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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Alessandria della Paglia
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Diocese in Piedmont, Italy, a suffragan of Vercelli. It was made a see in 1175 by Alexander III, by a Brief of 30 January, 1176, in which he declares that he selects a bishop without any detriment to the rights of the chapter for the future. It was suppressed in 1213, and united to Acqui, 1405; suppressed, 1803, and re-established as independent in 1817. It was vacant from 1854 to 1867. There are 116,000 Catholics; 61 parishes, 143 secular priests, and 188 churches and chapels.
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Battandier, Ann. pontif. cath. (1906).
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Alessandria della Paglia'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/alessandria-della-paglia.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Alessandria della Paglia'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/alessandria-della-paglia.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
