Travaini had previously been Archpriest of Trecana (diocese of Novara), and Bishop of Fossano (1919–1926). By decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites of 30 October 1925, he was named Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Cuneo. He combined in his person the bishoprics of Fossano and Cuneo. He died at Fossano on 19 March 1934. Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement. I (1922), p. 318. Rivista di diritto ecclesiastico (in Italian). Unione Tipografico-Editrice. 1905. pp. 276–279. Bollettino ufficiale del Ministero della giustizia e degli affari di culto (in Italian). Rome: Tipografia della Camera dei deputati. 1925. p. 198. Alfred Baudrillart; Albert Vogt; Urbain Rouziès (1967). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 17. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 1205.
Bruno was born in Cuneo in 1754. He was Count of Samone. He was nominated bishop of Cuneo by King Vittore Emanuele I and preconised (approved) by Pope Pius VII on 1 October 1817. He was consecrated in Rome on 5 October. His work in the cholera epidemic of 1835 brought him the honor of the Grand Cross of the Grand Cordon of S. Maurizio. He died on 21 December 1838. A. Rosso; M. Rosso; G. Vizio Pinach (2007). Amedeo Bruno conte di Samone (in Italian). Cuneo: Ass. Primalpe Costanzo Martini. ISBN978-88-88681-70-2.
Salomoni was born in Pecetto in the diocese of Alessandria in 1800. He held a doctorate in theology, and was a priest of the diocese of Casale, and was named a Canon of the Cathedral of Casale. He was named Bishop of Cuneo on 27 April 1840, and consecrated in Rome on 3 May by Cardinal Giacomo Fransoni. He resigned the diocese on 3 August 1843. He died in 1874. Cappelletti, p. 346. Gazzetta privilegiata di Bologna (in Italian). Vol. Year 1849 no. 53. 2 May 1840. p. 105 column 1.
Manzini was born in Sassello in the diocese of Acqui in 1803. He had been curator of the Convent of S. Teresa in Torino, and had been General of the Carmelite Order. He was named Bishop of Cuneo on 22 January 1844, and was consecrated in Rome on 25 February 1844 by Cardinal Giacomo Fransoni. Manzini made his solemn entry into his diocese on 2 June 1844. He died in Genoa in 1865. Diario di Roma (in Italian). Vol. 1844 num. 9. Roma: Cracas. 1844. p. 115. Dizionario corografico-universale dell'Italia sistematicamente suddiviso secondo l'attuale partizione politica d'ogni singolo Stato italiano (in Italian). stabilimento di Civelli Giuseppe e C. 1854. p. 283. Annuario pontificio (Roma: Tipografia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica 1860), p. 123. Maccario, pp. 147, 164.
Formica was born in Castagnola Langhe (prov. de Cuneo) in 1812. He studied philosophy in the seminary of Asti and theology at Alba Pompeia; he took a doctorate in theology in Turin in 1838. He became a vicar (assistant parish priest) in Castagnola. He served as Rector of the diocesan seminary of Alba, and Canon Archpriest of the Cathedral. He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 27 March 1867 and consecrated on 26 May by Giovanni Ghilardi, Bishop of Mondovì. He made his solemn entry into his diocese on 9 June 1867. He died on 5 January 1885. Maccario, pp. 164, 174. Alfred Baudrillart; Albert Vogt; Urbain Rouziès (1967). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 17. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 1081. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 234.
Born in Cavour in 1853, Valfrè di Bonzo studied at the seminary in Turin and in the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome. While there he obtained a church doctorate in Canon Law. In 1884–1885 he was Apostolic Delegate in Costa Rica. He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 27 March 1885, and was consecrated in Turin by Cardinal Gaetano Alimonda. He was transferred to the diocese of Como on 18 March 1895, and then to Vercelli on 27 March 1905. He was named Papal Nuncio in Austria-Hungary in September 1916, with the titular bishopric of Trebizond (Turkey). Pope Benedict XV named him a cardinal on 15 December 1919. He died in Rome on 25 June 1922. Harris M. Lentz III (2001). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson NC USA: McFarland. p. 195. ISBN978-0-7864-4101-3. Ritzler-Sefrin, VIII, pp. 219, 234.
Fiore was born at Carmagnola in 1850. He studied at the Minor Seminary of Giaveno and at the metropolitan Seminary in Turin; he was ordained in 1873. He served as Rector of the seminary of Brà. He was appointed Bishop of Cuneo on 29 November 1895. He died on 19 January 1914. Storia. Storia, Università di Torino. Facoltà di lettere e filosofia (in Italian). Vol. 5. Torino: G. Giappichelli. 1975. p. 395.
Born in 1871, Castelli was a native of San Gillio (Torino). He served as parish priest of Lanzo Torinese. He had previously been Bishop of Susa (1911–1920). On 22 December 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Cuneo. He was transferred to the diocese of Novara on 21 October 1924. He died in Novara in 1943. The Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement. I. New York: Encyclopedia Press. 1922. p. 709. Annuario pontificio (Città del Vaticano 1921), p. 121. Annuario pontificio (Città del Vaticano 1936), p. 213. P. G. Longo, "Giuseppe Castelli e la Chiesa novarese," Chiese locali e guerra di Spagna (ed. E.W. Crivellin) Quaderni del Centro Studi Carlo Trabucco (Torino 1988), pp. 127-140.
Travaini had previously been Archpriest of Trecana (diocese of Novara), and Bishop of Fossano (1919–1926). By decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites of 30 October 1925, he was named Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Cuneo. He combined in his person the bishoprics of Fossano and Cuneo. He died at Fossano on 19 March 1934. Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement. I (1922), p. 318. Rivista di diritto ecclesiastico (in Italian). Unione Tipografico-Editrice. 1905. pp. 276–279. Bollettino ufficiale del Ministero della giustizia e degli affari di culto (in Italian). Rome: Tipografia della Camera dei deputati. 1925. p. 198. Alfred Baudrillart; Albert Vogt; Urbain Rouziès (1967). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 17. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 1205.
Diocesi di Cuneo, Istituti religiosi; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
Diocesi di Cuneo, Cenni storici, I vescovi; retrieved: 2018-03-34 (in Italian)
Cavallotto was born in Noche di Vinchio (Asti) in 1940. He studied at the seminary in Asti, and on ordination to the priesthood was appointed director of the Minor Seminary in Asti (1964–1967). In 1984 Cavallotto earned a doctoral degree in the Science of Education from the Ateneo Pedagogico Salesiano. In 1995, Cavallotto was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Missiology at the Pontifical Urban University, a school in Rome for the training of Roman Catholic missionaries. In 2004 he was promoted Rector Magnificus of the Urbaniana. He was named Bishop of Cuneo and of Fossano on 24 August 2005. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal Severino Poletto, his metropolitan, on 15 October 2005. His duties at the university in Rome therefore coincided with his duties as Bishop of Cuneo and Bishop of Fossano. Diocesi di Cuneo, Biography of Bishop Emeritus Cavallotto; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
Delbosco was born in 1955. He was named Bishop of Cuneo and Bishop of Fossano on 9 October 2015, and was consecrated by the Archbishop of Turin, Cesare Nosiglia, his metropolitan, on 29 November 2015. He took possession of the Diocese of Fossano on the same day, and took possession of the Diocese of Cuneo on 6 December 2015. Diocesi di Cuneo, CV of Bishop Delbosco; retrieved: 2018-03-26. (in Italian)
