Roman Catholic Diocese of Saluzzo - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Diocese of Saluzzo is a Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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ecclesiastical territory

Diocese

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in the Piedmont

Piedmont

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region of northwestern Italy

Italy

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, centered in the comune

Comune

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of Saluzzo

Saluzzo

Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc...

. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Turin, and the current bishop is Giuseppe Guerrini. In 2004 it counted c. 89,000 baptized.

It was created in 1511. The first bishop was Gianantonio della Rovere, who after eight months resigned in favour of his brother Sisto della Rovere, later a Cardinal.

Parishes

Ninety of the diocese’s 91 parishes are in the province of Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

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in south-west Piedmont

Piedmont

; the last is in the neighbouring province of Turin

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

Province of Cuneo

Acceglio

Acceglio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located above Prazzo in the upper Valle Maira about 90 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km west of Cuneo, on the border with France...

Maria Vergine Assunta S. Margherita e S. Anna

Bagnolo Piemonte

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S. Giovanni Battista

S. Pietro in Vincoli

S. Giovanni Evangelista (Villaretto)

Barge

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Martino

Nostra Signora di Lourdes e S. Pietro in Vincoli (La Crocera)

Madonna delle Grazie (Mondarello)

Bellino

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S. Giacomo

S. Spirito

Brondello

Brondello is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 349 and an area of 9.9 km². Brondello borders the following municipalities:...

Maria Vergine Assunta

Brossasco

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Santi Andrea Sisto e Madonna della Spina

Busca

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Maria Vergine Assunta

Natività di Maria Vergine SS.Ma

S. Chiaffredo

S. Maria Maddalena

S. Vitale

Canosio

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Natività di Maria SS.Ma e S. Lorenzo

Cardè

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S. Caterina

Cartignano

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S. Lorenzo

Casteldelfino

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S. Margherita

Castellar

S. Caterina

Celle di Macra

Celle di Macra is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo....

S. Giovanni Battista

Costigliole Saluzzo

Costigliole Saluzzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 20 km north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,212 and an area of 15.3 km².Costigliole Saluzzo borders the following...

S. Maria Maddalena

Crissolo

Crissolo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Cuneo, on the border with France...

S. Giovanni Battista

Dronero

Dronero is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Cuneo at the entrance of the Valle Maira.-Main sights:...

S. Antonio

SS. Andrea e Ponzio

S. Giacomo (Pratavecchia)

S. Michele e S. Margherita (Tetti)

Elva

Maria Vergine Assunta

Envie

Envie is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,971 and an area of 25.1 km².The municipality of Envie contains the frazione Occa...

SS. Marcellino Pietro ed Erasmo

S. Nome di Maria (Occa)

Frassino

Frassino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 301 and an area of 16.8 km².Frassino borders the following municipalities:...

SS. Stefano e Maurizio

Gambasca

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S. Sebastiano

Isasca

Isasca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo, in the Valle Varaita....

S. Massimo

Lagnasco

Lagnasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km south of Turin and about 30 km north of Cuneo....

S. Maria delle Grazie

Macra

Macra is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo....

S. Marcellino e Maria Vergine Assunta

Manta

S. Maria degli Angeli

Marmora

S. Massimo

Martiniana Po

Martiniana Po is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo. It is located in the lower Valle Po across the Po River....

S. Andrea

Melle

SS. Giovanni Battista ed Eusebio

Oncino

Oncino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Cuneo...

S. Stefano

Ostana

Ostana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 68 and an area of 16.8 km²....

S. Claudio

Paesana

Paesana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,027 and an area of 58.1 km².Paesana borders the following municipalities: Barge,...

S. Antonio

S. Margherita

S. Maria

Pagno

Pagno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 564 and an area of 8.4 km²....

SS. Pietro e Colombano

Piasco

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S. Antonio

S. Giovanni Battista

Pontechianale

Pontechianale is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 50 km northwest of Cuneo, on the border with France...

S. Lorenzo

S. Pietro in Vincoli

Prazzo

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Maria Vergine Annunziata SS. Michele e Stefano

Revello

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Maria Vergine Assunta

S. Firmino

Abbazia S. Maria (Staffarda)

Rifreddo

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S. Nicolao

Roccabruna

Roccabruna is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Cuneo...

Maria Vergine Assunta

S. Giuliano

Sacra Famiglia

Rossana

Rossana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 950 and an area of 19.9 km².Rossana borders the following municipalities: Busca,...

Maria Vergine Assunta e San Marco

Ruffia

Ruffia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km south of Turin and about 35 km north of Cuneo...

S. Giacomo

Saluzzo

Cattedrale Maria Vergine Assunta

Madonna della Neve

Maria Ausiliatrice

S. Bernardino

SS. Martino e Bernardo

S. Margherita (Cervignasco)

Sampeyre

Sampeyre is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo...

Natività di Maria Vergine e S. Antonio

S. Nicolao

S. Pietro e Paolo e Maria Vergine Assunta

San Damiano Macra

San Damiano Macra is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo...

S. Giovanni Battista

SS. Cosma e Damiano S. Giacomo e SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio

Sanfront

Sanfront is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,642 and an area of 39.7 km².Sanfront borders the following municipalities: Barge,...

Madonna della Neve

S. Martino

Scarnafigi

Scarnafigi is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km south of Turin and about 35 km north of Cuneo...

Maria Vergine Assunta

Stroppo

Stroppo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 98 and an area of 28.4 km²....

S. Giovanni Battista

Tarantasca

Tarantasca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 13 km north of Cuneo...

S. Bernardo

S. Cristina

Torre San Giorgio

Torre San Giorgio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo...

S. Giorgio

Valmala

Valmala is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 61 and an area of 11.0 km²....

S. Giovanni Battista

Venasca

Venasca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo...

Maria Vergine Assunta

Visitazione di Maria SS.Ma

Verzuolo

Verzuolo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 66 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km north of Cuneo...

S. Andrea

S. Bartolomeo

S. Maria della Scala

SS. Filippo e Giacomo

Villanova Solaro

Villanova Solaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km south of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo...

S. Martino

Villar San Costanzo

Villar San Costanzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Cuneo...

Maria Vergine Assunta

S. Pietro in Vincoli

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