The Diocese of Biella (Latin: Dioecesis Bugellensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy, in the Piedmont region. The diocese was established in 1772. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli. Biella is a city in Piedmont, 42km (25 mi) northwest of Vercelli. From 1160, Biella was a fief, belonging to the bishops of Vercelli. In 1379, Bishop Giovanni Fieschi (1349–1379) of Vercelli was driven out, as a supporter of Urban VI, and Biella came under the control of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy. Until 1772, the town of Biella was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Vercelli. In that year Pope Clement XI, at the request of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, established the Diocese of Biella by the papal bull Praecipua. More information...
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