Diocese of Comacchio (-Pomposa)

Historical Details

• Diocese of Comacchio (-Pomposa)
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 18 May 1964
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ravenna
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,600 (618 Square Miles)

• Diocese of Comacchio
  • Latin Name: Comaclensis
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ravenna
  • Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

• Bartolo † (28 Feb 1285 Appointed - )
• Pietro Mancinelli, O.P. † ( 1304 Appointed - 1326 Died)
• Superanzio Lambertazzi † (17 Feb 1327 Appointed - 22 Nov 1327 Appointed, Bishop of Adria)
• Francesco de’ Boatteri, O.P. † (26 Mar 1328 Appointed - 21 Mar 1333 Died)
• Bartolomeo , O.P. † (30 Jul 1333 Appointed - 1348 Died)
• Pace , O.F.M. † ( 1348 Appointed - 1349 Died)
• Remigio de Florentia, O.E.S.A. † (22 Jun 1349 Appointed - 26 Apr 1357 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia)
• Guglielmo Vasco, O.F.M. † (16 Jul 1357 Appointed - 24 Nov 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Siena)
• Teobaldo , O.S.B. † (24 Nov 1371 Appointed - 1381 Died)
• Federico Purilli † ( 1381 Appointed - )
• Biagio de Fulgineo, O.F.M. † (16 Jun 1382 Appointed - )
• Simone Saltarelli, O.P. † (16 Jul 1386 Appointed - 12 Apr 1396 Appointed, Bishop of Trieste)
• Pietro Buono, O.S.B. † (12 Apr 1396 Appointed - 1400 Died)
• Onofrio Visdomini, O.E.S.A. † (13 Dec 1400 Appointed - 1401 Resigned)
• Giacomo Bertucci degli Obizzi † (4 Jan 1402 Appointed - 11 Sep 1404 Appointed, Bishop of Adria)
• Giovanni di Partengo (de Pertegonibus) † (12 Sep 1404 Appointed - )
• Giovanni Strada † (15 Feb 1406 Appointed - Apr 1414 Appointed, Bishop of Forli)
• Alberto Buoncristiani, O.S.M. † (27 Apr 1418 Appointed - 1431 Died)
• Maynard de Contrariis † (21 Nov 1431 Appointed - )
• Francesco de Foglano † (28 Jul 1460 Confirmed - )
• Filippo Zobale, O.S.A. † (6 Mar 1472 Appointed - 1497 Died)
• Meliadusius d’Este (Estensis) † (26 Jun 1497 Appointed - 1506 Resigned)
• Tommaso Foschi † (14 Oct 1506 Appointed - 1514 Died)
• Guglielmo (Ghilino) de Guillini (Ghilini) † (1 Sep 1514 Appointed - 21 Dec 1559 Died)
• Alfonso Rossetti † (21 Dec 1559 Succeeded - 8 Oct 1563 Appointed, Bishop of Ferrara)
• Ercole Sacrati † (8 Oct 1563 Succeeded - 1591 Died)
• Orazio Giraldi † (22 Apr 1592 Appointed - 29 Jan 1617 Died)
• Alfonso Sacrati † (12 Jun 1617 Appointed - 1626 Resigned)
• Camillo Moro † (2 Mar 1626 Appointed - 10 May 1630 Died)
• Alfonso Pandolfi † (12 May 1631 Appointed - 4 Oct 1648 Died)
• Giulio Cesare Borea † (28 Jun 1649 Appointed - 11 Mar 1655 Died)
• Sigismondo Isei † (30 Aug 1655 Appointed - Sep 1670 Died)
• Nicolò d’Arcano † (22 Dec 1670 Appointed - 1 Jan 1714 Died)
• Francesco Bentini † (16 Apr 1714 Appointed - 3 Mar 1744 Died)
• Giovanni Antonio Cavedi (Chevedo), O.F.M. † (3 Mar 1744 Succeeded - 24 Dec 1744 Died)
• Cristoforo Lugaresi † (8 Mar 1745 Appointed - 29 Sep 1758 Died)
• Giovanni Rondinelli † (22 Nov 1758 Appointed - 24 Jul 1795 Died)
• Alessandro Alessandretti † (Nov 1786 Appointed - 27 Jun 1796 Appointed, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino)
• Gregorio (Felix Antonius Paschalis) Boari, O.F.M. Cap. † (24 Jul 1797 Appointed - 24 Nov 1817 Died)
• Michele Virgili † (29 Mar 1819 Appointed - 23 Sep 1855 Died)
• Vincenzo Moretti † (17 Dec 1855 Appointed - 23 Mar 1860 Appointed, Bishop of Cesena)
• Fidelis Bufarini † (23 Mar 1860 Appointed - 26 Mar 1867 Resigned)
• Alessandro Paolo Spoglia † (27 Mar 1867 Appointed - 15 Sep 1879 Resigned)
• Aloysius Pistocchi † (19 Sep 1879 Appointed - 31 Mar 1883 Died)
• Tullio Sericci † (9 Aug 1883 Appointed - 5 Jul 1902 Died)
• Alfonso Archi † (10 Oct 1902 Appointed - 8 Sep 1905 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
• Annibale Lupi † (14 Jul 1906 Appointed - 14 May 1908 Died)
• Giulio Boschi † (7 Jan 1909 Appointed - 15 May 1920 Died)
• Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. † (16 Dec 1920 Appointed - 1 Jul 1938 Resigned)
• Paolo Babini † (12 Sep 1938 Appointed - 21 Oct 1950 Appointed, Bishop of Forli)
• Natale Mosconi † (28 May 1951 Appointed - 5 Aug 1954 Appointed, Archbishop of Ferrara)
• Giovanni Mocellini † (26 Aug 1955 Appointed - 1 Jan 1969 Appointed, Bishop of Adria)
• Filippo Franceschi † (15 Jul 1976 Appointed - 7 Jan 1982 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua})
• Luigi Maverna † (25 Mar 1982 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Comacchio
1886		27,732	.0%			36	0				14	OTC
1950	80,500	80,500	100.0%	32	12	44	1,829		14	76	27	ap1951
Diocese of Comacchio (-Pomposa)
1969	70,433	70,433	100.0%	57	10	67	1,051		10	130	40	ap1971
1980	65,000	67,900	95.7%	44	9	53	1,226		9	99	44	ap1981

