Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugano

The Diocese of Lugano (Latin: Dioecesis Luganensis ) is a located in Switzerland diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. It covers the area of the Canton of Ticino.

The seat of the bishop of Lugano and the local cathedral of San Lorenzo. The patron saint of the diocese of St. Charles Borromeo, together with the Holy Abundius and Ambrose. In about 50 parishes of the diocese, the Mass is celebrated according to the Ambrosian rite.

The area of ​​today's Canton Ticino was the archbishopric of Milan, and in part to the Diocese of Como subordinate to the part since the end of the 9th century. With the independence of the canton in 1803 reinforced the need for a separate diocese, but this failed due to opposition of Austria. The conservative government of Austria feared that the Catholic Church could come under the influence of the liberal government in Ticino Ticino. The situation changed only after the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. According to a contract between the Swiss Confederation and the Vatican in 1884, the Ticino parishes were separated from the dioceses of Como and Milan, and in the person of Eugene Lachat, who previously Bishop of Basel had been an Apostolic administrator assumed. Lachat reached the Ticino on August 10, 1885, died on 1 November 1886.

His successor was Vincenzo Molo (1887-1907), archpriest of Bellinzona. Under his administration was by the bull Ad Universam of Pope Leo XIII. on September 7, 1888, the Diocese of Lugano founded. She remained first as Apostolic Administration of the Diocese of Basel assumed.

More apostolic administrators were:

  • Alfredo Peri - Morosini (1904-1916)
  • Aurelio Bacciarini (1917-1935)
  • Angelo Jelmini (1936-1968)
  • Martinoli Giuseppe (1968-1978)

On March 8, 1971, the Apostolic Administration of the Canton of Ticino was officially detached from the Bishopric of Basel and transferred to the administrator Giuseppe Martinoli the title of Bishop of Lugano. The new status of the diocese was sealed on April 25, 1971 by a solemn Mass at the Cathedral of Lugano.

  • Ernesto Togni (1978-1986)
  • Eugenio Corecco (1986-1995)
  • Giuseppe Torti (1995-2003)
  • Pier Giacomo Grampa (2004-2013)
  • Valerio Lazzeri (since 2013)
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