio ...

) ; Masera :S. Martino ; Massiola :Maria Vergine Assunta ; Mergozzo :Maria Vergine Assunta :Annunciazione di Maria Vergine ( Albo (Mergozzo)) :S. Carlo ( Bracchio) ;

Miazzina Miazzina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 415 and an area of .A ...

:S. Lucia ; Montecrestese :Maria Vergine Assunta ; Montescheno :Santi Giovanni e Carlo ;

Nonio Nonio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania. Nonio borders the following municipalities: Cesara, Omegna, Pella, ...

:S. Biagio :S. Antonio ( Brolo) ; Oggebbio :S. Pietro ;

Omegna Omegna (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania at the northernmost point of Lago d’Orta and traversed by ...

:S. Ambrogio :S. Maiolo Abate ( Agrano) :S. Bernardino Da Siena ( Bagnella) :Maria Vergine Assunta ( Cireggio) :S. Gaudenzio ( Crusinallo) ; Ornavasso :S. Nicola :S. Ambrogio ( Migiandone) ; Pallanzeno :S. Pietro ; Piedimulera :Santi Giorgio e Antonio :S. Antonio Abate ( Cimamulera) ; Pieve Vergonte :Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio :S. Lorenzo ( Megolo) ; Premeno :S. Margherita :S. Andrea ( Esio) ; Premia :S. Michele Arcangelo :S. Rocco (

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) ;

Premosello-Chiovenda Premosello-Chiovenda is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. Premosello-Chiovenda borders the following municipali ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta :S. Martino ( Cuzzago) ; Quarna Sopra :S. Stefano ;

Quarna Sotto Quarna Sotto is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania. Quarna Sotto borders the following municipalities: Nonio ...

:S. Nicola ; Re :S. Maurizio :Visitazione di Maria Vergine e S.Caterina ( Olgia) ;

:Purificazione di Maria Vergine ;

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:Maria Vergine Assunta ;

Stresa Stresa is a town and ''comune'' of about 4,600 residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, about northwest of Milan. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Simp ...

:Santi Ambrogio e Teodulo :SS. Trinità ( Brisino) :S. Grato e S.Bernardo di Aosta (

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) :Santi Giuseppe e Biagio ( Carciano) :S. Vittore ( Isola Bella and Isola dei Pescatori) :Maria Vergine Assunta ( Levo) :S. Albino ( Magognino) ; Toceno :S. Antonio Abate ; Trarego Viggiona :S. Martino e S.Maurizio ;

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:Santi Gervasio e Protasio ;

Trontano Trontano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian Piedmont region, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,684 and an area ...

:Natività di Maria Vergine :S. Giuseppe ( Cosa) ; Valle Cannobina :S. Donnino ( Cavaglio) :Maria Vergine Assunta ( Gurrone) :S. Maria Maddalena ( Spoccia) :S. Antonio Abate ( Cursolo) :S. Materno (

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) :S. Lorenzo ( Falmenta) :S. Pietro ( Crealla) ; Valstrona :Santi Anna e Carlo ( Fornero) :Santi Pietro e Paolo ( Forno) :S. Giacomo ( Luzzogno) :S. Lorenzo ( Sambughetto) ; Vanzone con San Carlo :S. Carlo ( San Carlo) :S. Caterina ( Vanzone) ;

Varzo Varzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a popu ...

:S. Giorgio ;

Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and a ...

:S. Marco ( Biganzolo) :Natività di Maria Vergine ( Cavandone) :Beata Vergine Addolorata ( Fondotoce) :Immacolata e S.Bernardino di Siena (

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) :Maria SS. Ausiliatrice (

) :S. Vittore (

) :Madonna di Campagna ( Pallanza) :S. Leonardo ( Pallanza) :S. Stefano ( Pallanza) :Beata Vergine Maria Addolorata ( Renco) :S. Lucia ( Suna Verbania) :S. Pietro ( Trobaso) :S. Rocco ( Unchio) :S. Giorgio ( Zoverallo) ; Vignone :S. Martino ;

Villadossola Villadossola (Piedmontese ''Vila d'Òssola'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Val d’Ossola in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, northern Italy, some northeast of Turin. It stands just south of Domodossola, to the west of the To ...

:S. Bartolomeo :Beata Vergine del Rosario ( Noga) :S. Giuseppe ( Villaggio Sisma) ; Villette :S. Bartolomeo ; Vogogna :Sacro Cuore di Gesù :Santi Giovanni e Bernardo di Aosta ( Prata)

Province of Vercelli

;

Alagna Valsesia Alagna Valsesia ( Walser German: ''Im Land'', Piedmontese: ''Alagna'', Valsesiano: ''Lagna'') is a ''comune'' and small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy, a UNESCO World heritage si ...

:S. Giovanni Battista ;

Balmuccia Balmuccia (Piedmontese: ''Balmucia'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli Vercelli (; pms, Vërsèj ), is a city and ''co ...

:S. Margherita ;

Boccioleto Boccioleto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Boccioleto borders the following municipalities: Alto Sermenza, Balmuccia, ...

:Santi Pietro e Paolo e S.Antonio Abate ;

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:Annunciazione di Maria Vergine :S. Croce :Santi Pietro e Paolo :S. Nome di Maria ( Bettole Sesia) :S. Giovanni Evangelista ( Foresto) :S. Agata ( Isolella) :S. Caterina ( Plello) :S. Giacomo e S.Maria Assunta ( Vanzone) ; Campertogno :S. Giacomo Maggiore ; Cellio :S. Lorenzo ;

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:S. Gottardo ;

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:Maria Vergine Assunta ; Fobello :S. Giacomo Maggiore e S.Rocco ; Mollia :Santi Giovanni Battista e Giuseppe ; Piode :S. Stefano ; Quarona :S. Antonio Abate :S. Bononio Abate ( Doccio) ; Rassa :S. Croce ; Rimasco :S. Giacomo ;

Rimella Rimella ( Walser German: ''Remmalju'', Piedmontese: ''Rimela'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Rimella borders ...

:S. Michele Arcangelo ; Riva Valdobbia :S. Michele ; Rossa :Maria Vergine Assunta ; Sabbia :S. Giovanni Battista e S.Antonio Abate ;

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:S. Bartolomeo ;

Scopello __NOTOC__ The Commune of Scopello (Italian: ''Comune di Scopello''; population about 450) is located in the Valsesia region of the Italian Pennine Alps, in the Piedmontese Province of Vercelli. The municipality covers an area of and ranges in ...

:Maria Vergine Assunta ;

Valduggia Valduggia is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli. Valduggia borders the following municipalities: Boca, Borgosesia, Cel ...

:S. Giorgio e Maria Vergine Assunta :Santi Andrea e Gaudenzio ( Zuccaro) ; Varallo :S. Gaudenzio :S. Bernardo di Aosta e S.Antonio Abate ( Camasco) :S. Michele Arcangelo ( Cervarolo) :S. Lorenzo ( Crevola) :S. Dionigi (

Locarno , neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra , twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia * Karlovy Vary, Czech Re ...

) :S. Lorenzo e S.Maria Maddalena ( Morca) :S. Martino ( Roccapietra) ; Villata :S. Barnaba ; Vocca :S. Maurizio

References

Books

Reference works

* * pp. 819–821. (Use with caution; obsolete) * pp. 371–372. (in Latin) * p. 205. * pp. 260–261. * p. 262. * p. 293. * pp. 314–315. * *

Studies

* * 563-1799* * * * ist of Bishops at pp. 655–657*

Acknowledgment

External links

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