Diocese of Cervia

Historical Details

• Diocese of Cervia
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ravenna
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

• Pietro † ( 1129 Appointed - )
• Simeone † ( 1209 Appointed - 5 Mar 1217 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
• Ubaldo † (27 Jun 1257 Appointed - )
• Tommaso † (9 Jun 1266 Appointed - 1270 Died)
• Teodorico de’ Borgognoni, O.P. † ( 1270 Appointed - 24 Dec 1298 Died)
• Antonio , O.F.M. † ( 1299 Appointed - )
• Matteo † ( 1307 Appointed - )
• Guido Gennari † (16 Jul 1317 Appointed - )
• Francesco † ( 1320 Appointed - 1324 Died)
• Geraldo d’Anglars † (16 Jul 1324 Appointed - 1329 Died)
• Superanzio Lambertazzi † (11 Oct 1329 Appointed - 1342 Died)
• Guadagno da Majolo, O.F.M. † (26 Jun 1342 Appointed - )
• Giovanni Piacentini † (8 Mar 1364 Appointed - 13 Jan 1369 Appointed, Bishop of Padova {Padua})
• Bernardo Guascone, O.F.M. † (29 Mar 1370 Appointed - 1374 Died)
• Astorgio de Brason † (27 Nov 1374 Appointed - )
• Giovanni Vivenzi, O.E.S.A. † ( 1381 Appointed - 29 Aug 1382 Died)
• Guglielmo Alidosi † ( 1382 Appointed - 19 Apr 1382 Appointed, Bishop of Imola)
• Giovanni † ( 1383 Appointed - )
• Garsias Menéndez, O.F.M. † ( 1388 Appointed - 11 Feb 1393 Appointed, Bishop of Bayonne)
• Pino Ordelaffi † (9 Mar 1394 Appointed - 1402 Died)
• Paolo † (8 Mar 1402 Appointed - 1414 Resigned)
• Maynard de Contrariis † (2 Apr 1414 Appointed - 1431 Resigned)
• Cristoforo di San Marcello † (2 May 1431 Appointed - 21 Nov 1435 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
• Antonio Correr, C.R.S.A. † (Nov 1435 Appointed - 1440 Resigned)
• Pietro Barbo † (1 Jul 1440 Appointed - 19 Jun 1451 Resigned)
• Isidore of Kiev † (10 Jun 1451 Appointed - 15 Mar 1455 Resigned)
• Francesco Portio † (15 Mar 1455 Appointed - 1474 Died)
• Achille Marescotti † (9 Jan 1475 Appointed - 20 Nov 1485 Died)
• Tommaso Catanei, O.P. † (12 Dec 1485 Appointed - 1513 Resigned)
• Pietro de Flisco † (23 Sep 1513 Appointed - 1525 Died)
• Paolo Emilio Cesi † ( 1525 Appointed - 23 Mar 1528 Resigned)
• Octavio de Cesi † (23 Mar 1528 Appointed - 1534 Died)
• Giovanni Andrea Cesi † (13 Nov 1534 Appointed - 11 Mar 1545 Appointed, Bishop of Todi)
• Federico Cesi † (11 Mar 1545 Appointed - 23 Mar 1545 Resigned)
• Scipione Santacroce † (23 Mar 1545 Appointed - 1576 Resigned)
• Ottavio Santacroce † (18 Jul 1576 Appointed - 3 Sep 1581 Died)
• Lorenzo Campeggi † (8 Jan 1582 Appointed - 6 Nov 1585 Died)
• Decio Azzolini (Sr.) † (15 Nov 1585 Appointed - 9 Oct 1587 Died)
• Annibal Pauli † (12 Oct 1587 Appointed - 1590 Died)
• Alfonso Visconte, C.O. † (8 Feb 1591 Appointed - 10 Sep 1601 Appointed, Bishop of Spoleto)
• Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini † (10 Sep 1601 Appointed - 7 Apr 1627 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno † (17 May 1627 Appointed - 16 Apr 1635 Appointed, Bishop of Rieti)
• Francesco Maria Merlini † (17 Sep 1635 Appointed - Nov 1644 Died)
• Pomponio Spreti † (8 Jan 1646 Appointed - 15 Nov 1652 Died)
• Francesco Gheri † (31 May 1655 Appointed - 1662 Died)
• Anselmo Dandini † (26 Jun 1662 Appointed - Dec 1664 Died)
• Gerolamo Santolini † (15 Jun 1665 Appointed - Mar 1667 Died)
• Gianfrancesco Riccamonti, O.S.B. † (4 Apr 1668 Appointed - 17 Apr 1707 Died)
• Camillo Spreti † (15 Apr 1709 Appointed - Jan 1727 Died)
• Gaspare Pizzolanti, O. Carm. † (25 Jun 1727 Appointed - 31 Dec 1765 Died)
• Giambattista Donati † (2 Jun 1766 Appointed - 1792 Died)
• Bonaventura (Domenico Giuseppe) Gazzola, O.F.M. Ref. † (1 Jun 1795 Appointed - 21 Feb 1820 Appointed, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone)
• Giuseppe Crispino Mazzotti † (21 Feb 1820 Appointed - 2 Nov 1825 Died)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 30 Sep 1831 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Mariano Baldassare Medici, O.P. † (17 Dec 1832 Appointed - 1 Oct 1833 Died)
• Innocenzo Castracane degli Antelminelli † (20 Jan 1834 Appointed - 12 Feb 1838 Appointed, Bishop of Cesena)
• Gaetano Balletti † (12 Feb 1838 Appointed - 11 May 1842 Died)
• Gioacchino Tamburini (Tamberini) † (22 Jul 1842 Appointed - 13 Oct 1859 Died)
• Giovanni Monetti † (23 Mar 1860 Appointed - 15 Feb 1877 Died)
• Federico Foschi † (20 Mar 1877 Appointed - 7 Oct 1908 Died)
• Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. † (7 Jan 1909 Appointed - 18 Dec 1921 Died)
• Antonio Lega † (18 Dec 1921 Succeeded - 16 Nov 1946 Died)

