Diocese of Biella, Italy 🇮🇹 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1772.06.01: Established as Diocese of Biella / Bugellen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Vercelli and became suffragan of Torino)
- 1803.06.01: Suppressed (to Diocese of Vercelli)
- 1817.07.17: Restored as Diocese of Biella / Bugellen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Vercelli and became suffragan of Vercelli)
Contact Info
Address: Via Vescovado 10, 13900 Biella, Italy
Phone: 015 2522274; 015 22721
Papal Visits
- Pope John Paul II (1989.07)
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2018.07.27 – ...): |  Bishop Roberto Farinella (56) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Biella (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Roberto Farinella (56) (2018.07.27 – ...)Bishop of Biella (Italy)Spes messis in semineBorn:1968.05.24 (Castellamonte, Italy)Ordained Priest:1994.09.24Consecrated Bishop:2018.09.29Priest of Ivrea (Italy) (1994.09.24 – 2018.07.27)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (2018.07.27 – ...) |
 Bishop Gabriele Mana (81) (2001.07.13 – 2018.07.27)Bishop emeritus of Biella (Italy)In nomine DominiBorn:1943.03.04 (Marene, Italy)Ordained Priest:1967.06.25Consecrated Bishop:2001.09.01Priest of Torino (Italy) (1967.06.25 – 2001.07.13)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (2001.07.13 – 2018.07.27) |
| Bishop Massimo Giustetti (1986.12.03 – 2001.07.13)Born:1926.02.28 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1950.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1972.08.27Died:2012.12.04 († 86)Titular Bishop of Celene (1972.07.01 – 1974.03.21)Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy) (1972.07.01 – 1974.03.21)Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) (1974.03.21 – 1975.12.17)Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1975.12.17 – 1986.12.03)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1986.12.03 – 2001.07.13) |
| Bishop Vittorio Piola (1972.02.15 – 1986.05.15)Born:1921.03.24 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1944.05.27Consecrated Bishop:1970.09.06Died:1993.08.06 († 72)Titular Bishop of Atella (1970.07.18 – 1972.02.15)Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1970.07.18 – 1972.02.15)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1972.02.15 – 1986.05.15) |
| Bishop Carlo Rossi (1936.12.07 – 1972.02.15)Born:1890.03.01 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1912.09.21Consecrated Bishop:1937.01.31Died:1980.02.29 († 89)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1936.12.07 – 1972.02.15) |
| Bishop Giovanni Garigliano (1917.03.22 – 1936.10.10)Born:1872.08.28 (Italy)Consecrated Bishop:1911.09.24Died:1936.10.10 († 64)Titular Bishop of Eucarpia (1911.09.09 – 1917.03.22)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1917.03.22 – 1936.10.10) |
| Bishop Natale Serafino (1912.12.02 – 1917.03.22)Born:1861.01.17 (Italy)Died:1924.09.02 († 63)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1912.12.02 – 1917.03.22)Bishop of Chiavari (Italy) (1917.03.22 – 1917.08.04)Titular Bishop of Tricale (1917.08.04 – 1924.09.02) |
| Bishop Giovanni Andrea Masera (1906.08.19 – 1912.12.02)Born:1867.06.24 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1889.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1906.10.28Died:1926.02.18 († 58)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1906.08.19 – 1912.12.02)Titular Bishop of Himeria (1912.12.02 – 1921.06.13)Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1912.12.02 – 1921.06.13)Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy) (1921.06.13 – 1926.02.18) |
| Bishop Giuseppe Gamba (later Cardinal) (1901.12.16 – 1906.08.13)Dirige in conspectu tuo viam meamBorn:1857.04.25 (S. Damiano d’Asti, Italy)Ordained Priest:1880.09.18Consecrated Bishop:1902.05.17Created Cardinal:1926.12.20Died:1929.12.26 (Torino, Italy † 72)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1901.12.16 – 1906.08.13)Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1906.08.13 – 1923.12.20)Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1923.12.20 – 1929.12.26)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1926.12.23 – 1929.12.26) |
| Bishop Domenico Cumino (1886.01.15 – 1901.06.29)Born:1837.10.29 (Italy)Died:1901.06.29 († 63)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1886.01.15 – 1901.06.29) |
| Bishop Basilio Leto (1873.08.10 – 1885.12.19)Born:1819.09.29Ordained Priest:1842.05.21Consecrated Bishop:1873.08.10Died:1896.02.15 († 76)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1873.08.10 – 1885.12.19)Titular Bishop of Samaria (1886.01.15 – 1896.02.15) |
| Bishop Giovanni Pietro Losana (1833.09.30 – 1873.02.14)Born:1793.01.22 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1816.06.08Consecrated Bishop:1827.04.22Died:1873.02.14 († 80)Titular Bishop of Abydus (1827.01.23 – 1833.09.30)Vicar Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus (Syria) (1827.01.23 – 1833.09.30)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1833.09.30 – 1873.02.14) |
| Bishop Placido Maria Tadini, O.C.D. (later Cardinal) (1829.08.13 – 1832.07.02)Born:1759.10.11 (Montecalvo, Italy)Ordained Priest:1782.09.21Consecrated Bishop:1829.10.18Created Cardinal:1835.04.06Died:1847.11.22 (Genova, Italy † 88)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1829.08.13 – 1832.07.02)Apostolic Administrator of Genova (Italy) (1831.10.28 – 1832.07.02)Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1832.07.02 – 1847.11.22)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1835.07.24 – 1847.11.22) |
| Bishop Bernardino Bollati (1818.12.21 – 1828.06.11)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1818.12.21 – 1828.06.11) |
| Bishop Giovanni Battista Canaveri (1797.11.26 – 1803.06.01)Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1797.11.26 – 1803.06.01)Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1803.06.01 – 1811.01.11) |
| Archbishop Giulio Cesare Viancini (1772.10.01 – 1796.10.22)Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1763.05.16 – 1772.10.01)Archbishop-Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1772.10.01 – 1796.10.22) |
Special Churches
- Cathedral:
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e Santo Stefano, Biella, Biella, Piemonte 
- Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site:
Santuario-Basilica della Madonna Nera di Oropa, Sacro Monte di Oropa, Biella, Piemonte - World Heritage Site:
Basilica antica della Madonna Nera di Oropa, Sacro Monte di Oropa, Biella, Piemonte - Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Churches by City (118)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 804 km²
Population: 157,000 Catholics (94.6% of 166,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 114 parishes
Personnel: 126 priests (100 diocesan, 26 religious), 29 deacons, 141 religious (59 brothers, 82 sisters), 4 seminarians