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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vercelli
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The Archdiocese of Vercelli (Latin: Archidioecesis Vercellensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy, one of the two archdioceses which, together with their suffragan dioceses, form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont.
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Archdiocese of Vercelli Archidioecesis Vercellensis | |
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![]() Vercelli Cathedral | |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Vercelli |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,658 km2 (640 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 170,911 157,358 (96.9%) |
Parishes | 117 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | mid-4th century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Eusebio |
Secular priests | 63 (diocesan) 11 (Religious Orders) 16 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Marco Arnolfo |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.arcidiocesi.vc.it |
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The archbishop's seat is in Basilica Cattedrale di S. Eusebio, a minor basilica dedicated to its canonized first bishop, in Vercelli, Piemonte (Piedmont). The city also has two Minor basilicas: Basilica di S. Andrea and Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore[1][2]