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
1886		15,385	.0%			34	0				12	OTC

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

• Guglielmo Alidosi † (Bishop: 1382 to 19 Apr 1382)
• Geraldo d’Anglars † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1324 to 1329)
• Decio Azzolini (Sr.) † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1585 to 9 Oct 1587)
• Gaetano Balletti † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 11 May 1842)
• Pietro Barbo † (Administrator: 1 Jul 1440 to 19 Jun 1451)
• Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1601 to 7 Apr 1627)
• Teodorico de’ Borgognoni, O.P. † (Bishop: 1270 to 24 Dec 1298)
• Astorgio de Brason † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1374)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1826 to 30 Sep 1831)
• Lorenzo Caleppi †
• Lorenzo Campeggi † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1582 to 6 Nov 1585)
• Innocenzo Castracane degli Antelminelli † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1834 to 12 Feb 1838)
• Tommaso Catanei, O.P. † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1485 to 1513)
• Federico Cesi † (Administrator: 11 Mar 1545 to 23 Mar 1545)
• Giovanni Andrea Cesi † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1534 to 11 Mar 1545)
• Octavio de Cesi † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1528 to 1534)
• Paolo Emilio Cesi † (Administrator: 1525 to 23 Mar 1528)
• Maynard de Contrariis † (Bishop: 2 Apr 1414 to 1431)
• Antonio Correr, C.R.S.A. † (Administrator: Nov 1435 to 1440)
• Guadagno da Majolo, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1342)
• Anselmo Dandini † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1662 to Dec 1664)
• Giambattista Donati † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1766 to 1792)
• Pietro de Flisco † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1513 to 1525)
• Federico Foschi † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1877 to 7 Oct 1908)
• Bonaventura (Domenico Giuseppe) Gazzola, O.F.M. Ref. † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1795 to 21 Feb 1820)
• Guido Gennari † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1317)
• Francesco Gheri † (Bishop: 31 May 1655 to 1662)
• Bernardo Guascone, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1370 to 1374)
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno † (Bishop: 17 May 1627 to 16 Apr 1635)
• Isidore of Kiev † (Administrator: 10 Jun 1451 to 15 Mar 1455)
• Superanzio Lambertazzi † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1329 to 1342)
• Antonio Lega † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Jun 1921; Bishop: 18 Dec 1921 to 16 Nov 1946)
• Achille Marescotti † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1475 to 20 Nov 1485)
• Giuseppe Crispino Mazzotti † (Bishop: 21 Feb 1820 to 2 Nov 1825)
• Mariano Baldassare Medici, O.P. † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1832 to 1 Oct 1833)
• Garsias Menéndez, O.F.M. † (Administrator: 1388 to 11 Feb 1393)
• Francesco Maria Merlini † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1635 to Nov 1644)
• Giovanni Monetti † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 15 Feb 1877)
• Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. † (Apostolic Administrator: Oct 1908; Bishop: 7 Jan 1909 to 18 Dec 1921)
• Pino Ordelaffi † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1394 to 1402)
• Annibal Pauli † (Bishop: 12 Oct 1587 to 1590)
• Giovanni Piacentini † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1364 to 13 Jan 1369)
• Gaspare Pizzolanti, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1727 to 31 Dec 1765)
• Francesco Portio † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1455 to 1474)
• Gianfrancesco Riccamonti, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1668 to 17 Apr 1707)
• Cristoforo di San Marcello † (Bishop: 2 May 1431 to 21 Nov 1435)
• Ottavio Santacroce † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1576 to 3 Sep 1581)
• Scipione Santacroce † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1545 to 1576)
• Gerolamo Santolini † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1665 to Mar 1667)
• Camillo Spreti † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1709 to Jan 1727)
• Pomponio Spreti † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1646 to 15 Nov 1652)
• Gioacchino Tamburini (Tamberini) † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1842 to 13 Oct 1859)
• Alfonso Visconte, C.O. † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1591 to 10 Sep 1601)
• Giovanni Vivenzi, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 1381 to 29 Aug 1382)
• Antonio , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1299 - )
• Francesco † (Bishop: 1320 to 1324)
• Giovanni † (Bishop: 1383)
• Matteo † (Bishop: 1307)
• Paolo † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1402 to 1414)
• Pietro † (Bishop: 1129)
• Simeone † (Bishop: 1209 to 5 Mar 1217)
• Tommaso † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1266 to 1270)
• Ubaldo † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1257)

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