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Alessandro Alessandretti † (Vicar Apostolic: Nov 1786 to 27 Jun 1796)
• Alfonso Archi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jul 1901; Bishop: 10 Oct 1902 to 8 Sep 1905)
• Paolo Babini † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1938 to 21 Oct 1950)
• Francesco Bentini † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1714 to 3 Mar 1744)
• Giacomo Bertucci degli Obizzi † (Bishop: 4 Jan 1402 to 11 Sep 1404)
• Gregorio (Felix Antonius Paschalis) Boari, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1797 to 24 Nov 1817)
• Francesco de’ Boatteri, O.P. † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1328 to 21 Mar 1333)
• Giulio Cesare Borea † (Bishop: 28 Jun 1649 to 11 Mar 1655)
• Giulio Boschi † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1909 to 15 May 1920)
• Fidelis Bufarini † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 26 Mar 1867)
• Alberto Buoncristiani, O.S.M. † (Bishop: 27 Apr 1418 to 1431)
• Pietro Buono, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1396 to 1400)
• Luigi Maria Carli † (Priest: 20 Jun 1937 to 31 Jul 1957)
• Giovanni Antonio Cavedi (Chevedo), O.F.M. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Sep 1729; Bishop: 3 Mar 1744 to 24 Dec 1744)
• Maynard de Contrariis † (Bishop: 21 Nov 1431 - )
• Nicolò d’Arcano † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1670 to 1 Jan 1714)
• Meliadusius d’Este (Estensis) † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1497 to 1506)
• Remigio de Florentia, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1349 to 26 Apr 1357)
• Francesco de Foglano † (Bishop: 28 Jul 1460)
• Tommaso Foschi † (Bishop: 14 Oct 1506 to 1514)
• Filippo Franceschi † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1976 to 7 Jan 1982)
• Biagio de Fulgineo, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1382)
• Orazio Giraldi † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1592 to 29 Jan 1617)
• Alessandro Grossi † (Coadjutor Bishop: 3 Apr 1876 to 19 Mar 1878)
• Guglielmo (Ghilino) de Guillini (Ghilini) † (Bishop: 1 Sep 1514 to 21 Dec 1559)
• Sigismondo Isei † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1655 to Sep 1670)
• Superanzio Lambertazzi † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1327 to 22 Nov 1327)
• Cristoforo Lugaresi † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1745 to 29 Sep 1758)
• Annibale Lupi † (Bishop: 14 Jul 1906 to 14 May 1908)
• Pietro Mancinelli, O.P. † (Bishop: 1304 to 1326)
• Luigi Maverna † (Bishop: 25 Mar 1982 to 30 Sep 1986)
• Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1920 to 1 Jul 1938)
• Giovanni Mocellini † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1955 to 1 Jan 1969)
• Vincenzo Moretti † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1855 to 23 Mar 1860)
• Camillo Moro † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1626 to 10 May 1630)
• Natale Mosconi † (Bishop: 28 May 1951 to 5 Aug 1954; Apostolic Administrator: 7 Mar 1969 to 1976)
• Alfonso Pandolfi † (Bishop: 12 May 1631 to 4 Oct 1648)
• Giovanni di Partengo (de Pertegonibus) † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1404 - )
• Domenico Pasi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Sep 1913 to 15 Dec 1919)
• Aloysius Pistocchi † (Bishop: 19 Sep 1879 to 31 Mar 1883)
• Federico Purilli † (Bishop: 1381)
• Giovanni Rondinelli † (Bishop: 22 Nov 1758 to 24 Jul 1795)
• Alfonso Rossetti † (Coadjutor Bishop: 22 Oct 1548; Bishop: 21 Dec 1559 to 8 Oct 1563)
• Alfonso Sacrati † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1617 to 1626)
• Ercole Sacrati † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Jun 1561; Bishop: 8 Oct 1563 to 1591)
• Simone Saltarelli, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1386 to 12 Apr 1396)
• Tullio Sericci † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1883 to 5 Jul 1902)
• Alessandro Paolo Spoglia † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1867 to 15 Sep 1879)
• Giovanni Strada † (Bishop: 15 Feb 1406 to Apr 1414)
• Giacinto Tamburini †
• Guglielmo Vasco, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1357 to 24 Nov 1371)
• Michele Virgili † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1819 to 23 Sep 1855)
• Onofrio Visdomini, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 13 Dec 1400 to 1401)
• Filippo Zobale, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1472 to 1497)
• Bartolo † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1285)
• Bartolomeo , O.P. † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1333 to 1348)
• Pace , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1348 to 1349)
• Teobaldo , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1371 to 1381)

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