The Diocese of Novara (Latin: Dioecesis Novariensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli.
In 972, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I granted the dominium of the town of Novara and twenty-four miles surrounding the town to Bishop Aupaldo and his successors, the Bishops of Novara. The bishops therefore enjoyed the title of Count as well as the same rights as a Count of the Empire.
Cardinal Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca (1 Oct 1817 - 22 Mar 1842 Died)
Giacomo Filippo Gentile (27 Jan 1843 - 23 Oct 1875 Died)
Stanislao Eula (28 Jan 1876 - 10 Apr 1886 Died)
Davide Riccardi (7 Jun 1886 - 14 Dec 1891) (Appointed Archbishop of Turin, 1892–1897)
Edoardo Pulciano (11 Jul 1892 - 16 Dec 1901 Appointed, Archbishop of Genoa)
Mattia Vicario (16 Dec 1901 - 5 Mar 1906 Died)
Giuseppe Gamba (13 Aug 1906 - 20 Dec 1923 Appointed, Archbishop of Turin)
Giuseppe Castelli (21 Oct 1924 - 12 Sep 1943 Died)
Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap. (9 Sep 1945 - 11 Jun 1951 Resigned)
Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. (29 Jun 1951 - 7 Jan 1963 Died)
Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. (28 Feb 1963 - 30 Oct 1971 Resigned)
Aldo Del Monte (15 Jan 1972 - 19 Dec 1990 Retired)
Renato Corti (19 Dec 1990 - 24 Nov 2011 Retired)
Franco Giulio Brambilla (24 Nov 2011 - )
Of the 345 parishes, one is in the Lombard province of Pavia, while rest are divided between the Piedmontese provinces of Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli.
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