Roman Catholic Diocese of Ivrea

Diocese of Ivrea Dioecesis Eporediensis
Ivrea Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Turin
Statistics
Area	1,850 km2 (710 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 203,560 200,848 (98.7%)
Parishes	141
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.
Emeritus Bishops	Luigi Bettazzi
Map
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Ivrea (Latin: Dioecesis Eporediensis) is in Piedmont. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin.^[1][2]

History

Ivrea is on the Via Francigena, a pilgrim route that started as far away as Canterbury in England, and brought pilgrims through the St. Bernard passes in the Alps to Rome. During the Middle Ages, pilgrims could travel on to Bari and take ship for Jerusalem. The episcopal see of Ivrea is said to have been established by Eusebius of Vercelli about the middle of the fourth century. The first historically certain bishop is Eulogius (c. 451).^[3]

According to tradition, Ivrea is where Saint Patrick was consecrated bishop before evangelizing Ireland. Saint Malachy of Armagh passed through Ivrea in 1139 on his way to Rome. In 1847 the Bishop Ivrea sent the Archbishop of Dublin forty pounds for the famine-stricken people of Ireland in memory of an Irish pilgrim who had died in Ivrea in 1492.^[4]

On October 7, 2012, Msgr. Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O., former Procurator General of the Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri, was installed as Bishop of the Diocese of Ivrea.

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is located on the Via San Savino in Ivrea.

Architecture

The cathedral is built on the site of a first century Roman temple. Between the fourth and fifth century, a Christian church was constructed to the design of a Roman basilica. In the eleventh century, Bishop Warmondo, who was named bishop by Emperor Otto III, enlarged the structure in the Romanesque style.^[5] Warmondo also established a scriptorium. As the apse and other portions of Warmondo's work remains, the cathedral constitutes an important example of Romanesque architecture in the Canavese.

Reconstruction in the twelfth century rebuilt the upper portions of the bell towers, that may have collapsed during the earthquake of 1117.

In 1516 Bishop Bonafacio Ferrero replaced the Romanesque façade with a Bramante-style portico, which in turn was changed to a Palladian style in 1854. Bishop Ottavio Pocchettini later commissioned architect Giuseppe Martinez to remodel the building in Late Baroque style.^[5]

St. Christopher and St. Anthony the Abbot, Giacomo of Ivrea c. 1426

Art

The carved walnut reredos depicting motifs of plants, human and animal figures, attributed to Baldino of Surso are now in the Civic Museum of Ancient Art in Turin. The crypt contains frescoes from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century, some damaged by time. On the foundation pillar of the southern bell tower, a holy warrior is depicted, possibly representing a member of the Theban Legion. There is also some early work by Giacomino of Ivrea and a painting attributed to the Maestro di Oropa.

In the sacristy is a 1521 depiction of the Adoration of the Child with the Blessed Warmondo and donor by Piedmont master Defendente Ferrari. A second Ferrari, the Adoration of the Child with St. Clare and the Poor Clares was re-located to the chapter room from the former convent of Santa Chiara in Ivrea, abolished in 1802.

Religious congregations

• Daughters of Charity of the Most Holy Annunciation of Ivrea - Founded in 1744 at Montanaro Canavese by Angela Re and several collaborators for the purpose of parish ministry.
• Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea - Founded in 1828 at Rivarolo Canavese by Antonia Maria Verna for the education of poor girls.^[6][7]

Ivrea Duomo Cappella Warmondo

Notables

• Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy - the "White Martyr of Munster", buried in Ivrea Cathedral

Bishops

Among the other bishops were: and Cardinal Richelmy (1886), who became Archbishop of Turin.^[3]

• Bessus - semi-legendary martyred Bishop of Ivrea of the eighth century

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• Warmund - Bishop of Ivrea (c. 966)

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Hugo (1053), a son of King Arduinus;

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Alberto Gonzaga (1288);

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• Boniface della Torre (1399–1426 Died)

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• Giovanni Parella di San Martino (1447–1479 Died)
• Domenico Manfredi, O.S.B. (1479–1483 Died)
• Nicolò Garigliati (1485–1497 Died)
• Bonifacio Ferrero (1497–1509 Appointed, Bishop of Vercelli)
• Giovanni Stefano Ferrero (1509–1510 Died)
• Bonifacio Ferrero (1511–1518 Resigned)
• Filiberto Ferrero (1518–1549 Died)
• Sebastiano Ferrero (1549–1563 Resigned)
• Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi (1563–1580 Died)
• Cesare Ferrero (1581–1612 Died)
• Giuseppe di Ceva^[8] (1614–1633 Died)
• Octavio Asinari, B. (1634–1658 Died)
• Filiberto Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. (1658–1663 Died)
• Pompeo Valperga (1664–1669 Died)
• Giacinto Trucchi, O.P. (1669–1698 Died)
• Alessandro Lambert (1698–1706 Died)
• Giovanni Silvio Nicola (1727–1733 Died)
• Michele Vittorio Villa (1741–1763 Died)
• Francesco Lucerna Rorengo di Rorà (1764–1768 Confirmed, Archbishop of Turin)
• Giuseppe Ottavio Hercule Pochettini di Serravalle (1769–1803 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi (1805–1817 Confirmed, Archbishop of Vercelli)
• Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. (1817–1818 Confirmed, Archbishop of Turin)
• Luigi Paolo Maria Pochettini di Serravalle (1824–1837 Died)
• Luigi Moreno (1838–1878 Died)
• Davide Riccardi (1878–1886 Appointed, Bishop of Novara)
• Agostino Richelmy (1886–1897 Appointed, Archbishop ofTurin)
• Matteo Angelo Filipello (1898–1939 Died)
• Paolo Rostagno (1939–1959 Died)
• Albino Mensa (1960–1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Vercelli)
• Luigi Bettazzi (1966–1999 Retired)
• Arrigo Miglio (1999–2012 Appointed, Archbishop of Cagliari)
• Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. (2012–)

Parishes

There are 141 parishes, 140 within the Piedmontese Province of Turin and the other within the Province of Vercelli, also in Piedmont.^[9]

Province of Vercelli

• Alice Castello: S. Nicolao Vescovo

References

Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.