Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia
The Diocese of Alba Pompeia or Alba Pompea (Latin: Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Its territory comprises eighty towns in the civil Province of Cuneo and two in the Province of Asti.
Diocese of Alba Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Turin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,050 km2 (410 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 137,070 (est.) 132,475 (guess) |
| Parishes | 126 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo |
| Secular priests | 79 (diocesan) 38 (Religious Orders) 11 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Marco Brunetti |
| Bishops emeritus | Giacomo Lanzetti |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesidialba.it | |
The Diocese of Alba Pompeia is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Turin.
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