PIVIALE – P. of St Alboino of Bressanone
parishes, 23 diocesan priests and 27 religious; 3 institutes of education for men and 3 for women (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 320).
The diocese was established by Pope Pius XII on 29 February 1940 through the apostolic constitution Ad christianae plebis, by division from the diocese of Trujillo, with the church of St Michael the Archangel erected as its cathedral.
BIBL.: anon., s. V. ENOCH. Eur. Am., XLV, pp. 161–62; AAS, 32 (1940), pp. 472–74. Enrico Josi